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POWER8 Enterprise Server Deep Dive
Power System E870

Power System E880
Michael Chang ()
fcchang@tw.ibm.com
Server Solutions-Power Systems
STG, IBM Taiwan
2014 IBM Corporation
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp5137.html?Open
2014 International Business Machines Corporation
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/factsfeatures.html
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/system_perf.html
Quick Reference to Power Systems PCIe Adapter card

Partners: http://partners.boulder.ibm.com/src/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/TD105846
IBMers : http://w3.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/TD105846
Agenda
Power System E870 & E880
System Node & System Control Unit
Memory
Performance
PCIe Gen3 slots in System Node
PCIe Gen3 I/O Expansion Drawer
Racking considerations
OS Support
Upgrade path (same serial number)
Migrating using Power Enterprise Pools to save cost
POWER8 Enterprise Server

Announcement / General Availability Plans
Annc
eConfig
GA
Power E870
(1-2 node)
6 Oct 2014
7 Oct 2014
18 Nov 2014
Power E880
(1-2 node)
6 Oct 2014
7 Oct 2014
18 Nov 2014
Power E880
(3rd/4th node)
6 Oct 2014
Mar 2015
Jun 2015
Same serial number upgrades to E870/E880

shipped with IBM T42 rack
6 Oct 2014
7 Oct 2014
12 Dec 2014
Same serial number upgrades to E870/E880

shipped without IBM T42 rack
6 Oct 2014
7 Oct 2014
Mid Feb
2015
System Planning Tool (SPT) availability for E870/E880 was late Oct 2014
Power Systems QUIZ

What is the correct name of the latest chip technology
an IBM Power System uses?
a) Power 8
b) Power8
c) POWER8
d) POWER 8
c)
POWER8 chips are used in Power Systems servers
IBM Power System E870

(9119-MME)
IBM Power System E880

(9119-MHE)
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1Q 2014 Portfolio: POWER7/POWER7+

Power
780+
Power
770+
Power
795
Power
750+ / 760+
Power
710+/730+
Power
720+/740+
PowerLinux
7R1+ / 7R2+
PowerLinux
7R4+
IBM PureFlex
System
P460+
p260+
p24L
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2Q (June) 2014 Portfolio: POWER8/POWER7/POWER7+

Power
780+
Power
770+
Power
795
Power
750+ / 760+
S822
Power
710+/730+
S814/S824
Power
720+/740+
PowerLinux
7R1+ / 7R2+
S812L/S822L
PowerLinux
7R4+
IBM PureFlex
System
P460+
p260+
p24L
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4Q (November) 2014 Portfolio: POWER8/POWER7/POWER7+

Power
780+
Power
795
Power
770+
Power
750+ / 760+
S822
Power
710+/730+
S814/S824
Power
720+/740+
PowerLinux
7R1+ / 7R2+
S812L/S822L
PowerLinux
7R4+
IBM PureFlex
System
P460+
p260+
POWER8
Scale-out Servers
S824L
p24L
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Power Enterprise (Scale-up) Positioning
Power E880
Power E880
Power E870
Power E880
Power E870
Power E880
Power 780
Power 795
Power 770
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POWER8 Enterprise (Scale-up) Systems

No Primary Node
Midplane
Service Processors
Clocks
Oscillators
Large Memory
E870
E880
795
770
780
19 Rack
Modular design
Up to 4 CEC drawers/nodes
PCIe slots in the nodes
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POWER8 Enterprise (Scale-up) System

Blend of Power 795 & Power 780/770
Architecturally:
Similar to Power 795
Packaging:
Similar to Power 780/770
One to four nodes (E880 - 9119-MHE)
One to two nodes (E870 - 9119-MME)
19 Rack
Great memory
Up to 16TB (E880) or 4TB* (E870)
Faster memory - 1600 MHz
Up to 85.3 GB / Core
PCIe Gen3 Slots
* SOD for 8TB
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POWER8 Enterprise System Node (CEC Drawer)

8 PCIe Gen3 x16 Slots
32 CDIMM slots
Up to 4TB
(for LP PCIe adapter or

Optical Interface to I/O drawer)
Fans
4 POWER8 SCM
Sockets
Power Supplies
5U Enclosure
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One to four nodes (E880)

32-core 4.35 GHz (#EPBB one feature per node)
See SOD for 48-core node
One to two nodes (E870)

40-core 4.19 GHz (#EPBC one feature per node)
32-core 4.02 GHz (#EPBA one feature per node)
All nodes in a server must have identical SCM processor
features (e.g. E870: 4.19 GHz node 4.02 GHz node )
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Power E870/E880 SOD (Statement of Direction)

Power E870: IBM plans to enhance the Power E870 with greater I/O and
memory capacity and flexibility with:
1. Support for concurrent maintenance on the Power E870 I/O Expansion
Drawer by enabling hot add and repair capabilities
2. The ability to scale up to 4TBs of memory per Power E870 processor
node
Power E880: IBM plans to enhance the Power Systems enterprise
system portfolio with greater scalability, availability and flexibility. IBM
intends to deliver the following offerings:
1. A more scalable Power E880 enterprise-class system with up to 192
POWER8 processor cores and up to 16TBs of total memory
2. Support for concurrent maintenance on the Power E880 I/O Expansion
Drawer by enabling hot add and repair capabilities
IBMs statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBMs sole discretion. Information
regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision.
The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or
functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future
features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.
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1-node
system
2-node
system
3-node
system
4-node
system
32-core
64-core
96-core
(2015)
128-core
(2015)
2015
2015
2015
E880
32-core node
48-core node (SOD) 2015
E870
40-core node
40-core
80-core
n/a
n/a
32-core node
32-core
64-core
n/a
n/a
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Processor Core Activation Features
Processor SCM feature

#core (c) GHz
E870
E880
9119-MME
9119-MHE
#EPBA
32c 4.02 GHz
#EPBC
40c 4.19 GHz
#EPBB
32c 4.35 GHz
Static activation
#EPBJ
#EPBL
#EPBK
Mobile-enabled (static)
activation
#EPBN
#EPBQ
#EPBP
Mobile activation
#EP2S
#EP2S
#EP2T
Power Integrated
Facility for Linux (IFL)
Quantity 4
#ELJ5*
#ELJ7*
#ELJ6*
Minimum of 8 cores must be activated (any of the above activations)

