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IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030,datedApril28,2014IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation1IBMPowerSystemS812Loptimizedforemergingandtraditionalscale-outLinuxworkloadsTableofcontents1Overview19Productnumber2Keyprerequisites25Publications2Plannedavailabilitydate26Technicalinformation3Description31Termsandconditions16Productpositioning36Prices17Statementofgeneraldirection46Ordernow47CorrectionsAtaglanceTheIBMPowerS812L(8247-21L)serverisapowerful1-socketserverthatshipswith10or12fullyactivatedcoresandI/Oconfigurationflexibilitytomeettoday'sgrowthandtomorrow'sprocessingneeds.
Theserverfeatures:PowerfulIBMPOWER8TMdual-chipmodule(DCM)processorsthatoffer3.
42GHzand3.
02GHzperformancewith10or12fullyactivatedcoresUpto512GBofmemoryExpansioncapabilitiesfortheEXP24SSFFGen2-bayDrawerChoiceofstoragefeatures:–StorageBackplane12SFF-3Bays/DVDBay–Splitfeatureto6+6SFF-3Bays:AddasecondSASController–StorageBackplane8SFF-3Bays/DVDBay/DualIOAwithWriteCacheandEasyTierfunctionalityHot-swapPCIeGen3slotsIntegrated:–Serviceprocessor–EnergyScaleTMtechnology–Hot-swapandredundantcooling–FourUSB3.
0portsforgeneraluse–TwoUSB2.
0portsfornon-generaluse–TwoHMC1GbERJ45ports–OnesystemportwithRJ45connector–Twohot-plug,redundantpowersupplies–19-inchrack-mounthardware(2U)Forordering,contactyourIBMrepresentative,anIBMBusinessPartner,orIBMAmericasCallCentersat800-IBM-CALL(Reference:YE001).
OverviewOptimizedforbigdataandanalytics,thePowerSystemS812Lserverisdesignedtoprovidetheidealfoundationforscale-outdataandcloudenvironmentsinacompact2Upackage.
Otherbenefitsinclude:IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation2GainfasterinsightswiththeIBMPOWER8processorandsmartaccelerationenabledbyCoherentAcceleratorProcessorInterface(CAPI)technologies.
LeveragechoiceofLinuxTMdistributions:RedHatEnterpriseLinux(RHEL),SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer(SLES),orUbuntuServer.
Choosebetweenindustry-recognizedenterprisevirtualizationPowerVMoropenvirtualizationwithPowerKVM.
Reduceenergyconsumptionbyutilizingadvancedenergycontrol.
IBMPowerSystemsTMserversrunningLinuxaredesignedtoprovidetheidealfoundationforprivateandpubliccloudinfrastructure.
ThePowerS812Lserver,basedonPOWER8processors,deliverssuperiorthroughputoverx86basedofferingsforcomparableworkloadsandprovidessuperioreconomicsforscale-outdeployments.
Forcustomerslookingtodeployadvancedanalytics,Powerdeliverssuperiorresponsetimeforsortingandqueryingunstructuredbigdatasets,andasuperiornumberofbusinessreportsperhourfortypicalbusinessanalyticsovercompetingsolutionsbuiltonx86.
Designedtoempowertheecosystemofopensourcedevelopment,thesesystemssupportanexpandedLinuxoperatingsystemecosystem(RHEL,SLESandUbuntuServer)andsupportopensourcevirtualizationtechnologywithPowerKVM.
ThePowerS812L(8247-21L)serversupportsoneprocessorsocket,offeringten3.
42GHzortwelve3.
02GHzPOWER8coresina19-inchrack-mount,2U(EIAunits)drawerconfiguration.
Allthecoresareactive.
ThePowerS812LserversupportsamaximumofeightDDR3CDIMMslots.
Memoryfeaturessupportedare16GB,32GB,and64GBallrunningat1600MHz,allowingforamaximumsystemmemoryof512GB.
RichI/Ooptionsinthesystemunitinclude:–TwoPCIeG3x16low-profileslots(oneCAPIcontrollerpersocketatdirectPCIex16slotfromeachsocket)–ThreePCIeG3x8low-profileslots(OneofthethreePCIeG3x8LPslotswillnotbeavailableifthehigh-functionRAIDcontrollerisinstalled.
)–Eight2.
5-in.
SFFbays–RAID0,5,6,10,5T2,6T2,and10T2support–OneDVD–OnePCIeG3x8slotfor1GE4-portLANcontrollerintegratedTwofrontandtworearUSB3.
0ports,andonerearsystemportServiceprocessor1+1redundanthot-swapacpowersuppliesineachenclosure19-inchrack-mount2UconfigurationIBMPowerVMforIBMPowerLinuxTM(PowerVM)orPowerKVMRedHatEnterpriseLinux6.
5,orlater;SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11ServicePack3,orlater;Ubuntu14.
04,operatingsystemsupportKeyprerequisitesOneofthefollowingoperatingsystems:RedHatEnterpriseLinux6.
5,orlaterSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11ServicePack3,orlaterUbuntuServer14.
04(PowerKVMisrequired.
)PlannedavailabilitydateAugust29,2014IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation3Note:FeatureEL3TisrequiredtobecombinedwithfeatureEL3V(Split#EL3Tto6+6SFF-3Bays:AddsSecondSASController).
DescriptionSummaryofstandardfeaturesforPowerS812L:SystemsserverbuiltwithPOWER8processormodules–10-core,3.
42GHz–12-core,3.
02GHzHigh-performance1600MbpsDDR3ECCmemory–16GB,32GB,or64GBmemoryfeatures–Upto512GBmemorywithonePOWER8processorDCMChoiceoftwostoragefeatures:–Choiceone:twelveSFF-3bays,oneDVDbay,oneintegratedSAScontrollerwithoutcache,andRAID0,5,6,or10--Optionally,splittheaboveSFF-3baysandaddasecondintegratedSAScontrollerwithoutcache.
–Choicetwo:eightSFF-3bays;oneDVDbay;apairofintegratedSAScontrollerswithcache;RAID0,5,6,10,5T2,6T2,or10T2cage--Optionally,attachanEXP24SSASHDD/SSDExpansionDrawertothedualIOA.
Hot-swapPCIeGen3slotsIntegrated:–Serviceprocessor–EnergyScaletechnology–Hot-swapandredundantcooling–FourUSB3.
0portsforgeneraluse–TwoUSB2.
0portsfornon-generaluse–TwoHMC1GbERJ45ports–OnesystemportwithRJ45connector–Twohot-plug,redundantpowersupplies–19-inchrack-mounthardware(2U)PowerKVMIBMPowerKVMprovidesservervirtualizationbasedonopensourceKernel-basedVirtualMachine(KVM)Linuxtechnology.
ThePowerKVMvirtualizationtechnologyallowsforsharingofrealcompute,memory,andI/Oresourcesthroughservervirtualization.
ThesevirtualresourcesareusedbyvirtualmachinesrunningonthePowerKVMvirtualizedserver.
ServervirtualizationwithPowerKVMallowsforoptimizationandovercommitmentofresourceslikeCPUandmemory,whichallowsclientstoachievesuperiorresourceutilization,flexibility,andagility,resultinginreducedeconomiesofscale.
ItprovidestheabilitytomoveVMsandworkloadsusingLiveMigrationwithouttakingapplicationdowntime,increasingoverallavailabilityandflexibility.
ThesolutionleveragesexistingLinuxadministrationskillsforvirtualizationadministrationandopenadministrationtoolslikeOpenStacktopotentiallyreducetheoverallcostofoperatingandowningthisvirtualizationsolution.
PowerKVMalsoincludesalocalgraphicalvirtualizationadministrationtoolcalledKimchithatgreatlysimplifiesinitialsetupandbasicvirtualizationoperation.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation4PowerVMIBMPowerVM,whichdeliversindustrial-strengthvirtualizationforLinuxenvironmentsonIBMPOWERprocessor-basedsystems,hasbeenenhancedwithavirtualization-orientedperformancemonitorandperformancestatisticsareavailablethroughtheHMC.
Theseperformancestatisticscanbeusedtounderstandtheworkloadcharacteristicsandtoprepareforcapacityplanning.
PowerS812LsystemconfigurationTheminimumPowerS812Linitialordermustincludeaprocessormodule,processoractivations,16GBofmemory,astoragebackplane,oneHDDorSSDDASDdevice,aPCIe24-port1GbEadapter,twopowersuppliesandlinecords,anoperatingsystemindicator,acoversetindicator,andaLanguageGroupSpecify.
Linuxistheoperatingsystem.
Theminimumdefinedinitialorderconfigurationisasfollows:FeaturenumberDescriptionELPDx110-core3.
42GHzPOWER8ProcessorCardorELP3x112-core3.
02GHzPOWER8ProcessorCardEPADProcessorcoreentitlementactivationsELPDandEPADequaltototalprocessorcoresorderedEL3Px116GBDDR3MemoryEL3TStorageBackplane:12SFF-3BaysandDVDBay,RAID0,5,6,10ELDTx1146GB15kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDriveforAIX/LinuxEL1Ax2900watt100-127Vacor200-240Vacoptions5260PCIe2LP4-port1GbEAdapter6458x2PowerCord4.
3m(14-ft),DrawertoWall/IBMPDU(250V/10A)9300/97xxLanguageGroupSpecifyEJTTFrontBezelfor12-BayBackPlane2147PrimaryOperatingSystemIndicator-LinuxNotes:Therackingapproachfortheinitialordermustbeeithera7014-T00,7014-T42,or7953-94Y.
IfanadditionalrackisrequiredforI/OexpansiondrawersasanMEStoanexistingsystem,eitherafeature0551,0553,orER05rackmustbeordered.
NointernalHDDorSSDisrequirediffeature0837(BootfromSAN)isselected.
AFibreChanneladaptermustbeorderediffeature0837isselected.
FeatureEL3TisrequiredtobecombinedwithfeatureEL3V.
ProcessormodulesAmaximumofoneprocessorwithtenprocessorcores(#ELPD)ortwelveprocessorcores(#ELP3)isallowed.
Allprocessorcoresmustbeactivated.
Thefollowingdefinestheallowedquantitiesofprocessoractivationentitlements.
One10-core,3.
42GHzprocessor(#ELPD)requiresthattenprocessoractivationcodesbeordered.
AmaximumoftenoffeatureELPDtoaminimumoftwooffeatureELPDandeightoffeatureELADisallowed.
One12-core,3.
02GHzprocessor(#ELP3)requiresthattwelveprocessoractivationcodesbeordered.
AmaximumoftwelveoffeatureELP3toaminimumoftwooffeatureELP3andtenoffeatureELA3isallowed.
SystemmemoryAminimumof16GBofmemoryisrequiredonthePowerS812Lsystem.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation5Memoryupgradesrequirememorypairs.
Basememoryisone16GB,1600MHzDDR3memorymodules(#EM83).
Plansforfuturememoryupgradesshouldbetakenintoaccountwhendecidingwhichmemoryfeaturesizetouseatthetimeofinitialsystemorder.
MemoryfeaturesMaximumFeatureMinimumquantityFeaturenumberquantityDIMM16GB1600MbpsEL3P0832GB1600MbpsEL3Q0864GB1600MbpsEL3R08PowersupplyTwopowersupplies:1+1900watt100-127Vacor200-240Vacoptions(#EL1A)RedundantfansRedundantfansarestandard.
PowercordsTwopowercordsarerequired.
Amaximumoftwofeature6458cordsisallowedonthesystemunlessavalidI/Odrawerortowerisattachedtothesystem.
Refertothefeaturelistingforotheroptions.
I/OsupportPCIeslotsThePowerS812LhasonePOWER8processordual-chipmodule(DCM).
SixPCIeGen3slotsarepresent:Twoarex16low-profileslots.
Fourarex8Gen3low-profileslots.
Thex16slotscanprovideuptotwicethebandwidthofanx8slotsbecauseitofferstwiceasmanyPCIelanesPCIeGen3slotscansupportuptotwicethebandwidthofaPCIeGen2slotanduptofourtimesthebandwidthofaPCIeGen1slot,assuminganequivalentnumberofPCIelanes.
AtleastonePCIeEthernetadapterisrequiredontheserverbyIBMtoensurepropermanufacture,test,andsupportoftheserver.
Oneofthex8PCIeslotsisusedforthisrequiredadapter,identifiedastheC10slot.
ThenewserversaresmarteraboutenergyefficiencyforcoolingthePCIeadapterenvironment.
TheysensewhichIBMPCIeadaptersareinstalledintheirPCIeslots,andifanadapterrequireshigherlevelsofcooling,theyautomaticallyspeedupfanstoincreaseairflowacrossthePCIeadapters.
Incontrast,POWER7serversrequiredtheusertoentera"non-acousticmode"commandtospeedupthefans.
Notethatfasterfansincreasethesoundleveloftheserver.
HigherwattagePCIeadaptersincludethePCIe3SASadapters,PCIe2SASadapters,andSSD/flashPCIeadapters(#EJ0J,#EJ0M,#EL3B,#EJ0L,#ESA1,#ESA2,#ESA3,and#5913).
SASbaysandstoragebackplaneoptionsThreebackplaneoptionsprovideagreatdealofflexibilityandcapability.
Oneofthesethreemustbeconfigured:StorageBackplane12SFF-3Bays/DVDBay(#EL3T)IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation6FeaturesEL3TandEL3V(splitbackplane)StorageBackplane8SFF-3Bays/DVDBay/DualIOAwithWriteCacheandEasyTierfunctionality(#EL3U)EachofthethreebackplaneoptionsprovidesSFF-3SASbaysinthesystemunit.
These2.
5-inchorsmallformfactor(SFF)SASbayscancontainSASdrives(HDDorSSD)mountedonaGen3trayorcarrier.
ThusthedrivesaredesignatedSFF-3.
SFF-1orSFF-2drivesdonotfitinanSFF-3bay.
AllSFF-3bayssupportconcurrentmaintenanceor"hotplug"capability.
Eachofthethreebackplaneoptionsusesleading-edge,integratedSASRAIDcontrollertechnologydesignedandpatentedbyIBM.
Acustom-designedPowerPCbasedASICchipisthebasisoftheseSASRAIDcontrollersandprovidesindustry-leadingRAID5andRAID6performancelevels,especiallyforSSD.
