IBM Power Systems Facts & Features

Enterprise, Scale-out
and Accelerated
Servers with
POWER9 Processor
Technology

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Table of Contents
3 Why Power Systems

4 IBM Power Systems LC921, LC922, AC922

5 System Unit Details (Power Systems S LC/AC

Class Servers)

6 Scale-out LC Server Systems Software Support

8 IBM Power System S914, S924, S922

9 System S Class System Unit Details

11 System S Class Systems Software Support

12 IBM Power System E950

15 System Unit Details E950

16 IBM Power System E980

19 System Unit Details E950

20 Enterprise Systems Software Support

21 Server I/O Drawers & Attachment

24 Physical Planning Characteristics

27 Warranty / Installation

28 Performance Notes & More Information

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IBM Power Systems

Why Power Systems?

If anything is certain about the ware, OS and Hypervisor. With
future, it’s that there will be accelerated encryption built into
more complexity, more data to the chip, your data is protect-
manage and greater pressure to ed in motion and at rest. And
deliver instantly. The hardware PowerVM® is the only hypervisor
you buy should meet today’s amongst major competitors with
expectations and prepare you no reported vulnerabilities.
for whatever comes next.
Proven reliability
Power Systems are built for the Today’s always-on world re-
most demanding, data-intensive, quires resilient, mission-critical
computing on earth. Our cloud- servers that deliver continuous
ready servers help you unleash operations. IBM servers ranked
insight from your data pipeline — the most reliable for the 10th
from managing mission-critical straight year (1) and are industry
data, to managing your opera- leaders for enterprise servers
tional data stores and data lakes, (1) with a maximum uptime of
to delivering the best server for 99.9996% (2.1 minutes/server/
cognitive computing. annum unplanned downtime)
of any non-mainframe Linux
With industry leading reliability platforms.
and security, our infrastruc-
ture is designed to crush the Industry-leading value and
most data-intensive workloads performance
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IBM Power Systems

Power LC921, Power LC922, and Power AC922

These servers provide the fastest, simplest way to deploy deep learning frameworks — with enterprise-class support — to fuel new thinking and capabilities across
your organization.

IBM PowerLC921 IBM Power LC922 IBM Power AC922 IBM Power AC922
Product Line
Machine type 9006-12P 9006-22P 8335-GTH 8335-GTX
System Packaging 19” rack drawer (1U) 19” rack drawer (2U) 19” rack drawer (2U) 19” rack drawer (2U)
Microprocessor type 64-bit POWER9 64-bit POWER9 64-bit POWER9 with NVLink 64-bit POWER9
# of processor sockets
1 or 2 1 or 2 2 2
per server
2.91 GHz (2) | 32
GHz (cores/socket) 2.2 GHz (2) | 32 8335-3.3 GHz (2) | 16 3.45 GHz (2) | 16
2.70 GHz (2) | 40
# of cores 2.13 GHz (2) | 40 3.0 GHz (2) | 20 3.10 GHz (2) | 22
2.60 GHz (2) | 44
Max boost frequency is 3.8 GHz
Level 2 (L2) cache per core 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB
Level 3 (L3) cache per core 10 MB 10 MB 10 MB 10 MB
System Memory
32 GB – 2048 GB 32 GB – 2048 GB 256 GB – 2048 GB 256 GB – 2048 GB
(minimum - maximum)
2666 MHz DDR4 (with 1x RDIMM per port up to 8x RDIMM total)
Memory Type 2666 MHz DDR4 2666 MHz DDR4
2133 MHz DDR4 (with 2x RDIMM per port)

Transactional Memory Y

Up to 4 NVIDIA Tesla V100 Up to 6 NVIDIA Tesla V100

Acceleration N/A N/A
GPUs with NVLink GPUs with NVLink
Water Cooling N/A N/A N/A Y
Reliability, Availability,
Serviceability
Chipkill memory Y Y Y Y
Baseboard Management
Y Y Y Y
Controller
Hot-swappable disk/SSD
Y Y Y (HDD/SSD only) Y (HDD/SSD only)
bays

Processor Instruction Retry Y Y Y Y

Redundant hot-plug power Y Y Y Y

Redundant hot-plug cooling Redundant but not hot-plug N/A Y Y

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux RHEL - Red Had Enterprise
Y - Standard /Supported
Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server Linux

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Power LC921, Power LC922, and Power AC922

1 PCIe x4 1 PCIe x4
System unit PCIe Gen4 2 PCIe x8 4 PCIe x8
2 PCIe x16 2 PCIe x16
slots a 2 PCIe x16 2 PCIe x16
1 PCIe x8/x8 1 PCIe x8/x8
12 LFF/SFF bays for twelve
4 LFF/SFF bays for four SAS/
SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs, and
SATA HDDs or SSDs and four
Slimline DVD bay four available for NVMe Gent3 2 SFF-4
available for NVMe Gen3 2x
2 SFF trays in the rear for SAS/
SATA DOM
SATA (optional) 2x SATA DOM
Maximum TB storage in
40.0 TB (with 4x 10TB disks) 120.0 TB (with 12x 10TB disks) 7.68 (with 2x 3.84TB)
system unit