Notes:
Activations associated with Power IFL can only be used for Linux partitions
Static activations can be converted to mobile activations. There is a minimum number of
static activations required on the server (i.e. 8 cores)
It is less expensive to buy a mobile-enabled static activation and convert it to a mobile
activation than to buy a static activation and convert it to a mobile activation
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5U Enclosure
32 memory DIMM slots per node
8 PCIe Gen3 x16 low profile (LP) slots per node

- Uses low profile blind swap cassete(BSC)
---------------------No integrated SAS bays or SAS controller in node
No integrated DVD bay or DVD controller in node
No integrated Ethernet port in node
No tape bay in node
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System Control Unit
(Midplane)
One system control unit per system

2U drawer
Must be immediately physically adjacent
to system nodes
System control unit holds:

Service processors (FSPs)
HMC ports
Master system clocks
Operator panel
VPD (vital products data)
Optional DVD
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System Control Unit (Midplane)

Front View
Optional DVD
Fan
Fan
Fan
Fan
Ops panel
Rear View
Redundant Power
Service
Processor
Redundant Hot plug

Clock Battery
Clock
2 HMC
ports
Clock
Redundant Power
Service
Processor
2 HMC
ports
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Auto-adding a System Control Unit
(Midplane)
One system control unit auto-included with each Power E870 or
E880 system (**No separate feature code is used for system control unit)
Auto-add two #EU0A Service processors (FSPs)
Auto-add the cables to connect to the System nodes
Add #ECCA for node 1 attachment
Add #ECCB for node 2 attachment
Add #ECCC for node 3 attachment (2015)
Add #ECCD for node 4 attachment (2015)
Optional order DVD #EU13 (see next chart)
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DVD Bay in System Control Unit

AIX or Linux optionally uses DVD. IBM i (AS/400) requires a DVD on the
servers somewhere in system unit or in external I/O enclosure like 72261U3
If use optional system control unit DVD --- needs a PCIe USB adapter to be
located either in CEC or PCIe3 IO Drawer (#EC45 or #EC46 PCIe2 4-port USB Adapter)
Note: do not use a SAS adapter to control #EU13. Use a SAS adapter like #5901/#EJ0J/EJ0M to control a SATA DVD
located in an external enclosure such as a 7226-1U3.
Optional DVD
#EU13
1.6 meter USB cable
#EBK4
USB Port cable

connection to adapter
Front of sys cntrl unit hot pluggable, optional DVD
DVD is SATA, but a USB-to-SATA converter included
Rear of sys cntrl unit has USB connector for cabling ease
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System Control Unit Redundancy

(designed for no Single Point of Failure)
One system control unit per server, HOWEVER
Drawer is basically a holder of redundant system control unit elements
Redundant system clocks/oscillators
Redundant service processors
Redundant power sources (up to four UPIC power cords and any one of the four
is all that is needed*)
Redundant HMC ports (two per service processor, four total)

Drawer also includes:
One operator panel shared by the above redundant components
not critical due to HMC
One master VPD card redundant copies of information on the card

One backplane and one mid-plane providing cross element
connections connections are passive, therefore incredibly unlikely to fail

One optional DVD (attached separately to nodes, alternate DVDs available in
other drawers)
* except if optional DVD is used, then needs at least two UPIC power cords connected for enough power
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Power E870/E880 with 1 Node
Node
Sys Cntrl Unit
7U in 19 rack
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Power E870/E880 with 2 Nodes
Node
Sys Cntrl Unit
Node
12U in 19 rack
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Power E880 with 3 Nodes (2015)
Node
Sys Cntrl Unit
Node
Node
17U in 19 rack
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Power E880 with 4 Nodes (2015)
Node
Node
Sys Cntrl Unit
Node
Node
22U in 19 rack
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POWER8 Enterprise System Node Cabling
SMP Cables
Sys Cntrl Unit
Redundant
Power
Sys Cntrl Unit
Redundant
Global Service
processor
Sys Cntrl Unit
Redundant
Clock
Flex Cables
Above cable colors are for viewing in this diagram.

Actual colors are mostly all black.
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Cabling Configuration
Service Processor
(FSP) Cables
Clock Cables
System Control Unit
FSP
Clock
Clock
FSP
Cables ordered using features

#ECCA, ECCB, ECCC, ECCD
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Power E870 & E880

Performance
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rPerf (for AIX)
E870
SMT8
SMT4
32-core
64-core
4.02 GHz
4.02 GHz
674.5 630.4
1,349.0 1260.8
40-core
80-core
4.19 GHz
4.19 GHz
856.0
1,711.9
E880
32-core
64-core
96-core
128-core
800.0
1599.9
SMT8 SMT4
4.35 GHz
4.35 GHz
4.35 GHz
4.35 GHz
Please refer to
Power
Systems
Performance
Report for
more details
716.3 669.4
1,432.5 1338.8
2,148.8 2008.2
2,865.0 2677.6
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rPerf Multiple SMT Levels

+45%
+30%
+7%
SMT1
SMT2
SMT4
SMT8
32-core 4.02 GHz
334.4
484.9
630.4
674.5
64-core 4.02 GHz
668.8
969.8
1260.8
1349.0
40-core 4.19 GHz
424.4
615.4
800.0
856.0
80-core 4.19 GHz
848.8
1230.7
1599.9
1711.9
32-core 4.35 GHz
355.1
514.9
669.4
716.3
64-core 4.35 GHz
710.2
1029.8
1338.8
1432.5
96-core 4.35 GHz
1065.3
1544.8
2008.2
2,148.8
128-core 4.35 GHz
1420.5
2059.7
2677.6
2,865.0
Power E870
Power E880
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CPW (for IBM i)
E870
SMT8
32-core
64-core
4.02 GHz
4.02 GHz
359,000
711,000
40-core
80-core
4.19 GHz
4.19 GHz
460,000
911,000
E880
32-core
64-core
96-core
128-core
SMT8
4.35 GHz
4.35 GHz
4.35 GHz
4.35 GHz
Measured
using SMT8
SMT4 would
be somewhat
lower
381,000
755,000
1,114,000
1,495,000
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Power E870 outperforms all other 8-socket systems

(best Intel Xeon and best Oracle SPARC)
SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark Results, 2-Tier: SD Benchmark Users
SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0
Source: http//www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx
1.6X more users than Ivybridge-EX v2