Internally,13(nocache)or16(withcache)6GbSASportsareimplementedandprovideplentyofbandwidth.
SimilarSASRAIDtechnologywasfirstintroducedwiththePCIeGen3SASadapter(#EL3B).
TheintegratedSAScontrollersareplacedindedicatedslotsanddonotuseanyPCIeslots.
ThefeatureEL3TStorageBackplaneoptionprovidestwelveSFF-3bays,oneSAScontrollerwithzerowritecache,andaDVDdrivebay.
ByoptionallyaddingthefeatureEL3VSplitBackplanefeature,asecondintegratedSAScontrollerwithnowritecacheisprovidedandthetwelveSSF-3baysarelogicallydividedintotwosetsofsixbays.
EachSAScontrollerindependentlyrunsoneofthesix-baysetsofdrives.
ThefeatureEL3UStorageBackplaneoptionhasexpandedfunctioncomparedtothefeatureEL3Tbackplane.
FeatureEL3UprovideseighteenSSF-3bays;apairofintegratedSAScontrollers,eachwith1.
8GBphysical(effectivelyupto7.
2GBwithcompression)writecache;aDVDbay;twoSASportsenabledforattachinganexternalfeature5887EXP24SDiskDrawer;aneight-bay,andEasyTierfunctionality.
ThedualSAScontrollersprovidebothperformanceandprotectionadvantages.
PatentedActive-Activecapabilitiesenhanceperformancewhenthereismorethanonearrayconfigured.
EachofthedualcontrollershasaccesstoallthebackplaneSASbaysandcanbackuptheothercontrollerifthereweretobeaproblemwiththeothercontroller.
Eachcontrollermirrorstheother'swritecache,providingredundancyprotection.
Integratedflashmemoryforthewritecachecontentprovidesprotectionagainstelectricalpowerlosstotheserverandavoidstheneedforwritecachebatteryprotectionandbatterymaintenance.
AllthreeofthesebackplaneoptionssupportHDDsorSSDsoramixtureofHDDsandSSDsintheSFF-3bays.
IfmixingHDDsandSSDs,theymustbeinseparatearrays(unlessusingEasyTierfunction).
Allthreeofthesebackplaneoptionscanofferdifferentdriveprotectionoptions:RAID0,RAID5,RAID6,orRAID10.
RAID5requiresaminimumofthreedrivesofthesamecapacity.
RAID6requiresaminimumoffourdrivesofthesamecapacity.
RAID10requiresaminimumoftwodrives.
HotsparecapabilityissupportedwithRAID5orRAID6.
Thehigh-performance,expanded-functiondual-IOAbackplanealsoprovidesEasyTierfunctionality,whichisalsocalledRAID5T2(2-tieredRAID5),RAID6T2(2-tieredRAID6),andRAID10T2(2-tieredRAID10).
Note:I/Operformance-sensitiveworkloadswithanappreciablepercentageofwritesshouldstronglyconsiderusingthefeatureEL3UbackplanewithSAScontrollerswithwritecacheorusePCIeSASadapterswithwritecache,especiallyforHDDs.
NotealsothatRAID5andRAID6resultinmoredrivewriteactivitythanmirroringorthanunprotecteddrives.
AllthreeofthesebackplaneoptionsaresupportedbyLinuxandVIOS.
Itishighlyrecommendedthedrivesbeprotectionisnotrequired.
Iftheclientneedschangeaftertheserverisalreadyinstalled,thebackplaneoptioncanbechanged.
Forexample,thefeatureEL3VsplitbackplanecanbeaddedtoanIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation7existingfeatureEL3Tbackplane.
OrthefeatureEL3Tcanberemovedandreplacedbytheexpanded-functiondualIOAfeatureEL3Ubackplane.
OrafeatureEL3UbackplanecouldbereplacedbyafeatureEL3TandEL3Vbackplane.
Unlikethehot-plugPCIeslotsandSASbays,concurrentmaintenanceisnotavailablefortheintegratedSAScontrollers.
Scheduleddowntimeisrequiredifaserviceactionisrequiredfortheseintegratedresources.
DVDdrivebayIncludedinthefeatureEL3TbackplaneorEL3UbackplaneisaslimlinemediabaythatcanoptionallyhouseaSATADVD-RAM(#5771).
TheDVDdriveisrunbytheintegratedSAScontrollers,andaseparatePCIeadapterisnotrequired.
StoragebackplaneintegratedEasyTierfunctionTheEasyTierfunctionisprovidedwiththedual-IOA,high-performancestoragebackplane.
Conceptually,thisfunctionisliketheEasyTierfunctionfoundintheIBMStorageproductssuchastheDS8000,StorwizeV7000,andSVC,butimplementedjustwithintheintegratedPowerSystemsSAScontrollers,theintegratedSASbays,and,optionally,anEXP24SI/Odrawer.
HotdataisautomaticallymovedtoSSD,andcolddataisautomaticallymovedtodisk(HDD)inaLinuxorVIOSenvironment.
Nouserapplicationcodingisrequired.
Clientscommonlyhavethishot/coldcharacteristicfortheirdata.
Itistypicalfor10%-20%ofthedatatobeaccessed80%-90%ofthetime.
Thisiscalledthehotdata.
IfyoucangetthehotdataontoSSD,itcandramaticallyimprovetheperformanceofI/O-boundapplications.
BykeepingthecolddataonHDD,thetotalcostpergigabyteofthesolutioncanbeminimized.
YoucanendupwithhighI/Operformanceataveryreasonableprice.
ByavoidingtheneedforlotsofHDDarmsforperformance,youcanreducethenumberofI/Odrawers,aswellasmaintenance,rack/floorspace,andenergyrequirements.
Ona2Userver,upto16internalHDD/SSDSASbaysand,optionally,withtheEXP24Sdrawer,anadditional24SASbaysaresupportedwiththeintegratedEasyTierfunction.
EasyTierfunctionisconfiguredusingRAID5T2(2-tieredRAID5),RAID6T2(2tieredRAID6)orRAID10T2(2-tieredRAID10).
HDDandSSDarecombinedinthesamearrayandthecontrolleroradapterswaps1Mor2MbandsofdatabetweenHDDandSSD,automaticallymovingthehotdatatoSSDandthecolddatatoSSD.
TheHDDandSSDcanbedifferentcapacitiesinthisarray.
Ifanarrayhasmultiplecapacitypoints,forexample,300GBHDDand600GBHDD,only300GBofthelarger600GBHDDwillbeused.
Similarly,ifthearrayhas387GBSSDand775GBSSD,only387GBofthe775GBwillbeused.
Notethattheblocksizeofthedrivesinthearraymustmatch.
Alldrivesmustbe5xxbytesectorsorallmustbe4kbytesectors.
EasyTierfunctionrequiresAIXV7.
1TL3SP3,orlater;AIXV6.
1TL9SP3,orlater;RHEL6.
5,orlater;SLES11SP3,orlater;orVIOS2.
2.
3.
3,orlater.
I/OdrawerattachmentTheEXP24SSASHDD/SSDExpansionDrawer(#5887)isattachedtoSASportsoneitheraPCIeSASadapterlocatedintheserverortotheSASportsontherearoftheserver.
TwoSASportsontherearoftheserverareenabledwiththeexpanded-functionstoragebackplanewithdualIOAsupport.
Onefeature5887EXP24Sdrawerinmode1canbeattachedtothetwoSASportsontherearoftheserverbyusingtwoSASYOcablessuchasfeatureECBT,ECBU,ECBV,orECBW.
EitherSSDsorHDDscanbeplacedinthisdrawer,butSSDsandHDDscannotbemixedinthisdrawer.
Thefeature5887EXP24SdrawercanbeattachedtoSASportsofPCIeSASadaptersusingSASYOorXcables.
Upto14EXP24Sdrawerscanbeattached.
ThespecificSAScablesusedwilldependonthespecificadapterselectedandIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation8drawermodeselected.
EitherSSDsorHDDscanbeplacedinthedrawer,dependingonthecapabilitiesoftheadapterrunningthebays.
NotethatlongerdistanceSAScablesarethickerandcanfilltheCableManagementArmmorequickly.
Clientsmigratingfromearlier-generationserversmayhavebeenusingI/OdrawerssuchastheGX++attachedfeature5802or5877PCIe12XI/ODrawerswithPCIeGen1slots.
ThoughmostPCIeadaptersinthefeature5802or5877drawerscanbemovedtothisserver,anditsdiskdrivesconvertedandmovedtothefeature5887EXP24Sdrawer,thefeature5802and5877drawersarenotsupportedonthisnewerPOWER8technology-basedserver.
Similarly,theGX++attachedEXP30UltraSSDDrawer(#EDR1or#5888)isnotsupported.
Theolder3.
5-inch-basedfeature5886EXP12SSASDiskDrawerandfeature5786EXP24SCSIDiskDrawerarenotsupported.
IBMoffersa1UmultimediadrawerthatcanholdoneormoreDVDs,tapedrives,orRDXdockingstations.
The7226-1U3isthemostcurrentoffering.
Theearlier7216-1U2and7214-1U2arealsosupported.
Uptosixofthesemultimediadrawerscanbeattached.
CablemanagementarmAfoldingarmisattachedtotheserver'srailsattherearoftheserver.
Theserver'spowercordsandthecablesfromthePCIeadaptersorintegratedportsrunthroughthearmandintotherack.
ThearmenablestheservertobepulledforwardonitsrailsforserviceaccesstoPCIeslots,memory,processors,etc.
withoutdisconnectingthecablesfromtheserver.
Approximately1meteror3feetofcord/cablelengthisneededforthearm.
IntegratedI/OportsInadditiontotheintegratedSAScontrollersandSASportsassociatedwiththestoragebackplane,therearetwoHMCports,twoserialports,andsixUSBports.
ThetwoHMCportsareRJ45supporting1GbEthernetconnections.
Thetwoserialportsarealsocalledsystemports.
TheyareRJ45andaresupportedbyLinuxforattachingserialdevicessuchasanasynchronousdevicelikeaconsole.
IfthedevicedoesnothaveaRJ45connection,aconvertercablesuchasfeature3930canprovidea9-pinD-shellconnection.
Notethatserialdevicescanhaveveryindividualcharacteristics(differentpinouts)andthefeature3930maynotbeappropriateforallpossibledevices.
Inthiscase,theusershouldacquireanOEMconvertercableappropriatefortheirdevice.
FourUSB-3portsareavailableforgeneralclientuseandtwoUSB-2portsareavailablewithlimitedclientuse.
TwoUSB-3portsarelocatedonthefrontoftheserver,andtheotherfourUSBports(twoUSB-3andtwoUSB-2)areontherear.
TheUSB-2portsareontheserviceprocessorcardandthereprimarilyforIBMuse.
AconvertercablefeatureECCFprovidesaUSB-to-9-pinD-Shellconnectionforthisfunction.
AccessibilitybypeoplewithdisabilitiesAUSSection508VoluntaryProductAccessibilityTemplate(VPAT)containingdetailsonaccessibilitycompliancecanberequestedathttp://www.
ibm.
com/able/product_accessibility/index.
htmlSection508oftheUSRehabilitationActIBMPowerSystemS812LserveriscapableasofAugust29,2014,whenusedinaccordancewithassociatedIBMdocumentation,ofsatisfyingtheapplicablerequirementsofSection508oftheRehabilitationAct,providedthatanyassistivetechnologyusedwiththeproductproperlyinteroperateswithit.
AUSSection508IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation9VoluntaryProcductAccessibilityTemplate(VPAT)canberequestedviadetheIBMwebsitehttp://www-03.
ibm.
com/able/product_accessibility/index.
htmlReliability,Availability,andServiceabilityReliability,faulttolerance,anddatacorrectionThereliabilityofsystemsstartswithcomponents,devices,andsubsystemsthataredesignedtobehighlyreliable.
Duringthedesignanddevelopmentprocess,subsystemsgothroughrigorousverificationandintegrationtestingprocesses.
Duringsystemmanufacturing,systemsgothroughathoroughtestingprocesstohelpensurethehighestlevelofproductquality.
MemorysubsystemRASThememoryhaserrordetectionandcorrectioncircuitrydesignedsuchthatthefailureofanyonespecificmemorymodulewithinanECCwordbyitselfcanbecorrectedabsentanyotherfault.
Inaddition,aspareDRAMperrankoneachmemoryportprovidesfordynamicDRAMdevicereplacementduringruntimeoperation.
Also,dynamiclanesparingontheDMIlinkallowsforrepairofafaultydatalane.
Othermemoryprotectionfeaturesincluderetrycapabilitiesforcertainfaultsdetectedatboththememorycontrollerandthememorybuffer.
Memoryisalsoperiodicallyscrubbedtoallowforsofterrorstobecorrectedandforsolidsingle-cellerrorsreportedtothehypervisor,whichsupportsoperatingsystemdeallocationofapageassociatedwithahardsingle-cellfault.
MutualsurveillanceTheserviceprocessormonitorstheoperationofthefirmwareduringthebootprocessandalsomonitorsthehypervisorfortermination.
Thehypervisormonitorstheserviceprocessorandreportsservicereferencecodewhenitdetectssurveillanceloss.
InthePowerVMenvironment,itwillperformareset/reloadifitdetectsthelossoftheserviceprocessor.
EnvironmentalmonitoringfunctionsThePowerSystemdoesambienttemperatureandovercurrent/voltagemonitoringandreporting.
AvailabilityenhancementfunctionsThePowerSystemsfamilycontinuestoofferandintroducesignificantenhancementsdesignedtoincreasesystemavailability.
PowerSystemprocessorfunctionsAsinPOWER6,POWER7,andPOWER7+TM,thePOWER8processorhastheabilitytodoprocessorinstructionretryforsometransienterrorsandalternateprocessorrecoveryforanumberofcore-relatedfaults.
Thissignificantlyreducesexposuretobothhard(logic)andsoft(transient)errorsintheprocessorcore.
Softfailuresintheprocessorcorearetransient(intermittent)errors,oftenduetocosmicraysorothersourcesofradiation,andgenerallyarenotrepeatable.
Whenanerrorisencounteredinthecore,thePOWER8processorwillfirstautomaticallyretrytheinstruction.
Ifthesourceoftheerrorwastrulytransient,theinstructionwillsucceedandthesystemwillcontinueasbefore.