IBM Power Systems

System Unit Details (Power Systems S LC/AC Class Servers)

IBM Power LC921 IBM Power LC922 IBM Power AC922
System Unit Details
POWER9 SCM sockets (Number of SCMs) 1 or 2 1 or 2 1 or 2
Max memory DIMM slots 16 16 16
Max peak memory bandwidth to DIMMs 170 GB/sec 170 GB/sec per socket 340 GB/sec per system
Integrated ports
System/serial (RJ45) 0 0 0
USB-3 2 (rear) 2 (2 rear) 2 (1 front & 1 rear)
VGA 1 1 1
Part of the base / not Feature
BMC Part of the base / not Feature coded Part of the base / not Feature coded
coded
IPMI 1 1 1
USB-1 N/A N/A N/A
Ethernet for general use N/A N/A 2 (1GB)
HMC ports N/A N/A N/A
PCIe Ethernet adapter optional 1 optional 1 required
SATA bays in system unit
4 - LFF/SFF SAS/SATA bays (4 bays 12 - LFF/SFF SAS/SATA bays (4
2.5-inch (SFF) only 2 SFF-4
can support NVMe) bays can support NVMe)
3.5-inch (LFF) or SFF 4 12 0
Media bays
DVD-RAM slimlin N/A N/A N/A

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:

Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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System Unit Details (Power Systems S LC/AC Class Servers)

IBM Power LC921 IBM Power LC922 IBM Power AC922
HH for tape N/A N/A N/A
SATA storage controllers for disk/SSD Y Y Y
Base backplane Y, integrated Y, integrated Y, integrated
Split backplane N/A N/A N/A
RAID adapter Y Y N/A
Hybrid RAID function 0/1/10/5 0/1/10/5 N/A
Optional EXP24S ports N/A N/A N/A
PCIe Gen4 adapter slots 4 6 4
PCIe x4 0 0 1
PCIe x8 2 4 1
PCIe x16 2 2 2
Max PCIe bus speed (GHz) 16.0 (Gen4) 16.0 (Gen4) 16.0 (Gen4)
Max I/O bandwidth* 192 GB/sec 256 GB/sec 176 GB/sec
Service indicator LEDs Y Y Y

IBM Power Systems

Power S LC Class Servers Software Support

Power LC921 Power LC922 Power AC922 GTG Power AC922 GTX
Power Systems Software
Software Tier Small Small Small Small
PowerVM™
PowerVM Linux Edition N/A N/A N/A N/A
PowerVM Enterprise
N/A N/A N/A
Editions
AIX

AIX N/A N/A N/A N/A

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:

Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Power S LC Class Servers Software Support

Power LC921 Power LC922 Power AC922 GTG Power AC922 GTX

IBM i

IBM i N/A N/A N/A N/A

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

N/A N/A N/A N/A
6.6 ( BE )

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

N/A N/A N/A N/A
7.1 ( BE and LE )
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Supported Supported Supported Supported
7.5 (LE ) SUSE
Linux Enterprise
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Server 11 (BE)
SUSE Linux Enterprise
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Server 12 (LE)
Ubuntu 16.04 (LST) Supported Supported Supported Supported
PowerHA™
PowerHA SystemMirror for
AIX 6.1 Standard and N/A N/A N/A N/A
Enterprise Editions
PowerHA SystemMirror for
N/A N/A N/A N/A
AIX 7 Standard Edition
PowerHA SystemMirror for
IBM i Version 7.2 Standard N/A N/A N/A N/A
and Enterprise Editions

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:

Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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IBM Power Systems

Power S914, Power S924, Power S922, and Power L922

Powerful, flexible servers built to deliver value for diverse workloads and mission-critical applications in AIX, IBM i and Linux environments.