Nearly 2X more users than Oracle T5-8
with 1/3 less cores!
120c
80c
96c
120c
128c
Oracle T5-8 Fujitsu PQ 2800E

IBM x3950 X6 IBM Power 780 IBM Power E870
T5, 128c/1024t
Intel E7-8890 v2,
120c/240t
Intel E7-8890 v2
120c/240t
POWER7+
96c/384t
POWER8
80c/640t
(1) IBM Power System E870 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 80 cores / 640 threads, POWER8; 4.19GHz, 2048GB memory, 79,750 SD benchmark users, running AIX 7.1 and DB2 10.5, dialog response: 0.97 seconds, line
items/hour:8,722,000, dialog steps/hour: 26,166,000 SAPS: 436,100 database response time (dialog/update): 0.013 sec / 0.026 s ec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014033 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(2) IBM Power System 780 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 96 cores / 384 threads, POWER7+; 3.72GHz, 1536GB memory, 57024 SD benchmark users, running AIX 7.1 and DB2 10, dialog response: 0.98 seconds, line
items/hour: 6,234,330, dialog steps/hour: 18,703,000 SAPS: 311,720 database response time (dialog/update): 0.009 sec / 0.014 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014024 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(3) IBM System x3950 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 120 cores / 240 threads, Intel Xeon Processor E7-8890 v2; 2.80GHz, 1024GB memory, 49,000 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition and
DB2 10, dialog response: 0.85 seconds, line items/hour: 5,421,670, dialog steps/hour: 16,265,000 SAPS: 271,080; database res ponse time (dialog/update): 0.0083 sec / 0.022 sec, CPU utilization: 98%, Certification #: 2014024 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(4) Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 2800E on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 120 cores / 240 threads, Intel Xeon Processor E7-8890 v2; 2.80GHz, 1024GB memory, 49,000 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 Standard
Edition and SQL Server 12, dialog response: 0.97 seconds, line items/hour: 5,193,670, dialog steps/hour: 15,581,000 SAPS: 259,680; database response time (dialog/update): 0.015 sec / 0.030 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014003 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(5) (5) Oracle SPARC Server T5-8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors/128 cores/1024 threads, SPARC T5; 3.60 GHz, 2,048 GB memory; 40,000 SD benchmark users, running Solaris 11 and Oracle 11g; Certification #
2012013008. Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.
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Over twice the SAP ERP users per core with Power
E870/E880 than the best Intel Xeon and best Oracle SPARC
results !
Nearly 1000 Users per Core with POWER8 based E870
SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark Results, 2-Tier: SD Benchmark Users per Core
SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 As of April 28, 2014
Source: http//www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx
SD Benchmark Users per Core
2.2X
more users per core than
the best competitors!
Oracle T5-8
HP DL580 Oracle M5-32

T5
HP DL 380p
E7-4890
v2
M5
128c/1024t
E5-2699 v3
60c/120t
192c/1536t
36c/72t
IBM E870
POWER8
80c/640t
(1) IBM Power System E870 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 80 cores / 640 threads, POWER8; 4.19GHz, 2048GB memory, 79,750 SD benchmark users, running AIX 7.1 and DB2 10.5, dialog response: 0.97 seconds, line
items/hour:8,722,000, dialog steps/hour: 26,166,000 SAPS: 436,100 database response time (dialog/update): 0.013 sec / 0.026 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014033 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(2) HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9, on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors/36 cores/72 threads, Intel Xeon Processor 2699v3; 2.30 GHz, 256 GB memory; 16,101 SD benchmark users, running RHEL 6.5 and SAP ASE; Certification # 2014032.
Results valid as of September 8, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(3) Oracle SPARC Server M5-32 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 32 processors/192 cores/1536 threads, SPARC M5; 3.60 GHz, 4,096 GB memory; 85,050 SD benchmark users, running Solaris 11 and Oracle 11g; Certification #
2012013009. Results valid as of April 28, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(4) HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 4 processors/60 cores/120 threads, Intel Xeon Processor 4890 v2; 2.80 GHz, 1024 GB memory; 24,450 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition and SQL
Server 2012; Certification # 2043004. Results valid as of April 28, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(5) Oracle SPARC Server T5-8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors/128 cores/1024 threads, SPARC T5; 3.60 GHz, 2,048 GB memory; 40,000 SD benchmark users, running Solaris 11 and Oracle 11g; Certification # 2012013008.
Results valid as of April 28, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.
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Power E870 & E880

Memory
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Enterprise CDIMMs
128GB CDIMM
16GB, 32GB,
64GB CDIMM
Custom DIMMs (CDIMMs)

1600 MHz DDR3 (POWER7/7+ was 1066 MHz DDR3)
Up to 4 TB per CEC Drawer (Up to 4TB / node)
Incorporates L4 cache of 16MB
Enterprise memory RAS
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POWER8 Memory Buffer Chip

DRAM
Chips
L4 cache
Memory
Buffer
DDR Interfaces
16MB
Intelligence Moved into Memory
Scheduler &
POWER8
Memory
Management Cache Link
Previously on POWER7+ chip onto buffer
Processor Interface
High speed interface
Performance Value
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DDR3 1600 MHz Memory Cards & Activations

feature
GB feature
Shipped cards Models

supporting
(four per feature)
#EM8J
64
4x16GB
MME / MHE
#EM8K
128
4x32GB
MME / MHE
#EM8L
256
4x64GB
MME / MHE
#EM8M
512
4x128GB
MHE
* see SOD
There is also a 4TB memory bundle feature #EMB6
Static activation features:

1 GB
#EMA5
100 GB
#EMA6
512 GB
#EMB8 (IFL only)
There is also a 4TB (8 x 512) activation bundle feature #EMB7
Mobile activation feature:

100GB
#EMA7
Mobile enabled activation feature:
100GB
#EMA9
32 slots per system node ( holds 8 memory features)

8 memory card slots per socket / SCM (holds 2 memory features)
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Slide added after 18 Sept
POWER8 Memory Compared to POWER7+

50% faster (MHz)
~20-33% lower $/GB
Up to 2X larger DIMMs
POWER8
POWER7+
DDR3 1066MHz
DDR3 1600 MHz
Feature
code
GB per
$ / GB
feature 100% activated
#EM40
32 GB
#EM41
Feature
code
GB per
$ / GB
feature 100% activated
$203
--
--
--
64 GB
$203
#EM8J
64 GB
$168
#EM42
128 GB
$203
#EM8K
128 GB
$168
#EM44
256 GB
$252
#EM8L
256 GB
$168
--
--
--
#EM8M
512 GB
$180
No compare
~20% lower price