OnIBMsystemspriortoPOWER6,thiserrorwouldhavecausedacheckstop.
Hardfailuresaremoredifficult,beingtruelogicalerrorsthatwillbereplicatedeachtimetheinstructionisrepeated.
Retryingtheinstructionwillnothelpinthissituation.
AsinPOWER6,POWER7,andPOWER7+technology,processorshavetheIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation10abilitytoextractthefailinginstructionfromthefaultycoreandretryitelsewhereinthesystemforanumberoffaults,afterwhichthefailingcoreisdynamicallydeconfiguredandcalledoutforreplacementinthePowerVMenvironment.
Thesefeaturesaredesignedtoavoidafullsystemoutage.
AsinPOWER6andPOWER7+,thePOWER8processorincludessingleprocessorcheckstoppingforcertainfaultsthatcannotbehandledbytheavailabilityenhancementsdescribedintheprecedingsection.
Thissignificantlyreducestheprobabilityofanyoneprocessoraffectingtotalsystemavailability.
PartitionavailabilitypriorityAlsoavailableistheabilitytoassignavailabilityprioritiestopartitions.
InthePowerVMenvironment,ifanalternateprocessorrecoveryeventrequiresspareprocessorresourcesinordertoprotectaworkload,whennoothermeansofobtainingthespareresourcesisavailable,thesystemwilldeterminewhichpartitionhasthelowestpriorityandattempttoclaimtheneededresource.
OnaproperlyconfiguredPOWER8processor-basedserver,thisallowsthatcapacitytobefirstobtainedfrom,forexample,atestpartitioninsteadofafinancialaccountingsystem.
CacheavailabilityTheL2andL3cachesinthePOWER8processorandL4cacheinthememorybufferchipareprotectedwithdouble-bitdetect,single-bitcorrecterrordetectioncode(ECC).
Inaddition,athresholdofcorrectableerrorsdetectedoncachelinescanresultinthedatainthecachelinesbeingpurgedandthecachelinesremovedfromfurtheroperationwithoutrequiringarebootinaPowerVMenvironment.
Inaddition,theL3cachehastheabilitytodynamicallysubstituteasparebit-lineforafaultybit-lane,allowinganentirefaulty"column"ofcache,impactingmultiplecachelines,toberepaired.
AnECCuncorrectableerrordetectedinthesecachescanalsotriggerapurgeanddeleteofcachelines.
Thisresultsinnolossofoperationifthecachelinescontaineddataunmodifiedfromwhatwasstoredinsystemmemory.
ModifieddatawouldbehandledthroughSpecialUncorrectableErrorhandling.
L1dataandinstructioncachesalsohavearetrycapabilityforintermittenterrorsandacachesetdeletemechanismforhandlingsolidfailures.
SpecialUncorrectableErrorhandlingSpecialUncorrectableError(SUE)handlingpreventsanuncorrectableerrorinmemoryorcachefromimmediatelycausingthesystemtoterminate.
Rather,thesystemtagsthedataanddetermineswhetheritwilleverbeusedagain.
Iftheerrorisirrelevant,itwillnotforceacheckstop.
Ifthedataisused,terminationmaybelimitedtotheprogram/kernelorhypervisorowningthedata;ortheI/OadapterscontrolledbyanI/OhubcontrollerwouldfreezeifdataweretransferredtoanI/Odevice.
PCIextendederrorhandlingPCIextendederrorhandling(EEH)-enabledadaptersrespondtoaspecialdatapacketgeneratedfromtheaffectedPCIslothardwarebycallingsystemfirmware,whichwillexaminetheaffectedbus,allowthedevicedrivertoresetit,andcontinuewithoutasystemreboot.
ForLinux,EEHsupportextendstothemajorityoffrequentlyuseddevices,althoughsomethird-partyPCIdevicesmaynotprovidenativeEEHsupport.
PredictivefailureanddynamiccomponentdeallocationServerswithPowerprocessorshavelonghadthecapabilitytoperformpredictivefailureanalysisoncertaincriticalcomponentssuchasprocessorsandmemory.
Whenthesecomponentsexhibitcertainsymptomsthatmayindicateafailureisimminent,thesystemcandynamicallydeallocateandcallhome,whenenabled,aboutthefailingpartbeforetheerrorispropagatedsystem-wide.
Inmanycases,thesystemwillfirstattempttoreallocateresourcesinsuchawaythatwillavoidunplannedoutages.
IntheeventthatinsufficientresourcesexisttomaintainfullIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation11systemavailability,theseserverswillattempttomaintainpartitionavailabilitybyuser-definedpriority.
UncorrectableerrorrecoveryWhentheauto-restartoptionisenabled,thesystemcanautomaticallyrestartfollowinganunrecoverablesoftwareerror,hardwarefailure,orenvironmentallyinduced(acpower)failure.
ServiceabilityThepurposeofserviceabilityistoefficientlyrepairthesystemwhileattemptingtominimizeoreliminateimpacttosystemoperation.
Serviceabilityincludessysteminstallation,MES(systemupgrades/downgrades),andsystemmaintenance/repair.
Dependinguponthesystemandwarrantycontract,servicemaybeperformedbythecustomer,anIBMrepresentative,oranauthorizedwarrantyserviceprovider.
Theserviceabilityfeaturesdeliveredinthissystemprovideahighlyefficientserviceenvironmentbyincorporatingthefollowingattributes:DesignforCustomerSetUp(CSU),CustomerInstalledFeatures(CIF),andCustomerReplaceableUnits(CRU)DetectionandFaultIsolation(ED/FI)FirstFailureDataCapture(FFDC)Lightpathserviceindicators–FullsupportwithPowerVM–LimitedsupportwithPowerKVMServicelabelsandservicediagramsavailableonthesystemanddeliveredthroughIBMKnowledgeCenterStep-by-stepserviceproceduresdocumentedinIBMKnowledgeCenteroravailablethroughtheHardwareManagementConsoleCRUvideosplannedtobeavailableonthewebatgeneralavailabilityMobileaccesstoimportantcustomerservicefunctionsavailablebyscanningaQRlabelServiceenvironmentInthePowerVMenvironment,theHMCisadedicatedserverthatprovidesfunctionsforconfiguringandmanagingserversforeitherpartitionedorfull-systempartitionusingaGUIorcommand-lineinterface(CLI).
AnHMCattachedtothesystemallowssupportpersonnel(withclientauthorization)toremotelylogintoreviewerrorlogsandperformremotemaintenanceifrequired.
ThePOWER8processor-basedplatformssupporttwomainserviceenvironments:AttachmenttooneormoreHMCsisasupportedoptionbythesystemwithaPowerVM.
ThisisthedefaultconfigurationforserverssupportinglogicalpartitionswithdedicatedorvirtualI/O.
Inthiscase,allservershaveatleastonelogicalpartition.
NoHMC.
Therearethreeservicestrategiesfornon-HMCsystems.
–Full-systempartitionwithaPowerVM:Asinglepartitionownsalltheserverresourcesandonlyoneoperatingsystemmaybeinstalled.
–PartitionedsystemwithaPowerVM:Inthisconfiguration,thesystemcanhavemorethanonepartitionandcanberunningmorethanoneoperatingsystem.
Inthisenvironment,partitionsaremanagedbytheIntegratedVirtualizationManager(IVM),whichprovidessomeofthefunctionsprovidedbytheHMC.
–FullsystempartitionwithPowerKVM:PowerKVMownsalltheserverresourcesandmultiplevirtualmachines/guestscanbeinstalledandrun.
ServiceinterfaceTheserviceinterfaceallowssupportpersonneltocommunicatewiththeservicesupportapplicationsinaserverusingaconsole,aninterface,oraterminal.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation12Deliveringaclear,conciseviewofavailableserviceapplications,theserviceinterfaceallowsthesupportteamtomanagesystemresourcesandserviceinformationinanefficientandeffectiveway.
Applicationsavailablethroughtheserviceinterfacearecarefullyconfiguredandplacedtogiveserviceprovidersaccesstoimportantservicefunctions.
Differentserviceinterfacesareused,dependingonthestateofthesystem,hypervisor,andoperatingenvironment.
Theprimaryserviceinterfacesare:LEDsOperatorPanelServiceProcessormenuOperatingsystemservicemenuServiceFocalPointontheHMCwithaPowerVMServiceFocalPointLiteonIVMwithaPowerVMIPMIStandardsforserviceeventreportingwithPowerKVMInthelightpathLEDimplementation,thesystemcanclearlyidentifycomponentsforreplacementbyusingspecificcomponent-levelLEDs,andcanalsoguidetheservicerdirectlytothecomponentbysignaling(turningonsolid)theambersystemfaultLED,enclosurefaultLED,andcomponentFRUfaultLED.
TheservicercanalsousetheidentifyfunctiontoblinktheFRU-levelLED.
Whenthisfunctionisactivated,aroll-uptotheblueenclosurelocateandsystemlocateLEDswilloccur.
TheseLEDswillturnonsolidandcanbeusedtofollowthelightpathfromthesystemtotheenclosureanddowntothespecificFRUinthePowerVMenvironment.
FirstFailureDataCaptureanderrordataanalysisFirstFailureDataCapture(FFDC)isatechniquethathelpsensurethatwhenafaultisdetectedinasystem,therootcauseofthefaultwillbecapturedwithouttheneedtore-createtheproblemorrunanysortofextendingtracingordiagnosticsprogram.
Forthevastmajorityoffaults,agoodFFDCdesignmeansthattherootcausecanalsobedetectedautomaticallywithoutservicerintervention.
FFDCinformation,errordataanalysis,andfaultisolationarenecessarytoimplementtheadvancedserviceabilitytechniquesthatenableefficientserviceofthesystemsandtohelpdeterminethefailingitems.
IntherareabsenceofFFDCandErrorDataAnalysis,diagnosticsarerequiredtore-createthefailureanddeterminethefailingitems.
DiagnosticsGeneraldiagnosticobjectivesaretodetectandidentifyproblemssotheycanberesolvedquickly.
ElementsofIBM'sdiagnosticsstrategyinclude:ProvideacommonerrorcodeformatequivalenttoasystemreferencecodewithPowerVM,systemreferencenumber,checkpoint,orfirmwareerrorcode.
Providefaultdetectionandproblemisolationprocedures.
SupportremoteconnectionabilitytobeusedbytheIBMRemoteSupportCenterorIBMDesignatedService.
ProvideinteractiveintelligencewithinthediagnosticswithdetailedonlinefailureinformationwhileconnectedtoIBM'sback-endsystem.
AutomaticdiagnosticsBecauseoftheFFDCtechnologydesignedintoIBMservers,itisnotnecessarytoperformre-creatediagnosticsforfailuresortorequireuserintervention.
Solidandintermittenterrorsaredesignedtobecorrectlydetectedandisolatedatthetimethefailureoccurs.
Runtimeandboot-timediagnosticsfallintothiscategory.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation13Stand-alonediagnosticswithaPowerVMAsthenameimplies,stand-aloneoruser-initiateddiagnosticsrequireuserintervention.
Theusermustperformmanualsteps,including:BootingfromthediagnosticsCD,DVD,USB,ornetworkInteractivelyselectingstepsfromalistofchoicesConcurrentmaintenanceThedeterminationofwhetherafirmwarereleasecanbeupdatedconcurrentlyisidentifiedinthereadmeinformationfilethatisreleasedwiththefirmware.
AnHMCisrequiredfortheconcurrentfirmwareupdatewithaPowerVM.
Inaddition,hotpluggingofPCIeadaptersissupportedwithaPowerVM.
ConcurrentmaintenanceofOpPanelissupportedthroughASMI.
ServicelabelsServiceprovidersusetheselabelstoassisttheminperformingmaintenanceactions.
Servicelabelsarefoundinvariousformatsandpositionsandareintendedtotransmitreadilyavailableinformationtotheservicerduringtherepairprocess.
Followingaresomeoftheseservicelabelsandtheirpurpose:Locationdiagrams:Locationdiagramsarelocatedonthesystemhardware,relatinginformationregardingtheplacementofhardwarecomponents.
Locationdiagramsmayincludelocationcodes,drawingsofphysicallocations,concurrentmaintenancestatus,orotherdatapertinenttoarepair.
LocationdiagramsareespeciallyusefulwhenmultiplecomponentssuchasDIMMs,CPUs,processorbooks,fans,adaptercards,LEDs,andpowersuppliesareinstalled.
Remove/replaceprocedures:Servicelabelsthatcontainremove/replaceproceduresareoftenfoundonacoverofthesystemorinotherspotsaccessibletotheservicer.
Theselabelsprovidesystematicprocedures,includingdiagrams,detailinghowtoremoveorreplacecertainserviceablehardwarecomponents.
Arrows:Numberedarrowsareusedtoindicatetheorderofoperationandtheserviceabilitydirectionofcomponents.
Someserviceablepartssuchaslatches,levers,andtouchpointsneedtobepulledorpushedinacertaindirectionandinacertainorderforthemechanicalmechanismstoengageordisengage.
Arrowsgenerallyimprovetheeaseofserviceability.
PackingforserviceThefollowingserviceenhancementsareincludedinthephysicalpackagingofthesystemstofacilitateservice:Colorcoding(touchpoints):Terracotta-coloredtouchpointsindicatethatacomponent(FRU/CRU)canbeconcurrentlymaintained.
Blue-coloredtouchpointsdelineatecomponentsthatarenotconcurrentlymaintained--thosethatrequirethesystemtobeturnedoffforremovalorrepair.
Tool-lessdesign:SelectedIBMsystemssupporttool-lessorsimpletooldesigns.
Thesedesignsrequirenotoolsorsimpletoolssuchasflatheadscrewdriverstoservicethehardwarecomponents.
Positiveretention:Positiveretentionmechanismshelptoassureproperconnectionsbetweenhardwarecomponentssuchascablestoconnectors,andbetweentwocardsthatattachtoeachother.
Withoutpositiveretention,hardwarecomponentsruntheriskofbecominglooseduringshippingorinstallation,preventingagoodelectricalconnection.
Positiveretentionmechanismslikelatches,levers,thumb-screws,popNylatches(U-clips),andcablesareincludedtohelppreventlooseconnectionsandaidininstalling(seating)partscorrectly.
Thesepositiveretentionitemsdonotrequiretools.
