IBM 9123710 - eServer OpenPower 710 Introduction Manual - General Description

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Chapter 1.

General description

The IBM 

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® OpenPower™ 710 rack-mount server (9123-710) is a powerful, dense 

2-way-capable system that delivers the expandability and availability required for constrained 

data centers. The OpenPower 710 server's raw computing power positions it well for 

high-performance engineering and scientific workloads. Its system-level expandability and 

availability suits edge of network, general infrastructure, Web content serving, and application 

hosting services applications. The OpenPower 710 server comes in a 2U rack drawer 

package and is available in a 1-way or 2-way configuration.

The OpenPower 710 server's symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) uses a 1-way or 2-way, 

state-of-the-art, 64-bit, Silicon on Insulator, copper-based IBM POWER5™ microprocessor 

running at 1.65 GHz with 36 MB of Level 3 (L3) cache. The base 1 GB of main memory can 

be expanded to 32 GB for faster performance and exploitation of 64-bit addressing as used in 

large database applications.

The OpenPower 710 server contains five device bays. The five device bays are 

front-accessible; four bays are for hot-swap-capable disk drives and can accommodate up to 

1.2 TB of disk storage. The fifth bay is used for a slimline DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM. Other 

integrated features include three 64-bit PCI-X slots, integrated service processor, integrated 

10/100/1000 Mbps two-port Ethernet, two service processor communication, two USBs, and 

two HMC ports, integrated dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI controller, external SCSI port, 

hot-swappable power and cooling, and optional redundant power.

For partitioning, a Hardware Management Console (HMC) is required. The optional feature 

code (FC) 1965 POWER Hypervisor™ and Virtual I/O Server are also supported on the 

OpenPower 710 server, which supports dynamic LPAR

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, up to 20 micro-partitions using 

Micro-Partitioning™ technology, virtual Ethernet, as well as virtual SCSI.

IBM Cluster Systems Management (CSM) V1.4.1 for Linux on POWER is supported on the 

OpenPower 710 server.

The OpenPower 710 server is backed by a three-year limited warranty. Check with your IBM 

representative for particular warranty availbility in your region.

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Dynamic LPAR support varies by Linux distribution.