~33% lower price
No compare
Prices are USA list prices and subject to change. Reseller prices may vary.
Prices calculated using static activations, not mobile activations.
Prices are USA list prices and subject to change. Reseller prices may vary.
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Memory Config Rules

Each feat code = 4 CDIMMs (4 identical memory cards)
32 card slots in each drawer --- 8 slots per SCM
Max 8 memory features per CEC drawer
Minimum one feature per SCM (50% of slots)

Memory features can differ SCM to SCM
Memory feature must be the same on the same SCM
Memory activation rule = minimum 50% of memory physically installed on server
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POWER8 Memory Connect to SCM (socket)
One CDIMM card
One CDIMM card

POWER8 SCM
One CDIMM card
One CDIMM card
One CDIMM card
One CDIMM card
One CDIMM card
One CDIMM card

8 CDIMMS per SCM
Each CDIMM adds memory bandwidth
Each CDIMM adds L4 cache of 16MB
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POWER8 Memory CDIMMs Rule

One optional
CDIMM card
One optional
CDIMM card
POWER8 SCM
One optional
CDIMM card
One optional
CDIMM card
One mandatory
CDIMM card
One mandatory
CDIMM card
One mandatory
CDIMM card
Min 50% GB activated
One mandatory
CDIMM card
8 CDIMM slots per SCM (2 feature codes per SCM)

Minimum one memory feat code any size (four identical CDIMM) per SCM
Optional second memory feature (four identical CDIMM) per SCM
2nd memory feature code same capacity as 1st memory feature code
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Memory Bandwidth per E870/E880 Socket (SCM)
3x more than POWER7
POWER8
POWER7
POWER6
POWER5
50
100
150
200
250
GB/Sec
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System Node PCIe 3
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POWER8 Integrated PCI Gen 3

POWER8
POWER7
GX
Bus
PCIe Gen3
I/O
Bridge
PCIe Gen2
PCI
Device
PCI
Devices
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E870/E880 System Node I/O Bandwidth

(System node or processor enclosure or CEC drawer)
POWER8 E870
POWER7+ 770
POWER7 770
POWER6 570
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
GB/Sec
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System Node PCIe slots

8 PCIe Gen3 x16 low profile (LP)
Slots use a new low

profile blind swap
cassette (BSC). Server
comes fully populated
with BSC. No special
feat code associated with
BSC.
Eight Low profile (LP) adapter slots

- Used for PCIe adapters (Gen1, Gen2 or Gen3 LP adapters)
- Or used to connect to PCIe Gen3 I/O Expansion Drawer
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PCIe Gen3
Gen1 x8
Gen2 x8
Gen3 x8
2.5 GHz
Though these cards physically look the same and fit in the same slots
Gen3 cards/slots have up to 2X more bandwidth than Gen2 cards/slots
Gen3 cards/slots have up to 4X more bandwidth than Gen1 cards/slots
More I/O virtualization
More I/O consolidation
saving PCI slots and I/O drawers
More I/O ports per adapter
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16
14
12
Peak
A Gen1 x8 PCIe adapter has a theoretical max (peak)

bandwidth of 4 GB/sec.
A Gen2 x8 adapter has a peak bandwidth of 8 GB/sec.
A Gen3 x8 adapter has a peak bandwidth of 16 GB/sec.
Sustained
10
8
6
4
2
0
Gen1
Gen2
Gen3
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PCIe x8 and x16
POWER8 servers have x8

AND x16 PCIe slots
Compared to POWER7+ PCIe Gen2 x8 slot, a POWER8
PCIe Gen3 x16 slot has a peak bandwidth of 4X (2X
going Gen2 to Gen3 plus 2X going x8 to x16)
x8
x1
x4
x8
x16
x16
x16 slot/card has more connections than a x8 slot/card

x16 or x8 refers to the number of lanes. More lanes = more physical
connections = more bandwidth
A x8 card can be placed in a x16 slot, but only uses half the connections
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System Node PCIe Adapters

Slots use a new low profile blind
swap cassette (BSC).
Server comes fully populated with
BSC.
Description
Ethernet 2-port 10Gb
Ethernet 2-port 40Gb
Ethernet 4-port 1Gb RJ45
Ethernet 2-port 1Gb RJ45
Ethernet 4-port 10+1Gb SR+RJ45
Ethernet 4-port 10+1Gb SFP+Cu+RJ45
Fibre Channel HBA 2-port 16Gb
SAS 4-port 6Gb
SAS 4-port 6Gb
USB-3 4-port
Other info
NIC & RoCE*
NIC & RoCE*
NIC
NIC 10G BaseT
NIC FCoE* SR-IOV**
NIC FCoE* SR-IOV**
Card to connect to PCIe I/O drawer
See also larger PCIe list of supported adapters in I/O drawer
LP feat #
EC29
EC3A
5260
EN0X
EN0J
EN0L
EN0B
EN0Y*
5273
EJ0M
EJ11
EC45
Equiv FH #
EC30
EC3B
5899
EN0W
EN0H
EN0K
EN0A
5729*
5735
EJ0J
EN10
EC46
EJ07
n/a
* use of RoCE or FCoE optional
** SOD for POWER8
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SOD : More PCIe Adapters for System Node

Not planned for 2014
IBM plans to support additional PCIe adapters on the Power E870/E880

to provide additional I/O configuration flexibility to clients. The following
low profile adapters are planned to be placed in the E870/E880 system
node drawers:
PCIe LP POWER GXT145 Graphics Accelerator (#5269)

PCIe LP 10GbE SR 1-port Adapter (#5275)
PCIe LP 4Gb 2-Port Fibre Channel Adapter (#5276)
PCIe2 LP 4-Port 10GbE&1GbE SR&RJ45 Adapter (#5280)
PCIe2 LP 2-Port 4X IB QDR Adapter 40Gb (#5283)
PCIe2 LP 2-port 10GbE SR Adapter (#5284)
PCIe2 LP 3D Graphics Adapter x1 (#EC41)
PCIe2 LP 4-Port (10Gb+1GbE) SR+RJ45 Adapter (#EN0T)
PCIe2 LP 4-port (10Gb+1GbE) Copper SFP+RJ45 Adapter (#EN0V)
PCIe LP 2-Port Async EIA-232 Adapter (#EN28)
functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any
future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.
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PCIe Gen3
I/O Expansion Drawer
72
PCIe Gen3 I/O Expansion Drawer
Front view
Feat #EMX0
12 PCIe Gen3 slots