ErrorhandlingandreportingIntheeventofsystemhardwareorenvironmentallyinducedfailure,thesystemruntimeerrorcapturecapabilitysystematicallyanalyzesthehardwareerrorIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation14signaturetodeterminethecauseoffailure.
TheanalysisresultwillbestoredinsystemNVRAM.
Whenthesystemcanbesuccessfullyrestartedeithermanuallyorautomatically,orifthesystemcontinuestooperate,theerrorwillbereportedtotheoperatingsystem.
Hardwareandsoftwarefailuresarerecordedinthesystemlog.
WhenanHMCisattachedinthePowerVMenvironment,anELAroutineanalyzestheerror,forwardstheeventtotheServiceFocalPoint(SFP)applicationrunningontheHMC,andnotifiesthesystemadministratorthatithasisolatedalikelycauseofthesystemproblem.
TheServiceProcessoreventlogalsorecordsunrecoverablecheckstopconditions,forwardsthemtotheSFPapplication,andnotifiesthesystemadministrator.
ServiceeventreportingissupportedthroughIPMIinPowerKVMenvironment.
Withtheintegratedserviceprocessor,thesystemhastheabilitytoautomaticallysendoutanalertthroughaphonelinetoapredefinednumberorcallforserviceintheeventofacriticalsystemfailure.
ThesystemhastheabilitytocallhomethroughOStoreportplatformrecoverableerrorsanderrorsassociatedwithPCIadapters/devices.
IntheIVMenvironment,callhomeissupportedthroughanIVMpartition.
CallhomeinthePowerKVMenvironmentrequirestheHostVMtosendSNMPalertsforserviceableerrorstoacentralsiteESAapplicationrunningonanotherserveroronahostedguest,whichwillinitiatethecallhomeonbehalfoftheKVMLinuxhost.
AvailableAugust29,2014.
IntheHMCmanagedenvironment,acallhomeservicerequestwillbeinitiatedandthepertinentfailuredatawithservicepartsinformationandpartlocationswillbesenttoanIBMserviceorganization.
Customercontactinformationandspecificsystem-relateddatasuchasthemachinetype,model,andserialnumber,alongwitherrorlogdatarelatedtothefailure,aresenttoIBMService.
OnPOWER8processor-basedservers,hardwareandsoftwarefailuresarerecordedinthesystemlog.
WhenanHMCisattached,anELAroutineanalyzestheerror,forwardstheeventtotheServiceFocalPoint(SFP)applicationrunningontheHMC,andnotifiesthesystemadministratorthatithasisolatedalikelycauseofthesystemproblem.
TheServiceProcessoreventlogalsorecordsunrecoverablecheckstopconditions,forwardsthemtotheSFPapplication,andnotifiesthesystemadministrator.
OncetheinformationisloggedintheSFPapplication,ifthesystemisproperlyconfigured,acallhomeservicerequestwillbeinitiatedandthepertinentfailuredatawithservicepartsinformationandpartlocationswillbesenttoanIBMserviceorganization.
Customercontactinformationandspecificsystem-relateddatasuchasthemachinetype,model,andserialnumber,alongwitherrorlogdatarelatedtothefailure,aresenttoIBMService.
LivePartitionMobilityWithLivePartitionMobility,userscanmigrateanAIX,LinuxpartitionrunningononePOWERpartitionsystemtoanotherPOWERsystemwithoutdisruptingservices.
Themigrationtransferstheentiresystemenvironment,includingprocessorstate,memory,attachedvirtualdevices,andconnectedusers.
Itprovidescontinuousoperatingsystemandapplicationavailabilityduringplannedpartitionoutagesforrepairofhardwareandfirmwarefaults.
ServiceprocessorTheserviceprocessorprovidesthecapabilitytodiagnose,checkthestatusof,andsensetheoperationalconditionsofasystem.
Itrunsonitsownpowerboundaryanddoesnotrequireresourcesfromasystemprocessortobeoperationaltoperformitstasks.
UnderPowerVMtheserviceprocessorsupportssurveillanceoftheconnectiontotheHMCandtothesystemfirmware(hypervisor).
Italsoprovidesseveralremotepowercontroloptions,environmentalmonitoring,reset,restart,remotemaintenance,anddiagnosticfunctions,includingconsolemirroring.
TheserviceprocessorsmenusIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation15(ASMI)canbeaccessedconcurrentlywithsystemoperation,allowingnondisruptiveabilitiestochangesystemdefaultparameters.
CallhomeCallhomereferstoanautomaticormanualcallfromacustomerlocationtotheIBMsupportstructurewitherrorlogdata,serverstatus,orotherservice-relatedinformation.
Callhomeinvokestheserviceorganizationinorderfortheappropriateserviceactiontobegin.
CallhomecanbedonethroughHMCormostnon-HMCmanagedsystemsthroughElectronicServiceAgentTMrunningontopoftheoperatingsystemorFSPserialportmodemconnectivityiftheserialportisnotusedforanyotherpurpose.
Whileconfiguringcallhomeisoptional,clientsareencouragedtoimplementthisfeatureinordertoobtainserviceenhancementssuchasreducedproblemdeterminationandfasterandpotentiallymoreaccuratetransmittaloferrorinformation.
Ingeneral,usingthecallhomefeaturecanresultinincreasedsystemavailability.
TheElectronicServiceAgentapplicationcanbeconfiguredforautomatedcallhome.
Refertothenextsectionforspecificdetailsonthisapplication.
IBMElectronicServicesElectronicServiceAgentandtheIBMElectronicServiceswebportalcomprisetheIBMElectronicServicessolution,whichisdedicatedtoprovidingfast,exceptionalsupporttoIBMcustomers.
IBMElectronicServiceAgentisano-chargetoolthatproactivelymonitorsandreportshardwareeventssuchassystemerrors,performanceissues,andinventory.
ElectronicServiceAgentcanhelpfocusonthecustomer'scompanybusinessinitiatives,savetime,andspendlesseffortmanagingday-to-dayITmaintenanceissues.
ServersenabledwiththistoolcanbemonitoredremotelyaroundtheclockbyIBMSupportallatnoadditionalcosttoyou.
SystemconfigurationandinventoryinformationcollectedbyElectronicServiceAgenttoolcanbeviewedonthesecureElectronicServiceswebportalandusedtoimproveproblemdeterminationandresolutionbetweenthecustomerandtheIBMsupportteam.
AspartofanincreasedfocustoprovideevenbetterservicetoIBMcustomers,ElectronicServiceAgenttoolconfigurationandactivationcomesstandardwiththesystem.
Insupportofthiseffort,anewHMCExternalConnectivitysecuritywhitepaperhasbeenpublished,whichdescribesdataexchangesbetweentheHMCandtheIBMServiceDeliveryCenter(SDC)andthemethodsandprotocolsforthisexchange.
ToreadthewhitepaperandprepareforElectronicServiceAgentinstallation,gotothe"Security"sectionathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/esaSelectyourcountry.
Click"IBMElectronicServiceAgentConnectivityGuide.
"Benefits:increaseduptimeElectronicServiceAgentisdesignedtoenhancethewarrantyandmaintenanceservicebyprovidingfasterhardwareerrorreportinganduploadingsysteminformationtoIBMSupport.
Thiscanoptimizethetimemonitoringthesymptoms,diagnosingtheerror,andmanuallycallingIBMSupporttoopenaproblemrecord.
And24x7monitoringandreportingmeansnomoredependencyonhumaninterventionoroff-hourscustomerpersonnelwhenerrorsareencounteredinthemiddleofthenight.
SecurityTheElectronicServiceAgenttoolisdesignedtobesecureinmonitoring,reporting,andstoringthedataatIBM.
TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolisdesignedtosecurelytransmiteitherviatheInternet(HTTPSorVPN)ormodemtoprovidecustomersasinglepointofexitfromtheirsite.
Communicationisoneway.
ActivatingElectronicServiceAgentdoesnotenableIBMtocallintoacustomer'ssystem.
Foradditionalinformation,refertoIBMElectronicServiceAgenthttp://www-01.
ibm.
com/support/esa/IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation16MoreaccuratereportingBecausesysteminformationanderrorlogsareautomaticallyuploadedtotheIBMSupportCenterinconjunctionwiththeservicerequest,customersarenotrequiredtofindandsendsysteminformation,decreasingtheriskofmisreportedormisdiagnosederrors.
OnceinsideIBM,problemerrordataisrunthroughadataknowledgemanagementsystemandknowledgearticlesareappendedtotheproblemrecord.
CustomizedsupportUsingtheIBMIDenteredduringactivation,customerscanviewsystemandsupportinformationinthe"MySystems"and"PremiumSearch"sectionsoftheElectronicServiceswebsite.
TheElectronicServiceswebportalisasingleInternetentrypointthatreplacesthemultipleentrypointstraditionallyusedtoaccessIBMInternetservicesandsupport.
ThiswebportalenablesyoutogaineasieraccesstoIBMresourcesforassistanceinresolvingtechnicalproblems.
ThenewlyimprovedMySystemsandPremiumSearchfunctionsmakeiteveneasierforElectronicServiceAgent-enabledcustomerstotracksysteminventoryandfindpertinentfixes.
MySystemsprovidesvaluablereportsofinstalledhardwareandsoftwareusinginformationcollectedfromthesystemsbyIBMElectronicServiceAgent.
Reportsareavailableforanysystemassociatedwiththecustomer'sIBMID.
PremiumSearchcombinesthefunctionofsearchandthevalueofElectronicServiceAgentinformation,providingadvancedsearchofthetechnicalsupportknowledgebase.
UsingPremiumSearchandtheServiceAgentinformationthathasbeencollectedfromthesystem,customersareabletoseesearchresultsthatapplyspecificallytotheirsystems.
FormoreinformationonhowtoutilizethepowerofIBMElectronicServices,visitthefollowingwebsiteorcontactanIBMSystemsServicesRepresentativehttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/electronicProductpositioningIBMPowerserversolutionsandservices,designedformidsizedbusinesses,helpyourbusinesscapitalizeonnewopportunities,managebusinessriskwhilemeetinghighservicelevels,andkeepwithintightbudgetconstraints.
MobileWorklightonPowerprovidesamobileapplicationplatformtospeeddevelopmentandongoingmanagementofmobileapplications,enablingourclientstoextendtheirbusinesstomobiledevices.
Itincludesacomprehensivedevelopmentenvironment,mobile-optimizedruntimemiddleware,aprivateenterpriseapplicationstore,andanintegratedmanagementandanalyticsconsole.
WorklightonPowerenablesclientsto:Simplifyoperationsandreducecomplexitybyco-locatingapplicationsonamorescalableandreliableserverStreamlineaccesstodataandapplicationswithsecure,high-performancevirtualnetworkingGrowseamlesslyandacceleratedeploymentofnewapplicationsandservicesReduceoverheadbyleveragingexistingproductionanddisasterrecoveryinfrastructureCloudTheIBMPowerSystemsSolutionEditionforScaleOutCloudisalow-costplatformforclouddeliverybuiltontheuniquecompute-intensiveandmemoryIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation17bandwidthadvantagesofPOWER8withtheflexibilityofopensourcehypervisorandvirtualizationmanagementtools.
TheSolutionEditionforScaleOutcloudincludes:PowerKVMandOpenStack-basedclouddeliverytoolsforcommunity-driveninnovationandmaximumflexibilityChoiceofconfigurationcustomizedfortheskillsandworkathand:1socketLinuxserverwith10-coreor12-corePOWER8processormodules,achoiceofIBMorcustomer-providedstorage,andachoiceofLinuxoperatingenvironmentsincludingRHEL,SLESorUbuntuServerCentralizedmanagementtoolstocreateacontrolpointforcloudincludingcross-platformsupportforPower,x86andSystemzandchoiceofhypervisorsincludingPowerVM,z/VM,VMware,HyperVandKVMHadoopPowerSystemsEditionisastorage-denseintegratedbigdataplatformoptimizedtosimplifyandacceleratebigdataanalytics.
Itprovidesarobustinfrastructureoptimizedfortime-criticalbigdataworkloadsthatacceleratesROIbybeingeasytoprocure,deploy,use,andmanage.
Itprovideshigheringestrates,deliversfasterinsightsthancompetitiveHadoopsolutions,anddeliversbetterreliabilityandresiliencywithfeweroutagesandfewerperformanceproblems.
Includedinthesolutionare:Computeandstorage:LinuxonlybasedPowerSystems+SAS-attachedDCS3700Managementsoftwareandinstallationscripts:IBMPlatformClusterManager,automatedinstallationscriptsChoiceofapplicationsoftwareoptimizedforLinuxonPower:IBMInfoSphereBigInsightsTM,IBMPlatformSymphonyAdvancedEdition(acceleratedMapReduce),andIBMGPFSTMStatementofgeneraldirectionPOWER8I/OPlanningInsights:IBMplanstointroduceanI/OdrawerwhichwillexpandthenumberofPCIeGen3/Gen2slotsavailableonPOWER8processor-basedPowerSystemsFPGACAPICapability:IBMplanstoenableCoherentAcceleratorProcessorInterface(CAPI)technologycapabilitiesforallPOWER8processor-basedPowerSystemsusingindustrystandardacceleratortechnologiesasapricedfeature.
IBMintendstobuildsolutionswithitspartnersinordertofurtherincreaseperformancethroughfastercomputationalefficiencyandbyrequiringfewerresourcestoaccomplishtasksthroughdirectintegrationofworkloadacceleratorsinthesystem.
IBMintendstocontinueworkingwithRedHattosupportthePowerS822,PowerS814,PowerS824,PowerS822L,andPowerS812LserverswithanupcomingRedHatEnterpriseLinux7release.
ForadditionalquestionsabouttheavailabilityofthisreleaseandsupportedPowerservers,consulttheRedHatHardwareCatalogathttps://hardware.
redhat.
comIBMintendstocontinueworkingwithSUSEtosupportthePowerS822,PowerS814,PowerS824,PowerS822L,andPowerS812LserverswithanupcomingSUSELinuxEnterpriseServerV12release.
ForadditionalquestionsabouttheavailabilityofthisreleaseandsupportedPowerservers,consulthttps://www.
suse.
com/IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation18EnterprisePower:IBMplanstobringPOWER8capabilitytothefullPowerSystemsportfolio,withtheintenttodeliverthemostscalable,highestperformingenterprise-classPowerSystemwithanadvancedversionofthePOWER8processor.
