IBM Power 740 Server Technical Specifications
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Options | Power 740: 8205-E6D |
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POWER7+ processor modules-1 or 2 per system | 6 or 12-core 4.2GHz, 8 or 16-core 3.6GHz, 8 or 16-core 4.3GHz |
Sockets | 1 or 2 |
L2 Cache | 256KB per Core |
L3 Cache | 10MB per Core |
Memory | 8GB to 512GB RDIMM DDR3 Active Memory Expansion-1 Processor |
8GB to 1024GB RDIMM DDR3 Active Memory Expansion-2 Processors | |
SSD | Up to 8 SFF Drives or |
Disk Drives | Up to86 SFF SAS Drives |
Disk Capacity | Up to 7.2TB |
Media Bays | Slimline-DVD-RAM, Half height for tape drive or removable disk |
PCI Adapter Slots | 5 PCI Express Gen2 8xplus optional 4 PCIe Gen2 low profile |
Standard Ethernet | 4 x 10/100/1000 Mbps ports |
Integrated SAS Controller | 1 for SAS DASD/SSD 2/ RAID 10 & DVD-RAM |
Optional protected 175MB cache w/ RAID 5 and 6 | |
High Performance PCI Adapters | 4-port 8GB Fibre Channel |
2 Port 16GB Fibre Channel | |
2 Port 10GbE RoCE | |
10GB Ethernet | |
10GB Fibre Channel over Ethernet | |
Dual Port QDR Infiniband | |
6Gbps SAS Raid Controller | |
Other Integrated Ports | 3 USB, 2 HMC, 2 System Ports, 2 SPCN |
GX Slots(12x) | 2 GX++ * |
Operating Systems | AIX, IBM I and Linus for POWER |
Power | 200V to 240V ac, single phase |
Dimensions | Rack Drawer: 6.9″ H x 17.6″ W x 24″ D, 87lbs |
*Shares space with PCI Epress 8x low profile slots |
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