4U drawer
Full high PCIe slots
Hot plug PCIe slots
Feat #EMXF
Rear view
Modules not hot plug
Feat #EMXF
Fan-out Module
6 PCIe Gen3 Slots
4 x8 & 2 x16
Fan-out Module
6 PCIe Gen3 Slots
4 x8 & 2 x16
Use same Blind Swap Cassette (BSC) as used

in #5802/5877/5803/5873 I/O drawer
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PCIe Gen3 I/O Drawer

PCIe Optical Interface to
system node, 2 CXP ports
PCIe Optical Interface to

system node, 2 CXP ports
Fan-out Module
Fan-out Module
Rear view
Each fan-out module has two CXP ports
One active optical cable (AOC) connects to each port
Order one pair of cables (one feat code) per fan-out module:
#ECC6 2 meter optical cable pair
#ECC8 10 meter optical cable pair
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One System Node to PCIe Gen3 I/O Drawer (o or 2, no 1)

Rear system
node
PCIe3 Optical Cable Adapter

(#EJ07)
One #EJ07 per fan-out module
Can be in any of nodes x16
PCIe slots
AOC cable pairs

#ECC6 2 meter length
#ECC8 10 meter length
One feat code ships two
identical cables
Connect top CXP port of #EJ07 to top CXP

port of fan-out module. Likewise connect
bottom port to bottom port. Do NOT
reverse !!
Do NOT mix lengths of AOC cables for the
same fan-out module
Do NOT cross cables connecting one fanout module to two different #EJ07 adapters
Each cable has two electrical-to-optical
convertors in the transceiver/CXP module
at each cable end. 12-lane optical cables
are used for bandwidth and for incremental
redundancy.
Active Optical
Cable Pair
fan-out module
Active Optical
Cable Pair
fan-out module
** Second I/O drawer not show for visual simplicity

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Min/Max PCIe I/O Drawer per System : 2014

Two system node
One system node
Two system node
Two system node
One system node
+
0
1
2
+
0
2
3
4
0 or 2 PCIe Gen3 I/O
Drawers in 2014
0, 2 or 4 PCIe Gen3 I/O Drawers in 2014

(max 4 fan-out modules per node)
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SOD : PCIe Gen3 I/O Drawer E870/E880

IBM plans to support up to four PCIe Gen3 I/O drawers per
Power E870/E880 system node drawer, providing additional
configuration flexibility and system growth.
IBMs statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBMs sole discretion. Information regarding potential future
products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential
future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be
incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.
Sample quantities of PCIe

drawers on the server
0
2
4
8
12
PCIe slots per

1-node server
8
28
PCIe slots per

2-node server
16
36
PCIe slots per 4-node

server (2015)
32
52
24 drwr + 4 node
24 drwr + 12 node
24 drwr + 28 node
48 (SOD)
56
72
48 drwr + 0 node
48 drwr + 8 node
48 drwr + 24 node
n/a
96 (SOD)
112
96 drwr + 0 node
96 drwr + 16 node
n/a
152 (SOD)
n/a
144 drwr + 8 node
16
n/a
n/a
192 (SOD)
192 drwr + 0 node
Not all possible quantities

of drawers shown
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2014 Supported PCIe I/O Drawer Cabling Examples

Note the single blue/green/etc lines below each depicts two physical AOC cables
system
node
system
node
system
node
system
node
system
node
PCIe I/O
Drwr
PCIe I/O
Drwr
PCIe I/O
Drwr
PCIe I/O
Drwr
Split 50-50
No split
Split 25-75
Notes:
With two system nodes it is a good practice (but not required) to
attach the two fan-out modules in one I/O drawer to different system
nodes. Combined with placing redundant PCIe adapters in different
fan-out modules, system availability is enhanced.
PCIe I/O drawer can be in the same or different rack as the system
nodes. If large numbers of I/O cables are attached to PCIe adapters,
its nice to have the I/O drawer in a different rack for cable
management ease
System control unit not shown for visual simplicity
PCIe I/O
Drawers
Max 4 fan-out
modules per node
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2014 Unsupported PCIe I/O Drawer Cabling Examples

Note the single blue/green/etc lines below each depicts two physical AOC cables
system
node
PCIe I/O
Drwr
system
node
system
node
PCIe I/O
Drwr
PCIe I/O
Drwr
Invalid in 2014
Cabling a drawer
(only one fan-out module per
drawer) not supported
Invalid in 2014
Just one drawer
not supported
system
node
PCIe I/O
Drwr
PCIe I/O
Drwr
PCIe I/O
Drwr
Invalid in 2014
Three drawers
per node not
supported. See
SOD
Invalid in 2014
max two, not
four drawers per
node. See SOD
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PCIe IO Drawer Comparison

PCIe Gen3 I/O Drawer
#EMX0
12X PCIe Gen1 I/O Drawer

#5802 (or #5877)
POWER8
POWER6 & POWER7
PCIe Gen3 x16
GX++ (12X (InfiniBand DDR))
Two 32GB/s
One 20GB/s (potentially shared

with 2nd drawer)
Dual PCIe Gen3

Point to Point
Active Optical Cable x8
12X Cable Loop
Gen3 x8 & x16
Gen1 x8
N/A
System technology
Host Interface
System connection
Bandwidth
Cable
PCIe slots
PCIe Modular Bays
PCIe Slots
PCIe Card Sizes
12
(note: use 2 slots in node)
10
Full Height / Full Length
Full Height / Full Length
Size Drawer
4U
4U
# SAS Bays
18 in #5802
0 in #5877
Power Supplies
2 / Redundant
2 / Redundant
Fans
4 / Redundant
2 / Redundant
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Power E870/E880 Full High PCIe Adapters Supported