Theseenterprisesystemsaredesignedtodelivertheindustry'sbestper-coreperformanceandwillsupportAIX,LinuxandIBMiapplications,concurrently.
ThenewsystemarchitectureincorporatestheresiliencycharacteristicsofIBM'sPower795withtheintenttodrivesubstantialimprovementsinenergyefficiencyandfloorspaceutilizationformid-sizedandlargeenterprises.
ThesesystemswilluseIBM'smodulardesigntoenableclientstoleveragetheinnovationsinPOWER8processortechnologyandthelatestadvancementsinenterprise-classsystemsandCapacityonDemand,tohelpenablegrowthseamlesslyandaffordably.
IBMalsoplanstoprovideupgradepathsfromthecurrentPOWER7+Power770and780serverstoenterprise-classPOWER8processor-basedservers.
ItisintendedthatclientswithmultiplesystemscanleveragePowerVMLivePartitionMobilitytohelpmaintainapplicationavailabilityduringtheupgradeprocess.
IBMplanstopreserveclientinvestmentinPowerSystemsbyenablingPOWER8processor-basedPowerSystemstointeroperateandshareMobileCapacityonDemand(COD)resourceswithPOWER7andPOWER7+processor-basedPowerSystemsserversinasinglePowerEnterprisePool,atnoadditionalcharge.
IBMalsoplanstoofferclientsanoptiontopermanentlytransfertheirMobileCoDprocessorandmemoryactivationfeaturesfromaPower770,780or795toadesignatedPOWER8processor-basedPowerSystemwithinthesamePowerEnterprisePool.
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7M824721L3927SerialPortNullModemCable,9-pinto9-pin,10M824721L3928SystemSerialPortConverterCable824721L39301.
8M(6-ft)ExtenderCableforDisplays(15-pinD-shellto15-pinD-shell)824721L4242ExtenderCable-USBKeyboards,1.
8M824721L4256VGAtoDVIConnectionConverter824721L4276RackIntegrationServices:BPonly824721L4648RackIntegrationServices824721L4649IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation20RackIndicator-NotFactoryIntegrated824721L4650RackIndicator,Rack#1824721L4651RackIndicator,Rack#2824721L4652RackIndicator,Rack#3824721L4653RackIndicator,Rack#4824721L4654RackIndicator,Rack#5824721L4655RackIndicator,Rack#6824721L4656RackIndicator,Rack#7824721L4657RackIndicator,Rack#8824721L4658RackIndicator,Rack#9824721L4659RackIndicator,Rack#10824721L4660RackIndicator,Rack#11824721L4661RackIndicator,Rack#12824721L4662RackIndicator,Rack#13824721L4663RackIndicator,Rack#14824721L4664RackIndicator,Rack#15824721L4665RackIndicator,Rack#16824721L4666SoftwarePreloadRequired824721L5000PCIe2LP4-port1GbEAdapter824721L5260PCIeLPPOWERGXT145GraphicsAccelerator824721L5269PCIe2LP4-Port10GbE&1GbESR&RJ45Adapter824721L5280PCIe2LP2-Port4XIBQDRAdapter40Gb824721L5283PCIeLP2-PortAsyncEIA-232Adapter824721L5290(NoLongerAvailable)SATASlimlineDVD-RAMDrive824721L5771EXP24SSFFGen2-bayDrawer824721L5887OptFrontDoorfor1.
8mRack824721L6068OptFrontDoorfor2.
0mRack824721L60691.
8mRackAcousticDoors824721L62482.
0mRackAcousticDoors824721L62491.
8mRackTrimKit824721L62632.
0mRackTrimKit824721L6272PowerCord4.
3m(14-ft),DrawertoWall/IBMPDU(250V/10A)824721L6458PowerCord4.
3m(14-ft),DrawerToOEMPDU(125V,15A)824721L6460PowerCord4.
3m(14-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU(250V/15A)U.
S.
824721L6469PowerCord1.
8m(6-ft),DrawertoWall(125V/15A)824721L6470PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU(125V/15A)824721L6471PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU(250V/16A)824721L6472PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU(250V/10A)824721L6473PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU,(250V/13A)824721L6474PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU,(250V/16A)824721L6475PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU,(250V/10A)824721L6476PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU,(250V/16A)824721L6477PowerCord2.
7M(9-foot),ToWall/OEMPDU,(250V,16A)824721L6478PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU,(125V/15Aor250V/10A)824721L64884.
3m(14-Ft)3PH/24A380-415VPowerCord824721L64894.
3m(14-Ft)1PH/48A200-240VPowerCord824721L64914.
3m(14-Ft)1PH/48-60A200-240VPowerCord824721L6492PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU,(250V/10A)824721L6493PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU,(250V/10A)824721L6494PowerCord2.
7M(9-foot),ToWall/OEMPDU,(250V,10A)824721L6496PowerCable-DrawertoIBMPDU,200-240V/10A824721L6577OptionalRackSecurityKit824721L6580ModemTrayfor19-InchRack824721L6586PowerCord2.
7M(9-foot),ToWall/OEMPDU,(125V,15A)824721L66514.
3m(14-Ft)3PH/16A380-415VPowerCord824721L66534.
3m(14-Ft)1PH/24-30APwrCord824721L66544.
3m(14-Ft)1PH/24-30AWRPwrCord824721L66554.
3m(14-Ft)1PH/24APowerCord824721L6656IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation214.
3m(14-Ft)1PH/24APowerCord824721L66574.
3m(14-Ft)1PH/24APwrCd-Korea824721L6658PowerCord2.
7M(9-foot),ToWall/OEMPDU,(250V,15A)824721L6659PowerCord4.
3m(14-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU(125V/15A)824721L6660PowerCord2.
8m(9.
2-ft),DrawertoWall/IBMPDU,(250V/10A)824721L66654.
3m(14-Ft)3PH/32A380-415VPowerCord-Australia824721L6667PowerCord4.
3M(14-foot),DrawertoOEMPDU,(250V,15A)824721L6669PowerCord2.
7M(9-foot),DrawertoIBMPDU,250V/10A824721L6671PowerCord1.
5M(5-foot),DrawertoIBMPDU,250V/10A824721L6672PowerCord2.
7m(9-ft),DrawertoWall/OEMPDU,(250V/10A)824721L6680IntelligentPDU+,1EIAUnit,UniversalUTG0247Connector824721L7109EnvironmentalMonitoringProbe824721L7118PowerDistributionUnit824721L7188EthernetCable,15m,HardwareManagementConsoletoSystemUnit824721L7802LinuxSoftwarePreinstall824721L8143USBMouse824721L8845OrderRoutingIndicator-SystemPlant824721L9169LanguageGroupSpecify-USEnglish824721L9300specifymode-1&(1)5901/5278forEXP24S#5887/EL1S824721L9359Specifymode-1&(2)5901/5278forEXP24S#5887/EL1S824721L9360Specifymode-2&(2)5901/5278forEXP24S#5887/EL1S824721L9361Specifymode-4&(4)5901/5278forEXP24S#5887/EL1S824721L9365Specifymode-2&(4)5901/5278forEXP24S#5887/EL1S824721L9366Specifymode-1&CECSASportforEXP24#5887/EL1S824721L9387NewRedHatLicenseCoreCounter824721L9442NewSUSELicenseCoreCounter824721L9443OtherLinuxLicenseCoreCounter824721L94453rdPartyLinuxLicenseCoreCounter824721L9446VIOSCoreCounter824721L9447OtherLicenseCoreCounter824721L9449MonthIndicator824721L9461DayIndicator824721L9462HourIndicator824721L9463MinuteIndicator824721L9464QtyIndicator824721L9465CountableMemberIndicator824721L9466LanguageGroupSpecify-Dutch824721L9700LanguageGroupSpecify-French824721L9703LanguageGroupSpecify-German824721L9704LanguageGroupSpecify-Polish824721L9705LanguageGroupSpecify-Norwegian824721L9706LanguageGroupSpecify-Portuguese824721L9707LanguageGroupSpecify-Spanish824721L9708LanguageGroupSpecify-Italian824721L9711LanguageGroupSpecify-CanadianFrench824721L9712LanguageGroupSpecify-Japanese824721L9714LanguageGroupSpecify-TraditionalChinese(Taiwan)824721L9715LanguageGroupSpecify-Korean824721L9716LanguageGroupSpecify-Turkish824721L9718LanguageGroupSpecify-Hungarian824721L9719LanguageGroupSpecify-Slovakian824721L9720LanguageGroupSpecify-Russian824721L9721LanguageGroupSpecify-SimplifiedChinese(PRC)824721L9722LanguageGroupSpecify-Czech824721L9724LanguageGroupSpecify--Romanian824721L9725LanguageGroupSpecify-Croatian824721L9726LanguageGroupSpecify--Slovenian824721L9727IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation22LanguageGroupSpecify-BrazilianPortuguese824721L9728LanguageGroupSpecify-Thai824721L9729QSFP+40GBase-SRTransceiver824721LEB271m(3.
3-ft),IBMPassiveQSFP+toQSFP+Cable(DAC)824721LEB2B3m(9.
8-ft),IBMPassiveQSFP+toQSFP+Cable(DAC)824721LEB2H10m(30.
3-ft),IBMPassiveQSFP+MTPOpticalCable824721LEB2J30m(90.
3-ft),IBMPassiveQSFP+MTPOpticalCable824721LEB2KRackFrontDoor(Black)824721LEC01RackRearDoor824721LEC02RackSideCover824721LEC03RackSuiteAttachmentKit824721LEC04RearDoorHeatExchangerfor2.
0MeterSlimRack824721LEC15IBMPowerKVM-IBMPowerLinux824721LEC20IBMPowerVMforIBMPowerLinux824721LEC22PCIe3LP2-Port40GbENICRoCEQSFP+Adapter824721LEC3APCIe2LP4-PortUSB3.
0Adapter824721LEC45SASXCable3m-HDNarrow6Gb2-AdapterstoEnclosure824721LECBJSASXCable6m-HDNarrow6Gb2-AdapterstoEnclosure824721LECBKSASXCable10m-HDNarrow6Gb2-AdapterstoEnclosure824721LECBLSASXCable15m-HDNarrow3Gb2-AdapterstoEnclosure824721LECBM5m(16.
4-ft),IBMPassiveQSFP+toQSFP+Cable(DAC)824721LECBNSASYOCable1.
5m-HDNarrow6GbAdaptertoEnclosure824721LECBTSASYOCable3m-HDNarrow6GbAdaptertoEnclosure824721LECBUSASYOCable6m-HDNarrow6GbAdaptertoEnclosure824721LECBVSASYOCable10m-HDNarrow6GbAdaptertoEnclosure824721LECBWSASYOCable15m-HDNarrow3GbAdaptertoEnclosure824721LECBXSASAE1Cable4m-HDNarrow6GbAdaptertoEnclosure824721LECBYSASYE1Cable3m-HDNarrow6GbAdaptertoEnclosure824721LECBZSystemPortConverterCableforUPS824721LECCFCustomServiceSpecify,Shenzhen,China824721LECSCCustomServiceSpecify,Mexico824721LECSMCustomServiceSpecify,Poughkeepsie,USA824721LECSPIBMCognosBusinessIntelligence824721LEHCESpecifymode-2(1)5901/5278forEXP24#5887or#EL1S824721LEJPJSpecifymode-2(2)5901/5278forEXP24#5887or#EL1S824721LEJPKSpecifymode-4(1)5901/5278forEXP24#5887or#EL1S824721LEJPLSpecifymode-4(2)5901/5278forEXP24#5887or#EL1S824721LEJPMSpecifymode-4(3)5901/5278forEXP24#5887or#EL1S824721LEJPNSpecifyMode-1&(1)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/EL1S)824721LEJR1SpecifyMode-1&(2)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/EL1S)824721LEJR2SpecifyMode-2&(2)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/EL1S)824721LEJR3SpecifyMode-2&(4)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/EL1S)824721LEJR4SpecifyMode-4&(4)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/EL1S)824721LEJR5SpecifyMode-2&(1)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/EL1S)824721LEJR6SpecifyMode-2&(2)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/EL1S)824721LEJR7SpecifyMode-2&(1)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/El1S)824721LEJRASpecifyMode-2&(2)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/EL1S)824721LEJRBSpecifyMode-4&(1)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/EL1S)824721LEJRCSpecifyMode-4&(2)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5887/EL1S)824721LEJRDSpecifyMode-4&(3)EJ0JforEXP24S(#5888/EL1S)824721LEJREFrontOEMBezelfor12-BayBackPlane824721LEJTRFrontOEMBezelfor8-BayBackPlane824721LEJTSFrontBezelfor12-BayBackPlane824721LEJTTIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation23FrontBezelfor8-BayBackPlane824721LEJTUFullWidthKeyboard--USB,USEnglish,#103P824721LEK51FullWidthKeyboard--USB,French,#189824721LEK52FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Italian,#142824721LEK53FullWidthKeyboard--USB,German/Austrian,#129824721LEK54FullWidthKeyboard--USB,UKEnglish,#166P824721LEK55FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Spanish,#172824721LEK56FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Japanese,#194824721LEK57FullWidthKeyboard--USB,BrazilianPortuguese,#275824721LEK58FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Hungarian,#208824721LEK59FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Korean,#413824721LEK60FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Chinese,#467824721LEK61FullWidthKeyboard--USB,FrenchCanadian,#445824721LEK62FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Belgian/UK,#120824721LEK64FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Swedish/Finnish,#153824721LEK65FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Danish,#159824721LEK66FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Bulgarian,#442824721LEK67FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Swiss/French/German,#150824721LEK68FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Norwegian,#155824721LEK69FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Dutch,#143824721LEK70FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Portuguese,#163824721LEK71FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Greek,#319824721LEK72FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Hebrew,#212824721LEK73FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Polish,#214824721LEK74FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Slovakian,#245824721LEK75FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Czech,#243824721LEK76FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Turkish,#179824721LEK77FullWidthKeyboard--USB,LASpanish,#171824721LEK78FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Arabic,#253824721LEK79FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Thai,#191824721LEK80FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Russian,#443824721LEK81FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Slovenian,#234824721LEK82FullWidthKeyboard--USB,USEnglishEuro,#103P824721LEK83PCIeLP2-x4-portSASAdapter3Gb-PowerLinux824721LEL10775GBSFF-3SSDforLinux824721LEL13387GBSFF-3SSDforLinux824721LEL14387GBSFF-2SSDforLinux824721LEL19ACPowerSupply-900W824721LEL1A387GBSFF-2SSDforAIX/LinuxwitheMLC824721LEL1L146GB15kRPMSASSFF-2DiskDrive(AIX/Linux)824721LEL1M300GB10kRPMSASSFF-2DiskDrive(AIX/Linux)824721LEL1N300GB15kRPMSASSFF-2DiskDrive(AIX/Linux)824721LEL1P600GB10kRPMSASSFF-2DiskDrive(AIX/Linux)824721LEL1Q900GB10kRPMSASSFF-2DiskDrive(Linux)824721LEL1REXP24SSFFGen2-bayDrawer824721LEL1SSASCable(YO)AdaptertoSASEnclosure,SingleController/DualPath1.
5M824721LEL1TSASCable(YO)AdaptertoSASEnclosure,SingleController/DualPath15M824721LEL1USASCable(YO)AdaptertoSASEnclosure,SingleController/DualPath3M824721LEL1VSASCable(YO)AdaptertoSASEnclosure,SingleController/DualPath6M824721LEL1WSASCable(X)AdaptertoSASEnclosure,DualController/DualPath15M:824721LEL21SASCable(X)AdaptertoSASEnclosure,DualController/DualPath3M:824721LEL22SASCable(X)AdaptertoSASEnclosure,DualController/DualPath6M:824721LEL23PCIeLP8Gb2-PortFibreChannelAdapter824721LEL2NPCIe2LP2-port10GbESRAdapter824721LEL2PPCIe2LP2-Port10GbERoCESRAdapter824721LEL2ZPCIe2LP4-port(10GbFCoE&1GbE)SRIOVSR&RJ45824721LEL38PCIe2LP2-port10GbESFN6122FAdapter824721LEL39PCIe3LPRAIDSASADAPTER824721LEL3B775GBSFF-2SSDforLinux824721LEL3G16GBDDR3Memory824721LEL3P32GBDDR3Memory824721LEL3Q64GBDDR3Memory824721LEL3RStorageBackplane12SFF-3Bays/DVDBay824721LEL3TStorageBackplane8SFF-3Bays/IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation24DVDBay/DualIOAwithWriteCache824721LEL3USplit#EL3Tto6+6SFF-3Bays:Add2ndSASController824721LEL3VPCIe2LP2-port10/1GbEBaseTRJ45Adapter824721LEL3ZPCIe3LPSASTape/DVDAdapterQuad-port6Gbx8824721LEL60OneZeroPricedProcessorCoreActivationforFeature#ELP3824721LELA3OneZeroPricedProcessorCoreActivationforFeature#ELPD824721LELADPDUAccessCord0.
38m824721LELC01.
2TB10KRPMSASSFF-2DiskDrive(Linux)824721LELD3600GB10KRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(Linux)824721LELD51.
2TB10KRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(Linux)824721LELD9300GB15KRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(Linux)824721LELDB300GB10kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(Linux)824721LELDR146GB15kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(Linux)824721LELDT300GB15KRPMSASSFF-24KBlock-4096DiskDrive824721LELEZ300GB15KRPMSASSFF-34KBlock-4096DiskDrive824721LELFB600GB15KRPMSASSFF-34KBlock-4096DiskDrive824721LELFF600GB15KRPMSASSFF-24KBlock-4096DiskDrive824721LELFP12-core3.
026GHzPOWER8ProcessorCard824721LELP310-core3.
42GHzPOWER8ProcessorCard824721LELPDQuantity150of#ELFP(600GBSSDSFF-2)824721LELQ1Quantity150of#ELD3(1.
2TB10kSFF-2)824721LELQ3Quantity150of#EL19(387GBSSDSFF-2)824721LELQ9Quantity150of#EL1L824721LELQLQuantity150of#EL1M824721LELQMQuantity150of#EL1N824721LELQNQuantity150of#EL1P824721LELQPQuantity150of#EL1Q824721LELQQQuantity150of#EL1R824721LELQRQuantity150of#ELEZ(300GBSSDSFF-2)824721LELQZ1m(3.
3-ft),10GbE'NetCableSFP+ActTwinaxCopper824721LEN013m(9.
8-ft),10GbE'NetCableSFP+ActTwinaxCopper824721LEN025m(16.
4-ft),10GbE'NetCableSFP+ActTwinaxCopper824721LEN03PCIe2LP16Gb2-portFibreChannelAdapter824721LEN0BPCIe2LP8Gb4-portFibreChannelAdapter824721LEN0Y42USlimRack824721LER05RFIDTagsforServers,ComputeNodes,Chassis,Racks,andHMCs824721LERF1S&H-NoCharge824721LESC0S&H-a824721LESC51TBRemovableDiskDriveCartridge824721LEU01RDXUSBExternalDockingStationforRemovableDiskCartridge824721LEU04RDX320GBRemovableDiskDrive824721LEU081.
5TBRemovableDiskDriveCartridge824721LEU15Softwarepreloaddefine824721LEUC0Softwarepreloaddefine824721LEUC1Softwarepreloaddefine824721LEUC2Softwarepreloaddefine824721LEUC3ThefollowingarenewlyannouncedfeaturesonthespecificmodelsoftheIBMPowerSystems7014,7965machinetype:NewfeatureavailableJune10,2014MachineFeatureDescriptiontypeModelnumberRackContentSpecify:8247-21L/22L-2EIA7014T00ER0V7014T42796594YIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation25ModelconversionsNotapplicable.
FeatureconversionsNotapplicable.
BusinessPartnerinformationIfyouareaDirectReseller-SystemReselleracquiringproductsfromIBM,youmaylinkdirectlytoBusinessPartnerinformationforthisannouncement.
APartnerWorldIDandpasswordarerequired(useIBMID).
https://www.
ibm.
com/partnerworld/mem/sla.
jspnum=114-030PublicationsIBMPowerSystemshardwaredocumentationprovidesclientswiththefollowingtopicalinformation:Licenses,notices,safety,andwarrantyinformationPlanningforthesystemInstallingandconfiguringthesystemTroubleshooting,service,andsupportInstalling,configuring,andmanagingconsoles,terminals,andinterfacesInstallingoperatingsystemsCreatingavirtualcomputingenvironmentEnclosuresandexpansionunitsGlossaryYoucanaccesstheproductdocumentationathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER8ProductdocumentationisalsoavailableonDVD(SK5T-7087).
Thefollowinginformationisshippedwiththe8247-21L:PowerHardwareInformationDVDSK5T-7087Installingthe8247-21LImportantNoticesWarrantyInformationLicenseAgreementforMachineCodeLinuxinformationaboutinstallingandsupportingLinuxonIBMsystemscanbefoundathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/liaab/ic-homepage.
htmHardwaredocumentationsuchasinstallationinstructions,user'sinformation,andserviceinformationisavailabletodownloadorviewathttp://www.
ibm.
com/systems/supportVisittheIBMSystemSupportSite,whichcontainsthedocumentationforthehardwarehttp://www.
ibm.
com/systems/supportIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation26TheIBMSystemsInformationCenterprovidesyouwithasingleinformationcenterwhereyoucanaccessproductdocumentationforIBMsystemshardware,operatingsystems,andserversoftware.
Throughaconsistentframework,youcanefficientlyfindinformationandpersonalizeyouraccess.
TheIBMSystemsInformationCenterhttp://publib14.
boulder.
ibm.
com/infocenter/systemsServicesGlobalTechnologyServicesIBMservicesincludebusinessconsulting,outsourcing,hostingservices,applications,andothertechnologymanagement.
Theseserviceshelpyoulearnabout,plan,install,manage,oroptimizeyourITinfrastructuretobeanon-demandbusiness.
Theycanhelpyouintegrateyourhigh-speednetworks,storagesystems,applicationservers,wirelessprotocols,andanarrayofplatforms,middleware,andcommunicationssoftwareforIBMandmanynon-IBMofferings.
IBMisyourone-stopshopforITsupportneeds.
Fordetailsonavailableservices,contactyourIBMrepresentativeorvisithttp://www.
ibm.
com/services/FordetailsonavailableIBMBusinessContinuityandRecoveryServices,contactyourIBMrepresentativeorvisithttp://www.
ibm.
com/services/continuityTechnicalinformationSpecifiedoperatingenvironmentPhysicalspecificationsWidth:443mm(17.
5in.
)Depth:755mm(29.
7in.
)Height:87mm(3.
5in.
)Weight:28.
6kg(63lb)Toassureinstallabilityandserviceabilityinnon-IBMindustry-standardracks,reviewtheinstallationplanninginformationforanyproduct-specificinstallationrequirements.
OperatingenvironmentTemperature:(nonoperating)5°to4°C(41°to113°F);recommendedtemperature(operating)18°to27°C(64°to80°F);allowableoperatingtemperature5°to35°C(41°to95°F)Relativehumidity:Nonoperating8%to80%;recommended5.
5°C(42°F)dewpointto60%RHand15°C(59°F)dewpointMaximumdewpoint:28°C(84°F)(operating)Operatingvoltage:900WPSU:100to127Vacor200to240VacOperatingfrequency:47/63HzMaximummeasuredpowerconsumption:1,225watts(maximum)Powerfactor:0.
98Thermaloutput:(4,180Btu/hour)(maximum)Power-sourceloading–1.
88kVa(maximumconfiguration)IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation27–Maximumaltitude:3,050m(10,000ft)Note:Themaximummeasuredvalueistheworstcasepowerconsumptionexpectedfromafullypopulatedserverunderanintensiveworkload.
Themaximummeasuredvaluealsoaccountsforcomponenttoleranceandnon-idealoperatingconditions.
Powerconsumptionandheatloadvarygreatlybyserverconfigurationandutilization.
TheIBMSystemsEnergyEstimatorshouldbeusedtoobtainaheatoutputestimatebasedonaspecificconfigurationhttp://www-912.
ibm.
com/see/EnergyEstimatorNoiselevelandsoundpowerRack-mountsystem:6.
4belsoperating;6.
4belsidlingEMCconformanceclassificationThisequipmentissubjecttoFCCrulesandshallcomplywiththeappropriateFCCrulesbeforefinaldeliverytothebuyerorcentersofdistribution.
US:FCCClassAEurope:CISPR22ClassAJapan:VCCI-AKorea:KoreanRequirementClassAChina:People'sRepublicofChinacommodityinspectionlawClassAHomologation--Telecomenvironmentaltesting(SafetyandEMC):HomologationapprovalforspecificcountrieshasbeeninitiatedwiththeIBMHomologationandTypeApproval(HT&A)organizationinLaGaude,France.
ThisPowerSystemsmodelandapplicablefeaturesmeettheenvironmentaltestingrequirementsofthecountrytelecomandhavebeendesignedandtestedincompliancewiththeFullQualityAssuranceApproval(FQAA)processasdeliveredbytheBritishApprovalBoardforTelecom(BABT),theUKTelecomregulatoryauthority.
Thisproductisnotcertifiedforconnectionbyanymeanswhatsoevertointerfacesofpublictelecommunicationsnetworks.
Certificationmayberequiredbylawpriortomakinganysuchconnection.
ContactanIBMrepresentativeorresellerforanyquestions.
Productsafety/Countrytesting/CertificationUL60950UnderwritersLaboratory,SafetyInformationCSAC22.
2No.
60950-00,CanadianStandardsAssociationEN60950EuropeanNormIEC60950,Edition1,InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission,SafetyInformationNordicdeviationstoIEC60950-11stEditionGeneralrequirementsTheproductisincompliancewithIBMCorporateBulletinC-B0-2594-000StatementofConformityofIBMProducttoExternalStandard(SuppliersDeclaration).
HomologationThisproductisnotcertifiedfordirectconnectionbyanymeanswhatsoevertointerfacesofpublictelecommunicationsnetworks.
Certificationmayberequiredbylawpriortomakinganysuchconnection.
ContactanIBMrepresentativeorresellerforanyquestions.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation28HardwarerequirementsThePowerS812Lserveroffersa10-coreand12-coreconfigurationwithoneprocessormodule.
Thesystemcancontainupto512GBofsystemmemory,storagebackplaneoptionsoftwelveoreightSFF-3disk/SSDbays,twoPCIex16Gen3controllers(low-profileslots),threePCIex8Gen3controllers(low-profileslots),andmultiplemediadevices,asdesired.
ThisflexibilityismadeavailablethroughthemanyoptionalfeaturesforthePowerS812L.
Theserverconsistsofonesystemcentralelectronicscomplex(CEC)enclosurewiththefollowingitems:Chooseoneprocessormodule:–One10-core3.
42GHzPOWER8ProcessorCard(#ELPD)–One12-core3.
02GHzPOWER8ProcessorCard(#ELP3)Chooseprocessoractivations:–One10-core3.
42GHzprocessor(#ELPD)requiresthattenprocessoractivationcodesbeordered.
AmaximumoftenoffeatureELPDtoaminimumoftwooffeatureELPDandeightoffeatureELADisallowed.
–One12-core,3.
02GHzprocessor(#ELP3)requiresthattwelveprocessoractivationcodesbeordered.
AmaximumoftwelveoffeatureELP3toaminimumoftwooffeatureELP3andtenoffeatureELA3isallowed.
Choose16GBminimummemoryfrom:–16GBCDIMM,1600MHz,4GbDDR3DRAM(#EL3P)–32GBCDIMM,1600MHz,4GbDDR3DRAM(#EL3Q)–64GBCDIMM,1600MHz,4GbDDR3DRAM(#EL3R)Note:Thetotalnumberof8GBmemoryactivations(#EMA5)equalsthetotalgigabytesofmemory.
Choosestoragebackplanefrom:–12SFF-3Bays/DVDBay(#EL3T)–8SFF-3Bays/DVDBay/DualIOAwithWriteCache(#EL3U)–SplitfeatureEL3Tto6+6SFF-3Bays:AddasecondSASController(#EL3V)OnePCIe24-port1GbEAdapter(#5260).
Note:TheadapterisprovidedanadditionalPCIeslot.
ChooseHDDsandSSDsfromanyorderableSFFHDDorSSD.