as of October 2014 (page 1)
Ethernet NIC
Ethernet NIC
Ethernet NIC & FCoE
Ethernet NIC
Ethernet NIC
Ethernet NIC & RoCE
Ethernet NIC
Ethernet NIC
Ethernet NIC &
OpenOnload
Ethernet NIC & RoCE
Ethernet NIC
Ethernet NIC
Ethernet NIC
Ethernet NIC
Ethernet NIC & FCoE
Ethernet NIC & RoCE
4-port 1GbE
RJ45
2-port 10GbE
10GBase-T
RJ45
4-port 10GbE+1GbE SR+RJ45
4-port 10GbE+1GbE
SR optical
4-port 10GbE+1GbE
Copper twinax
2-port 10GbE
SR optical
2-port 10GbE
SR optical
1-port 10GbE LR optical (IBM i native)
#5899
#EN0W
#EN0H
#EN0S
#EN0U
#EC30
#5287
#5772
2-port 10GbE
#EC2J
Copper twinax
2-port 40GbE
QSFP+
2-port 1GbE
RJ45
2-port 1GbE
SX optical
4-port 1Gbe
RJ45
1-port 10GbE
SR optical
4-port 10GbE+1GbE Copper
Twinax+RJ45
2-port 10GbE
Copper twinax
#EC3B
#5767
#5768
#5717
#5769
#EN0K
#EC28
* initially announced without NIM, NIM added late Aug

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Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel
2-port
4-port
2-port
2-port
Communications
Communications
Communications
Communications
1-port Bisync
(IBM i)
2-port Async/Bisync (IBM i)
4-port Async (AIX / Linux)
#EN13, #EN14
#2893, #2894
#5785
2-port Async RS232
#EN27
SAS RAID
SAS Tape/DVD
SAS RAID
SAS RAID/Tape/DVD
SAS RAID
SAS RAID
4-port no-cache PCIe3 for SSD/HDD

4-port tape/DVD PCIe3
4-port huge-cache PCIe3 for SSD/HDD
2-port no-cache PCIe1 for HDD
3-port large cache PCIe2 HDD/SSD
3-port large cache PCIe2 HDD/SSD
8Gb
8Gb
16Gb
4Gb
#5735
#5729
#EN0A
#5774
5289/5290 replace
#EJ0J
#EJ10
#EJ0L
#5901
#5913
#ESA3
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Infiniband (IB)
2-port QDR IB
Graphics
Graphics
2D graphics for general use

3D graphics for RHEL7
#5748
#EC42
Encryption
Crypto Coprocessor 4765-001
#EJ28
USB
4-port USB-3
#EC46
SR optical
IBM & Business Partner Confidential until Announcement
#5285
91
SOD : More PCIe Adapters for PCIe Gen3 Drawer

Not planned for 2014
IBM plans to support additional PCIe adapters on the Power E870/E880

to provide additional I/O configuration flexibility to clients. The following
full high profile adapters are planned to be placed in the PCIe Gen3 I/O
drawer:
PCIe2 4-Port (10GbE & 1GbE) SR&RJ45 Adapter (#5744)

10Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter (#5708)
PCIe 380MB Cache Dual Port 3Gb SAS RAID Adapter (#5805)
PCIe2 4-port (10Gb FCoE & 1GbE) LR&RJ45 Adapter (#EN0M)
functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any
future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.
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Full High PCIe Adapters NOT Supported: Oct 2014

#2054 or #2055 PCIe RAID & SSD SAS Adapter
#2728 4 port USB PCIe Adapter (use #EC46 instead)
#4808 PCIe Crypto Coprocessor Gen3 BSC 4765-001
Use EJ28 instead (also check RPQ 8A228 for exceptions)
#4809, PCIe Crypto Coprocessor Gen4 BSC 4765-001
Wrong BSC, wont fit in PCIe Gen3 I/O drawer see #4808
#5288 PCIe2 2-Port 10GbE SFP+ Copper Adapter

#5289 2 Port Async EIA-232 PCIe Adapter
#5732 10 Gigabit Ethernet-CX4 PCI Express Adapter
#5745 PCIe2 4-Port 10GbE&1GbE SFP+Copper&RJ45 Adapter
#5773, 4 Gigabit PCI Express Single Port Fibre Channel Adapter
#5903 PCIe 380MB Cache Dual - x4 3Gb SAS RAID Adapter
(use #5805 instead when #5805 supported)
#EC2K
#EJ0X
#ESA1,
#ES09,
PCIe2 2-port 10GbE SFN5162F Adapter

PCIe3 SAS Tape Adapter Quad-port 6Gb
PCIe2 RAID SAS Adapter Dual-port 6Gb
IBM Flash Adapter 90
(use #EC2J instead)

(use #EJ10 instead)
(use #EJ0J instead)
The following are currently unsupported, but see SOD

#5744 PCIe2 4-Port (10GbE & 1GbE) SR&RJ45 Adapter
#5708 10Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter
#5805 PCIe 380MB Cache Dual Port 3Gb SAS RAID Adapter
#EN0M PCIe2 4-port (10Gb FCoE & 1GbE) LR&RJ45 Adapter
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Quick Reference Tool for PCIe Adapters

Quickly see first-level information on adapters, adapter slots, OS pre-req
Gen1/Gen2?, LP/FH?, equivalent feat code?, what type slot?, what drawer? etc
(Pre-req Tool and other existing documentation still the source for real detailed information)
Download your own copy of this spreadsheet (not for clients at this time)
IBMers: http://w3.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/TD105846
Partners: http://partners.boulder.ibm.com/src/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/TD105846
As of 25 Nov, PCIe Spreadsheet not updated yet. However in a PCIe Gen3 I/O
drawer fan-out module, bandwidth of one system node PCIe slot is shared by six PCIe
slots. It is possible to have multiple high bandwidth adapters in the fan-out module
which together require more bandwidth than available.
The PCIe Spreadsheet has sizing factors for individual adapters relating to bandwidth.
Use the same sizing factors/logic for the PCIe adapters for
POWER7/POWER7+/POWER8 servers, but instead of the max GX++ subtotal value of
60 Gb/s used for POWER7/POWER7+, use 96 Gb/s for one EMXF fan-out
module (6 slots).
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Racking
Considerations
97
Sample Rack Configurations

9119-MHE (E880)
9119-MME (E870)
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41
40
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
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21
20
19
18
17
16
15
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13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
PDU location
for IO drws
PDU
PDU
24u available for