Thedefaultisthe300GB15KRPMSASSFF-3forAIX/Linux(#ELDB).
Note:NointernalHDDorSSDisrequirediffeature0837(BootfromSAN)isselected.
Inthiscase,aFibreChannelorFibreChanneloverEthernetadaptermustalsobeordered.
ChoosethePrimaryOperatingSystemIndicatorfromthefollowing:–Linux(#2147)OneLanguageGroup,Specify(#9300or#97xx)Twopowersupplies:1+1900watt200-240Vacor100-127VacoptionsTwopowercords(#6458,#6460,#6469-#6478,#6488,#6489,#6491-#6494,#6496,#6577,#6580,#6651,#6653-#6660,#6665,#6667,#6669,#6671,#6672,or#6680)Choosecoversetfrom:–IBMRack-mountDrawerBezelandHardware(#EJTT,usedwith#EL3Tbackplane)–IBMRack-mountDrawerBezelandHardware(#EJTU,usedwith#EL3Ubackplane)–OEMRack-mountDrawerBezelandHardware(#EJTR,usedwith#EL3Tbackplane)–OEMRack-mountDrawerBezelandHardware(#EJTS,usedwith#EL3Ubackplane)IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation29HardwareManagementConsole(HMC)machinecodeAnHMCorIVMisrequiredtomanagethePowerS812L(8247-21L)implementingpartitioningwithPowerVM.
MultiplePOWER6,POWER7,andPowerSystemPOWER8processor-basedserverscanbesupportedbyasingleHMC.
IfanHMCisusedtomanagethePowerS812L,theHMCcodelevelV8.
810canonlybeloadedonarack-mountmodelCR5,orlater,ordesksidemodel21L.
IfyouareattachinganHMCtoanewserveroraddingfunctiontoanexistingserverthatrequiresafirmwareupdate,theHMCmachinecodemayneedtobeupdatedbecauseHMCcodemustalwaysbeequaltoorhigherthanthemanagedserver'sfirmware.
AccesstofirmwareandmachinecodeupdatesisconditionedonentitlementandlicensevalidationinaccordancewithIBMpolicyandpractice.
IBMmayverifyentitlementthroughcustomernumber,serialnumber,electronicrestrictions,oranyothermeansormethodsemployedbyIBMatitsdiscretion.
TodeterminetheHMCmachinecodelevelrequiredforthefirmwarelevelonanyserver,gotothefollowingwebpagetoaccesstheFixLevelRecommendationTool(FLRT)onoraftertheplannedavailabilitydateforthisproduct.
FLRTwillidentifythecorrectHMCmachinecodefortheselectedsystemfirmwarelevelhttps://www14.
software.
ibm.
com/webapp/set2/sas/f/hmc/home.
htmlIfasingleHMCisattachedtomultipleservers,theHMCmachinecodelevelmustbeupdatedtobeatorhigherthantheserverwiththemostrecentfirmwarelevel.
AllpriorlevelsofserverfirmwarearesupportedwiththelatestHMCmachinecodelevel.
TheHMCV8.
810containsthefollowing:SupportformanagingtheIBMPowerSystemS824,S814,S822,S822L,andS812L.
SupportforthenewHMCmodel7042-CR8.
SupportforPowerVMfunctionssuchasnewHMCGUIinterfaceforVIOSmanagement.
GUIforHMC'sPerformanceandCapacityMonitoringfunction.
AnewHMCcommandtoinitiateaRemoteRestartoperation.
ThisremovestherequirementofVMControlforthePowerVMRemoteRestartfunction.
ForPowerVMGUIfunctions,VIOSV2.
2.
3.
3isrecommended.
SoftwarerequirementsThePowerS812Lsupports:RedHatEnterpriseLinux6.
5,orlaterSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11ServicePack3,orlaterUbuntuServer14.
04(PowerKVMisrequired)VIOS2.
2.
3.
3withinterimfixIV56366,orlaterSystemIntegratedsystemportsarenotsupportedunderAIXorLinuxwhentheHMCportsareconnectedtoanHMC.
EithertheHMCportsortheintegratedsystemportscanbeused,butnotboth.
TheintegratedsystemportsaresupportedformodemandasynchronousterminalconnectionsbyAIXorLinux.
AnyotherapplicationusingserialportsrequiresaserialportadaptertobeinstalledinaPCIslot.
TheintegratedsystemportsdonotsupportHACMPTMconfigurations.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation30PlanninginformationCableordersNocablesrequired.
Security,auditability,andcontrolThisproductusesthesecurityandauditabilityfeaturesofhostsoftwareandapplicationsoftware.
Thecustomerisresponsibleforevaluation,selection,andimplementationofsecurityfeatures,administrativeprocedures,andappropriatecontrolsinapplicationsystemsandcommunicationsfacilities.
IBMElectronicServicesElectronicServiceAgentandtheIBMElectronicSupportwebportalarededicatedtoprovidingfast,exceptionalsupporttoIBMSystemscustomers.
TheIBMElectronicServiceAgenttoolisano-additional-chargetoolthatproactivelymonitorsandreportshardwareevents,suchassystemerrors,performanceissues,andinventory.
TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolcanhelpyoustayfocusedonyourcompany'sstrategicbusinessinitiatives,savetime,andspendlesseffortmanagingday-to-dayITmaintenanceissues.
ServersenabledwiththistoolcanbemonitoredremotelyaroundtheclockbyIBMSupportallatnoadditionalcosttoyou.
TheIBMElectronicSupportportalisasingleInternetentrypointthatreplacesthemultipleentrypointstraditionallyusedtoaccessIBMInternetservicesandsupport.
ThisportalenablesyoutogaineasieraccesstoIBMresourcesforassistanceinresolvingtechnicalproblems.
TheMySystemsandPremiumSearchfunctionsmakeiteveneasierforElectronicServiceAgenttool-enabledcustomerstotracksysteminventoryandfindpertinentfixes.
BenefitsIncreaseduptime:TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolisdesignedtoenhancetheWarrantyorMaintenanceAgreementbyprovidingfasterhardwareerrorreportinganduploadingsysteminformationtoIBMSupport.
Thiscantranslatetolesswastedtimemonitoringthe"symptoms,"diagnosingtheerror,andmanuallycallingIBMSupporttoopenaproblemrecord.
Its24x7monitoringandreportingmeannomoredependenceonhumaninterventionoroff-hourscustomerpersonnelwhenerrorsareencounteredinthemiddleofthenight.
Security:TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolisdesignedtobesecureinmonitoring,reporting,andstoringthedataatIBM.
TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolsecurelytransmitseitherviatheInternet(HTTPSorVPN)ormodem,andcanbeconfiguredtocommunicatesecurelythroughgatewaystoprovidecustomersasinglepointofexitfromtheirsite.
Communicationisoneway.
ActivatingElectronicServiceAgentdoesnotenableIBMtocallintoacustomer'ssystem.
Systeminventoryinformationisstoredinasecuredatabase,whichisprotectedbehindIBMfirewalls.
ItisviewableonlybythecustomerandIBM.
Thecustomer'sbusinessapplicationsorbusinessdataisnevertransmittedtoIBM.
Moreaccuratereporting:SincesysteminformationanderrorlogsareautomaticallyuploadedtotheIBMSupportcenterinconjunctionwiththeservicerequest,customersarenotrequiredtofindandsendsysteminformation,decreasingtheriskofmisreportedormisdiagnosederrors.
OnceinsideIBM,problemerrordataisrunthroughadataknowledgemanagementsystemandknowledgearticlesareappendedtotheproblemrecord.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation31Customizedsupport:UsingtheIBMIDenteredduringactivation,customerscanviewsystemandsupportinformationinthe"MySystems"and"PremiumSearch"sectionsoftheElectronicSupportwebsiteathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/electronicMySystemsprovidesvaluablereportsofinstalledhardwareandsoftwareusinginformationcollectedfromthesystemsbyElectronicServiceAgent.
Reportsareavailableforanysystemassociatedwiththecustomer'sIBMID.
PremiumSearchcombinesthefunctionofsearchandthevalueofElectronicServiceAgentinformation,providingadvancedsearchofthetechnicalsupportknowledgebase.
UsingPremiumSearchandtheElectronicServiceAgentinformationthathasbeencollectedfromyoursystem,customersareabletoseesearchresultsthatapplyspecificallytotheirsystems.
FormoreinformationonhowtoutilizethepowerofIBMElectronicServices,contactyourIBMSystemsServicesRepresentative,orvisithttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/electronicTermsandconditionsVolumeordersContactyourIBMrepresentative.
IBMGlobalFinancingYesProducts--termsandconditionsWarrantyperiodThreeyears.
AnIBMpartorfeatureinstalledduringtheinitialinstallationofanIBMmachineissubjecttoafullwarrantyeffectiveonthedateofinstallationofthemachine.
AnIBMpartorfeaturethatreplacesapreviouslyinstalledpartorfeatureassumestheremainderofthewarrantyperiodforthereplacedpartorfeature.
AnIBMpartorfeatureaddedtoamachinewithoutreplacingapreviouslyinstalledpartorfeatureissubjecttoafullwarrantyeffectiveonitsdateofinstallation.
Unlessspecifiedotherwise,thewarrantyperiod,typeofwarrantyservice,andservicelevelofapartorfeaturearethesameasthoseforthemachineinwhichitisinstalled.
WarrantyserviceIfrequired,IBMprovidesrepairorexchangeservicedependingonthetypesofwarrantyservicespecifiedforthemachine.
IBMwillattempttoresolveyourproblemoverthetelephone,orelectronicallythroughanIBMwebsite.
IBMmayrequestElectronicServiceAgent(ESA)activationandyoumustfollowtheproblemdeterminationandresolutionproceduresthatIBMspecifies.
Schedulingofservicewilldependthetimeofyourcallandissubjecttopartsavailability.
Ifapplicabletoyourproduct,partsconsideredCustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)willbeprovidedaspartofthemachine'sstandardwarrantyservice.
Servicelevelsareresponse-timeobjectives,maybelimitedinsomeareas,andarenotguaranteed.
Thespecifiedlevelofwarrantyservicemaynotbeavailableinallworldwidelocations.
AdditionalchargesmayapplyoutsideIBM'snormalservicearea.
ContactyourlocalIBMrepresentativeoryourresellerforcountry-specificandlocation-specificinformation.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation32CRUServiceIBMprovidesreplacementCRUstoyouforyoutoinstall.
CRUinformationandreplacementinstructionsareshippedwithyourmachineandareavailablefromIBMuponyourrequest.
CRUsaredesignatedasbeingeitheraTier1(mandatory)oraTier2(optional)CRU.
Tier1(mandatory)CRUInstallationofTier1CRUs,asspecifiedinthisannouncement,isyourresponsibility.
IfIBMinstallsaTier1CRUatyourrequest,youwillbechargedfortheinstallation.
Tier2(optional)CRUYoumayinstallaTier2CRUyourselforrequestIBMtoinstallit,atnoadditionalcharge.
Baseduponavailability,CRUswillbeshippedfornext-business-day(NBD)delivery.
IBMspecifies,inthematerialsshippedwithareplacementCRU,whetheradefectiveCRUmustbereturnedtoIBM.
Whenreturnisrequired,returninstructionsandacontainerareshippedwiththereplacementCRU.
YoumaybechargedforthereplacementCRUifIBMdoesnotreceivethedefectiveCRUwithin15daysofyourreceiptofthereplacement.
ThefollowingpartshavebeendesignatedasTier1CRUs:DASDSFFDriveDASDSSDDriveDVDDriveFanFanCageAllPCIAdaptersBaseSASCardHigh-FunctionRAIDCardCableMemoryDIMMsNativeUSBSerialCardOperatorPanelOperatorPanelCablePowerSupplyLine/powercordKeyboardMouseExternalcablesPowerBusSignalCableDisplayTimeofDay(TOD)BatteryToserviceaLinuxsystemendtoend,Linuxserviceandproductivitytoolsmustbeinstalledfromthewebpageathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/customercare/sas/f/lopdiags/home.
htmlThetoolsareautomaticallyloadedifIBMmanufacturinginstallsLinuximageorIBMInstallationToolkit.
PowerPackisthebestwaytoinstallrequiredservicepackagesfromthewebsite.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation33TheLinuxcallhomefeatureisalsosupportedinastandalonesystemconfigurationtoreportserviceableevents.
On-siteServiceAtIBM'sdiscretion,youwillreceivespecifiedCRUservice,orIBMwillrepairthefailingmachineatyourlocationandverifyitsoperation.
YoumustprovideasuitableworkingareatoallowdisassemblyandreassemblyoftheIBMmachine.
Theareamustbeclean,well-lit,andsuitableforthepurpose.
Servicelevelis:9hoursperday,MondaythroughFriday,excludingholidays,next-business-dayresponse.
Callsmustbereceivedby5:00p.
m.
localtimeinordertoqualifyfornext-business-dayresponse.
Non-IBMpartsserviceWarrantyserviceIBMisnowshippingmachineswithselectednon-IBMpartsthatcontainanIBMfieldreplaceableunit(FRU)partnumberlabel.
ThesepartsaretobeservicedduringtheIBMmachinewarrantyperiod.
IBMiscoveringtheserviceontheseselectednon-IBMpartsasanaccommodationtotheircustomers,andnormalwarrantyserviceproceduresfortheIBMmachineapply.
WarrantyserviceupgradesDuringthewarrantyperiod,warrantyserviceupgradesprovideanenhancedlevelofOn-siteServiceforanadditionalcharge.
Servicelevelsareresponse-timeobjectivesandarenotguaranteed.
SeetheWarrantyservicessectionaboveforadditionaldetails.
IBMwillattempttoresolveyourproblemoverthetelephoneorelectronicallybyaccesstoanIBMwebsite.
Certainmachinescontainremotesupportcapabilitiesfordirectproblemreporting,remoteproblemdetermination,andresolutionwithIBM.
YoumustfollowtheproblemdeterminationandresolutionproceduresthatIBMspecifies.
Followingproblemdetermination,ifIBMdetermineson-siteserviceisrequired,schedulingofservicewilldependuponthetimeofyourcall,machinetechnologyandredundancy,andavailabilityofparts.