IO drws / HMC
B
e
a
r
p
a
w
5
8
9
9
E
N
0
B
B
e
a
r
p
a
w
5
8
9
9
E
N
0
B
E
N
0
J
E
N
0
J
E
N
0
B
5
8
9
9
B
e
a
r
p
a
w
5
8
9
9
B
e
a
r
p
a
w
Sys Cntrl Unit
FSP / Clk
E
N
0
J
E
N
0
J
E
N
0
B
System node
Drw 1
System node
Drw 2
PDU
PDU
#ER2B
2u reserved for
cable handling
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41
40
39
38
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34
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31
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10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
PDU location
for IO drws
PDU
PDU
12u available for

IO drws
#ER16
5u space reserved for
System node
B
e
a
r
p
a
w
5
8
9
9
E
N
0
B
E
N
0
J
E
N
0
J
E
N
0
B
5
8
9
9
B
e
a
r
p
a
w
Sys Cntrl Unit
FSP / Clk
B
e
a
r
p
a
w
5
8
9
9
E
N
0
B
E
N
0
J
E
N
0
J
E
N
0
B
System node
Drw 1
5
8
9
9
B
e
a
r
p
a
w
System node
Drw 2
#ER16
5u space reserved for
System node
2u space reserved for PDUs
Note: horizontal PDUs
PDU
PDU
#ER2B
2u reserved for
cable handling
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E870/880 Racking - Only Enterprise 42U Rack

Only the IBM Enterprise rack (7014-T42 or #0553) have been
tested/certified by IBM Development/Test with the E870/E880 as of Oct/Nov
2014. Therefore the 7014-T42 or #0553 is the only rack IBM Manufacturing
uses with E870/E880 system nodes.
If a different rack (IBM or nonIBM) is desired, work with IBM Service
organization to confirm the rack has the needed strength, rigidity, hole
spacing, clearances, etc. IBM Service does not require certification by IBM
Development/Test to be able to provide service/warranty in other racks.
FYI -- url for the specs the rack has to meet: http://www01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/9119-MHE/p8had/p8had_oemrack.htm?lang=en
If OEM rack meets these specs they should work. Note, the client is responsible for
verifying with their rack manufacturer that their non-IBM racks comply with IBM
specifications.
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OS
Support
105
Power E870/E880 Operation System Support

AIX with any valid I/O config:
AIX 7.1 TL3 SP4 and APAR IV63332 or later
AIX 7.1 TL2 SP6 or later
(planned availability January 2015)
AIX 6.1 TL9 SP4 and APAR IV63331 or later
AIX 6.1 TL8 SP6, or later
(planned availability January 2015)
AIX with virtual I/O only:
IBM i
IBM i 7.2 TR1 or later
IBM i 7.1 TR9 or later
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 and later SPs
VIOS
VIOS 2.2.3.4 with ifix IV63331 or later
Firmware 8.2.0
106
Upgrade path to
E870 / E880
114
Model Upgrades (Same Serial Number)

E880
795
780
595
E870
770
570
750
560
740
550
720 6/8 core

520 4-core
Scale-out
1-S / 2-S
720 4 core
520 2-core
730
520 1-core
710
POWER6
POWER7
POWER8
115
770/780 Model Upgrades (Same Serial Number)
780
B Mdl
780
C Mdl
780+
D Mdl
E880
570
770
B Mdl
POWER6
POWER7
770
C Mdl
POWER7
770+
D Mdl
E870
POWER7+
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Full Set of 770+/780+ to 870/880 Processor Conversions

TO Power E870 9119-MME
EPBA 4.02GHZ
PROC (32c node)
FROM
Power 770
9117-MMD
EPBC 4.19 GHz

40c node
EPM1 (3.808 GHz

16c node)
Yes
Yes
EPM0 (4.228 GHz

12c node)
Yes
Yes
TO Power E880 9119-MHE

FROM
Power 780
9179-MHD
EPBB 4.35 GHz

32c node
EPH0 (4.42 GHz
16c node)
Yes
EPH2 (3.61 GHz

32c node)
Yes
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POWER6 570 to POWER8 E8x0 Upgrades

570
780
770
E880
E870
IMPORTANT -- No one-step upgrades where two model upgrades are

implemented over one long weekend.
Must do two upgrades ideally separated by several months time

POWER6POWER7+ and then POWER7+POWER8
This is a legal / business practices requirement. This must be treated as two
steps from an accounting/financial perspective.
Note the IBM ordering/manufacturing systems key off the POWER6POWER7+ installation
before allowing the POWER7+POWER8 upgrade to be ordered
Words from IBM Business Practices: The client must buy the POWER7+ upgrade for purpose of
using the POWER7+ 770/780, not solely as a step to the E870/E880. And, they must get business
value out of the POWER7+ 770+/780 for at least 90 days. Finally, the upgrade to the POWER8 server
needs to be sold separately / independently of the upgrade to POWER7+ 770/780.
Additional notes:
Assuming historical practices maintained, upgrades from a POWER6 570 to a POWER7+
770/780 will be withdrawn when IBM withdraws the sales of new serial number 770/780.
Conversions from a POWER6 9406-MMA to a POWER6 9117-MMA are NOT considered a
step requiring a significant time pause in the above no one-step rule. However
manufacturing systems wont accept a 9117-MMA770/780 order until 94069117 MES
shows as installed.
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POWER7 770/780 to POWER8 E8x0 Upgrades

E880
780
770
780+
770+
E870
IMPORTANT -- No one-step upgrades where two model upgrades are

implemented over one long weekend.
Must do two upgrades ideally separated by several months time
POWER7POWER7+ . and then POWER7+POWER8
This is a legal / business practices requirement. This must be treated as
two steps from an accounting/financial perspective.
Note the IBM ordering/manufacturing systems key off the POWER7POWER7+
installation before allowing the POWER7+POWER8 upgrade to be ordered
Words from IBM Business Practices: The client must buy the POWER7+ upgrade
for purpose of using the POWER7+ 770/780, not solely as a step to the E870/E880.
And, they must get business value out of the POWER7+ 770+/780 for at least 90
days. Finally, the upgrade to the POWER8 server needs to be sold separately /
independently of the upgrade to POWER7+ 770/780.
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Existing/Older I/O Drawers Considerations

for attaching E870/E880
12X-attached PCIe I/O drawers
NOT supported
No GX++ attach on POWER8 -- move drawer content, but not drawer

19-inch #5802/5877
24-inch #5803/5873
12X-attached PCI-X I/O drawers

19-inch #5796
NOT supported
24-inch #5797/5798
#5887 EXP24S SAS I/O Drawer
Supported
(2.5-inch drives)
Older storage drawers not supported

#5886 EXP12S SAS I/O Drawer NOT supported
#5786 EXP24 SCSI I/O Drawer NOT supported
(3.5-inch drives)
(3.5-inch drives)
122
POWER8 I/O Migration Considerations: Disk & SSD
Drives in #5887 EXP24S I/O Drawer (SFF-2)

All disk drives supported.
All 387GB or larger SSD supported (177GB SSD not supported)
PCIe-attached drawer can move intact. Simply move attaching PCIe adapter to
POWER8 PCIe slot
Drives in POWER7 system unit or in #5802/5803 I/O drawer (SFF-1)

Drives supported but need to be retrayed. Once on SFF-2 carrier/tray can use in
#5887 EXP24S drawer.
Retraying done either in advance on POWER7 server or during upgrade/migration to
POWER8 server
All disk drives supported. All 387GB or larger SSD supported (177GB eMLC1 SSD not supported)
Drives in FC-attached SAN not impacted, just move FC card.

With PowerVM VIOS and Live Partition Mobility makes even easier
123
Full High PCIe Adapters NOT Supported: Oct

#2054 or #2055 PCIe RAID & SSD SAS Adapter
#2728 4 port USB PCIe Adapter (use #EC46 instead)
#4808 PCIe Crypto Coprocessor Gen3 BSC 4765-001
Use EJ28 instead (also check RPQ 8A228 for exceptions)
#4809, PCIe Crypto Coprocessor Gen4 BSC 4765-001
Wrong BSC, wont fit in PCIe Gen3 I/O drawer see #4808
#5288 PCIe2 2-Port 10GbE SFP+ Copper Adapter

#5289 2 Port Async EIA-232 PCIe Adapter
#5732 10 Gigabit Ethernet-CX4 PCI Express Adapter
#5745 PCIe2 4-Port 10GbE&1GbE SFP+Copper&RJ45 Adapter
#5773, 4 Gigabit PCI Express Single Port Fibre Channel Adapter
#5903 PCIe 380MB Cache Dual - x4 3Gb SAS RAID Adapter
(use #5805 instead when #5805 supported)
#EC2K
#EJ0X
#ESA1,
#ES09,
PCIe2 2-port 10GbE SFN5162F Adapter

PCIe3 SAS Tape Adapter Quad-port 6Gb
PCIe2 RAID SAS Adapter Dual-port 6Gb
IBM Flash Adapter 90
(use #EC2J instead)

(use #EJ10 instead)
(use #EJ0J instead)
The following are currently unsupported, but see SOD

#5744 PCIe2 4-Port (10GbE & 1GbE) SR&RJ45 Adapter
#5708 10Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter
#5805 PCIe 380MB Cache Dual Port 3Gb SAS RAID Adapter
#EN0M PCIe2 4-port (10Gb FCoE & 1GbE) LR&RJ45 Adapter
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POWER6 / POWER7 / POWER8 Live Partition Mobility
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.1
AIX 6.1
AIX 6.1
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.1
AIX 6.1
AIX 6.1
AIX 6.1
AIX 6.1
AIX 5.3
AIX 5.3
AIX 5.3
IBM i 7.1
IBM i 7.1 *
IBM i 7.2
IBM i 7.2 *
Linux
POWER6/6+
Linux
Linux
POWER7
Linux
Linux
POWER8
Leverage POWER6 / POWER7 Compatibility Modes

LPAR Migrate between POWER6 / POWER7 / POWER8 Servers
Can not move POWER8 Mode partitions to POWER6 or POWER7 systems.
* shipped for POWER8 Sept 2014
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Migrating to E870/E880 using

Power Enterprise Pools
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POWER7+ P770D Migration to POWER8 E870

POWER7+ P780D Migration to POWER8 E880
Power Enterprise Pool

1.
Have an existing POWER7+ P770D/P780D server with Mobile CPU Cores/RAMs
2.
Purchase a new POWER8 E870/E880 server with minimum required activations of

CPU Cores/RAMs
3.
Join together existing POWER7+ P770D/P780D server & new E870/E880 with Power
Enterprise Pool (thru IBMs Power Enterprise Pool registration process)
4.
Transfer POWER7+ Mobile CPU/RAM activations to new E870/E880 as Production
5.
Migrate customers applications to POWER8 :

- can use LPM (Live Partition Mobility) for migration if there is a ready LPM environment
6.
POWER7+ server can be used as HA/DR or other purposes

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POWER8 Enterprise Server Deep Dive

Power System E870

2014 IBM Corporation

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Quick Reference to Power Systems PCIe Adapter card

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Migrating using Power Enterprise Pools to save cost

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POWER8 Enterprise Server

Same serial number upgrades to E870/E880

Same serial number upgrades to E870/E880

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Power Systems QUIZ

POWER8 chips are used in Power Systems servers

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IBM Power System E870

IBM Power System E880

1Q 2014 Portfolio: POWER7/POWER7+

2Q (June) 2014 Portfolio: POWER8/POWER7/POWER7+

4Q (November) 2014 Portfolio: POWER8/POWER7/POWER7+

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Power Enterprise (Scale-up) Positioning

POWER8 Enterprise (Scale-up) Systems

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POWER8 Enterprise (Scale-up) System

POWER8 Enterprise System Node (CEC Drawer)

(for LP PCIe adapter or

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POWER8 Enterprise System Node (CEC Drawer)

One to four nodes (E880)

One to two nodes (E870)

features (e.g. E870: 4.19 GHz node 4.02 GHz node )

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Power E870/E880 SOD (Statement of Direction)

POWER8 Enterprise System Node (CEC Drawer)

48-core node (SOD) 2015

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POWER8 Enterprise System Node (CEC Drawer)

Processor SCM feature

Minimum of 8 cores must be activated (any of the above activations)

POWER8 Enterprise System Node (CEC Drawer)

32 memory DIMM slots per node

8 PCIe Gen3 x16 low profile (LP) slots per node

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System Control Unit

One system control unit per system

System control unit holds:

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System Control Unit (Midplane)

Redundant Hot plug

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Auto-adding a System Control Unit

One system control unit auto-included with each Power E870 or

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DVD Bay in System Control Unit

1.6 meter USB cable

USB Port cable

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System Control Unit Redundancy

Redundant HMC ports (two per service processor, four total)

One master VPD card redundant copies of information on the card