CRUandOn-siteServiceAtIBM'sdiscretionyouwillreceiveCRUserviceorIBMwillrepairthefailingmachineatyourlocationandverifyitsoperation.
YoumustprovideasuitableworkingareatoallowdisassemblyandreassemblyoftheIBMmachine.
Theareamustbeclean,well-lit,andsuitableforthepurpose.
Thefollowingon-siteresponse-timeobjectivesareavailableaswarrantyserviceupgradesforyourmachine.
Availableofferingsare:9hoursperday,MondaythroughFriday,excludingholidays,4-houraverage,samebusinessdayresponse24hoursperday,7daysaweek,4-houraverageresponse,sameday24hoursperday,7daysaweek,2-houraverageresponse,samedayCustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)maybeprovidedaspartofthemachine'sstandardwarrantyCRUServiceexceptthatyoumayinstallaCRUyourselforrequestIBMinstallation,atnoadditionalcharge,undertheCRUandOn-siteServicelevelspecifiedabove.
ForadditionalinformationontheCRUService,seethewarrantyinformation.
MaintenanceservicesIfrequired,IBMprovidesrepairorexchangeservicedependingonthetypesofmaintenanceservicespecifiedforthemachine.
IBMwillattempttoresolveyourproblemoverthetelephoneorelectronically,viaanIBMwebsite.
CertainmachinesIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation34containremotesupportcapabilitiesfordirectproblemreporting,remoteproblemdetermination,andresolutionwithIBM.
YoumustfollowtheproblemdeterminationandresolutionproceduresthatIBMspecifies.
Followingproblemdetermination,ifIBMdetermineson-siteserviceisrequired,schedulingofservicewilldependuponthetimeofyourcall,machinetechnologyandredundancy,andavailabilityofparts.
Servicelevelsareresponse-timeobjectivesandarenotguaranteed.
Thespecifiedlevelofmaintenanceservicemaynotbeavailableinallworldwidelocations.
AdditionalchargesmayapplyoutsideIBM'snormalservicearea.
ContactyourlocalIBMrepresentativeoryourresellerforcountry-specificandlocation-specificinformation.
Thefollowingserviceselectionsareavailableasmaintenanceoptionsforyourmachinetype.
On-siteServiceIBMwillrepairthefailingmachineatyourlocationandverifyitsoperation.
YoumustprovideasuitableworkingareatoallowdisassemblyandreassemblyoftheIBMmachine.
Theareamustbeclean,well-lit,andsuitableforthepurpose.
Servicelevelsare:9hoursperday,MondaythroughFriday,excludingholidays,next-business-dayresponse9hoursperday,MondaythroughFriday,excludingholidays,4-houraverageresponse,samebusinessday24hoursperday,7daysaweek,4-houraverageresponse,sameday24hoursperday,7daysaweek,2-houraverageresponse,samedayCustomerReplaceableUnit(CRU)ServiceIfyourproblemcanberesolvedwithaCRU(forexample,keyboard,mouse,speaker,memory,orharddiskdrive),anddependinguponthemaintenanceserviceofferingsinyourgeography,IBMwillshipthereplacementCRUtoyouforyoutoinstall.
CRUinformationandreplacementinstructionsareshippedwithyourmachineandareavailablefromIBMuponyourrequest.
Baseduponavailability,CRUswillbeshippedfornext-business-daydelivery.
IBMspecifies,inthematerialsshippedwithareplacementCRU,whetheradefectiveCRUmustbereturnedtoIBM.
Whenreturnisrequired,1)returninstructionsandacontainerareshippedwiththereplacementCRU,and2)youmaybechargedforthereplacementCRUifIBMdoesnotreceivethedefectiveCRUwithin15daysofyourreceiptofthereplacement.
CRUsmaybeprovidedaspartofthemachine'sstandardmaintenanceserviceexceptthatyoumayinstallaCRUyourselforrequestIBMinstallation,atnoadditionalcharge,underanyoftheOn-siteServicelevelsspecifiedabove.
Non-IBMpartsserviceUndercertainconditions,IBMprovidesservicesforselectednon-IBMpartsatnoadditionalchargeformachinesthatarecoveredunderwarrantyserviceupgradesormaintenanceservices.
Thisserviceincludeshardwareproblemdetermination(PD)onthenon-IBMparts(forexample,adaptercards,PCMCIAcards,diskdrives,memory)installedwithinIBMmachinesandprovidesthelabortoreplacethefailingpartsatnoadditionalcharge.
IfIBMhasaTechnicalServiceAgreementwiththemanufacturerofthefailingpart,orifthefailingpartisanaccommodationspart(apartwithanIBMFRUlabel),IBMmayalsosourceandreplacethefailingpartatnoadditionalcharge.
Forallothernon-IBMparts,customersareresponsibleforsourcingtheparts.
Installationlaborisprovidedatnoadditionalcharge,ifthemachineiscoveredunderawarrantyserviceupgradeoramaintenanceservice.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation35UsageplanmachineNoIBMhourlyservicerateclassificationTwoWhenatypeofserviceinvolvestheexchangeofamachinepart,thereplacementmaynotbenew,butwillbeingoodworkingorder.
GeneraltermsandconditionsField-installablefeaturesYesModelconversionsNoMachineinstallationCustomersetup.
CustomersareresponsibleforinstallationaccordingtotheinstructionsIBMprovideswiththemachine.
GraduatedprogramlicensechargesapplyYesTheapplicableprocessorgroupis:SmallLicensedmachinecodeIBMMachineCodeislicensedforusebyacustomerontheIBMmachineforwhichitwasprovidedbyIBMunderthetermsandconditionsoftheIBMLicenseAgreementforMachineCode,toenablethemachinetofunctioninaccordancewithitsspecifications,andonlyforthecapacityauthorizedbyIBMandacquiredbythecustomer.
YoucanobtaintheagreementbycontactingyourIBMrepresentativeorvisitinghttp://www.
ibm.
com/servers/support/machine_warranties/machine_code.
htmlMachineusingLMCTypeModel8247-21LAccesstoMachineCodeupdatesisconditionedonentitlementandlicensevalidationinaccordancewithIBMpolicyandpractice.
IBMmayverifyentitlementthroughcustomernumber,serialnumber,electronicrestrictions,oranyothermeansormethodsemployedbyIBMinitsdiscretion.
IfthemachinedoesnotfunctionaswarrantedandyourproblemcanberesolvedthroughyourapplicationofdownloadableMachineCode,youareresponsiblefordownloadingandinstallingthesedesignatedMachineCodechangesasIBMspecifies.
Ifyouwouldprefer,youmayrequestIBMtoinstalldownloadableMachineCodechanges;however,youmaybechargedforthatservice.
MachineCodeLicenseAcceptanceRequirementAcceptance-By-UseMachine:No,theLIClicenserequiressignedacceptancebythemachine'senduserdirectlywithIBM,applicabletoordersforanewmachine,machinetypeconversionMES,andtomachinestransferredtoanotheruser.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation36EducationalallowanceAreducedchargeisavailabletoqualifiededucationcustomers.
Theeducationalallowancemaynotbeaddedtoanyotherdiscountorallowance.
Theeducationalallowanceis18%fortheproductsinthisannouncement.
PricesForadditionalinformationandcurrentprices,contactyourlocalIBMrepresentative.
ThefollowingarenewlyannouncedfeaturesonthespecificmodelsoftheIBMPowerSystems8247machinetype:MinimumInitial/MonthlyMES/ModelFeaturePurchaseMaint.
Both/RPDescriptionnumbernumberpriceChargeSupportCSUMESIBMPowerSystemS812L21LYesOneCSCBillingUnit21L0010BothYesNoTenCSCBillingUnits21L0011BothYesNoLinuxPartitionSpecify21L0266BothYesNoV.
24/EIA2326.
1m(20Ft)PCIC21L0348BothYesNoV.
356.
1m(20Ft)PCICable21L0353BothYesNoX.
216.
1m(20Ft)PCICable21L0359BothYesNoCustomerSpecifiedPlacement21L0456InitialN/ANoSSDPlacementInd5887,EL1S21L0465InitialN/ANo19inch,1.
8meterhighrack21L0551MESYesNo19inch,2.
0meterhighrack21L0553MESYesNoRackFillerPanelKit21L0599BothYesNoLoadSourceNotinCEC21L0719BothYesNo#5887/EL1SLoadSourceSpecify21L0728BothYesNoSANLoadSourceSpecify21L0837BothYesNoUSTAAComplianceIndicator21L0983BothYesNoUSB500GBRemovableDiskDr21L1107BothYesNoCustomServ.
Specify,Roch21L1140BothYesNoPrimaryOSLinux21L2147BothYesNoFactoryDeconfigurationof1c21L2319InitialN/ANoLC-SC50MicronFiberConvCab21L2456BothYesNoLC-SC62.
5Mic.
Fib.
Conv.
Cable21L2459BothYesNoAsynch.
Termin/Print.
CblEIA23221L2934BothYesNoAsynchronousCableEIA232/V21L2936BothYesNoSertoSerPortCabDraw/Draw21L3124BothYesNoIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation37SerialtoSe.
PortCblRack8M21L3125BothYesNo1m,QDRIBCopperCable21L3287BothYesNo3m,QDRIBCopperCable21L3288BothYesNo5mQDRIB/E'NetCopperCable21L3289BothYesNo10mQDRIBOpticCable21L3290BothYesNo30mQDRIBOpticCable21L3293BothYesNoNOTE:Themonitorordisplayfeaturesaresubjecttoa$8ElectronicWasteRecyclingFee(15-INCHTO34-INCHVIDEODEVICE.
)WidescreenLCDMonitor21L3632BothYesNo0.
3MSerialPrtConverterCbl21L3925BothYesNoSerialPortNullModCab3.
7M21L3927BothYesNoSer.
PortNullModemCable,10M21L3928BothYesNoSystemSerialPortConverterC21L3930BothYesNo6FootExtend.
CblforDisplays21L4242BothYesNoExtenderCableUSBKeybo1.
8M21L4256InitialN/ANoVGAtoDVIConnectionConverte21L4276BothYesNoRackIntegrationServices:BP21L4648InitialN/ANoRackIntegrationServices21L4649InitialN/ANoOneandonlyonerackindicatorfeatureisrequiredonallorders(#4650to#4666).
NoFactoryIntegrationInd.
21L4650InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack121L4651InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack221L4652InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack321L4653InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack421L4654InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack521L4655InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack621L4656InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack721L4657InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack821L4658InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack921L4659InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1021L4660InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1121L4661InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1221L4662InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1321L4663InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1421L4664InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1521L4665InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1621L4666InitialN/ANoIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation38SoftwarePreloadRequired21L5000InitialN/ANoPCIe2LP4-port1GbEAdapter21L5260BothYesNoPCIeLPPOWERGXT145Graphics21L5269BothYesNoPCIe24-Port10GbE&1GbESRLP21L5280BothYesNoPCIe2LP2-Port4XIBQDRAdap21L5283BothYesNoPCIeLP2PortAsyncEIA232A21L5290BothYesNo(NoLongerAvailable)SATASlimlineDVD-RAMDrive21L5771BothYesNoEXP24SSFFGen2-bayDrawer21L5887SupportYesNoOptFrontDoorfor1.
8mRack21L6068MESYesNoOptFrontDoorfor2.
0mRack21L6069MESYesNo1.
8mRackAcousticDoors21L6248MESYesNo2.
0mRackAcousticDoors21L6249MESYesNo1.
8mRackTrimKit21L6263MESYesNo2.
0mRackTrimKit21L6272MESYesNoPwrCrd4.
3m14ftWallIBMPDU21L6458BothYesNoPwrCrd(14FT),Drwr-OEMPDU21L6460BothYesNoPwrCrd4.
3m14ftWallOEMPDU21L6469BothYesNoPwrCrd1.
8m6ftWall125V/15A21L6470BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6471BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6472BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6473BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6474BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6475BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6476BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6477BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6478BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6488BothYesNo4.
3m(14Ft)3PH/24APowerCor21L6489MESYesNo4.
3m(14Ft)1PH/48APwrCord21L6491MESYesNo4.
3m(14Ft)1PH/4860APwrCo21L6492MESYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6493BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU21L6494BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWall250V,10A21L6496BothYesNoPowerCableDrawertoIBMPD21L6577BothYesNoOptionalRackSecurityKit21L6580MESYesNoModemTrayfor19-InchRack21L6586MESYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWall125V,15A21L6651BothYesNoIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation394.
3m3PH/16APowerCord21L6653MESYesNo4.
3m1PH/24-30APwrCord21L6654MESYesNo4.
3m14Ft1PH/2430AWRPwr21L6655MESYesNo4.
3m14Ft1PH/24APowerCord21L6656MESYesNo4.
3m14Ft1PH/24APowerCord21L6657MESYesNo4.
3m14Ft1PH/24APwrCdKor21L6658MESYesNoPwr.
Cord(9ft),ToWall/OEMPDU21L6659BothYesNoPwrCrd14ft4.
3mWallOEMPDU21L6660BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
8m9.
2ftWallPDU21L6665BothYesNo4.
3m14Ft3PH/32APwrCdAus21L6667MESYesNoPwrCrd4.
3M,Drwr-OEMPDU21L6669BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m,Drwr-IBMPDU21L6671BothYesNoPwrCrd1.
5M,Drwr-IBMPDU21L6672BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
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5TBRemovableDiskCartridge21LEU15BothYesNoSoftwarepreloaddefine21LEUC0InitialN/ANoSoftwarepreloaddefine21LEUC1InitialN/ANoSoftwarepreloaddefine21LEUC2InitialN/ANoIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-030IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation45Softwarepreloaddefine21LEUC3InitialN/ANoThefollowingarenewlyannouncedfeaturesonthespecificmodelsoftheIBMPowerSystems7014and7965machinetype:MinimumInitial/MonthlyMES/DescriptionModelFeaturePurchaseMaint.
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IBMGlobalFinancingIBMGlobalFinancingofferscompetitivefinancingtocredit-qualifiedcustomerstoassisttheminacquiringITsolutions.
OfferingsincludefinancingforITacquisition,includinghardware,software,andservices,frombothIBMandothermanufacturersorvendors.
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(CorrectedonJune12,2014)DescriptionswerechangedforfeaturesEJTR,EJTS,EJTT,andEJTUtodelete"Zero-Price.
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