IBM Power S914 IBM Power S924 IBM Power S922 IBM Power L922
Product Line
Machine type 9009-41A 9009-42A 9009-22A 9008-22L
System Packaging 19" rack drawer (2U) 19" rack drawer (2U) 19" rack drawer (2U) 19" rack drawer (2U)
Microprocessor type 64-bit POWER9 64-bit POWER9 64-bit POWER9 64-bit POWER9
# of processor sockets per server 1 1 upgradable or 2 1 upgradable or 2 1 upgradable or 2
2.3 to 3.8 GHz 3.8 to 4.0 GHz (2) | 8
2.8 to 3.8 GHz (2) | 4 3.4 to 3.9 GHz (2) | 8
(1) | 4 3.5 to 3.9 GHz (2) | 10
GHz (cores/socket) # of cores 3.4 to 3.9 GHz (2) | 8 2.9 to 3.8 GHz (2) | 10
(1) | 6 3.4 to 3.9 GHz (2) | 12
2.9 to 3.8 GHz (2) | 10 2.7 to 3.8 GHz (2) | 12
2.8 to 3.8 GHz (1) | 8 2.9 to 3.8 GHz (2) | 10.2
EnergyScale Y Y Y Y
Level 2 (L2) cache per core 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB
Level 3 (L3) cache per core 10 MB 10 MB 10 MB 10 MB
Level 4 (L4) cache per core Up to 128 MB Up to 128 MB Up to 128 MB Up to 128 MB
System Memory (minimum - maximum) 32 GB – 1024 GB 32 GB - 4096 GB 32 GB - 4096 GB 32 GB - 4096 GB
Reliability, Availability, Serviceability
Chipkill memory Y Y Y Y
Service processor Y Y Y Y
Hot-swappable disks/ SSD Y Y Y Y
Dynamic Processor Deallocation Y Y Y Y
Processor Instruction Retry Y Y Y Y
Alternate Processor Recovery Y Y Y Y

Hot-plug concurrent maintenance PCIe slots Y Y Y Y

Redundant hot-plug power Y Y Y Y

Redundant hot-plug cooling Y Y Y Y
Dual VIOS Optional Optional Optional Optional
Capacity and Expandability
PowerVM Linux Edition N/A N/A N/A Y
PowerVM Enterprise Edition Y Y Y Y
Max logical partitions/micro-partitions 480 480 480 480

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:

Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Power S914, Power S924, Power S922, and Power L922

7 PCIe x8 8 PCIe x8 6 PCIe x8 6 PCIe x8
System unit PCIe Gen3 low profile slots
1 PCIe x16 3 PCIe x16 3 PCIe x16 3 PCIe x16
Max PCIe Gen3 I/O Drawer 1 1 1 1
30 (6 in system unit + 33 (9 in system unit + 31 (7 in system unit + 31 (7 in system unit +
Max PCIe Gen3 slots: system unit + PCIe I/O drawers
24 in I/O drawer) 24 in I/O drawer) 24 in I/O drawer) 24 in I/O drawer)
System unit disk/SSD bays with standard or split back- 12 SFF-3 or 12 SFF-3 or
8 SFF-3 8 SFF-3
plane 6+6 SFF-3 6+6 SFF-3
18 SFF-3 plus optional 18 SFF-3 plus optional
System unit disk/SSD bays with expanded function back- EXP24SX attachment for EXP24SX attachment
N/A N/A
plane and dual IOA with 7.2GB write cache an additional 24 SFF-2 for an additional 24
bays SFF-2 bays
Slimline DVD bay N/A N/A N/A N/A
32.4 TB (with 18x 1.8 32.4 TB (with 18x 1.8 14.4 TB (with 8x 1.8 14.4 TB (with 8x 1.8
Maximum TB storage in system unit
TB disks) TB disks) TB disks) TB disks)
Maximum EXP24SX/EXP24S/ EXP12SX storage enclo-
28 28 28 28
sures
672 drives | 1209 TB w/ 672 drives | 1209 TB w/ 672 drives | 1209 TB w/ 672 drives | 1209 TB w/
Maximum in EXP24SX/EXP24S
1.8 TB disk 1.8 TB disk 1.8 TB disk 1.8 TB disk
336 drives | 2593 TB w/ 336 drives | 2593 TB w/ 336 drives | 2593 TB w/
Maximum in EXP12SX N/A
7.72 TB disk 7.72 TB disk 7.72 TB disk
Performance
3.8 – 4.0 GHz (8) :
145500
2.3 – 3.8 GHz (4) : 3.8 – 4.0 GHz (16):
52500 268500
2.3 – 3.8 GHz (6) : 3.5 – 3.9 GHZ (10): 3.4 – 3.9 GHz (4) : 68000
IBM i CPW GHz (cores/socket): perf (# cores)
78500 174500 2.9 – 3.8 GHz (4) : 60000
2.3 – 3.8 GHz (8) : 3.5 – 3.9 GHZ (20):
122500 318000
3.4 – 3.9 GHz (24):
370700

IBM Power Systems

System Unit Details (Power Systems S Class Servers)

IBM Power S914 IBM Power S924 IBM Power S922 IBM Power L922
System Unit Details
POWER9 SCM sockets (Number of SCMs) 1 1 or 2 1 or 2 1 or 2
Max memory DIMM card slots 16 32 (with 2 SCM) 32 (with 2 SCM) 32 (with 2 SCM)

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:

Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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System Unit Details (Power Systems S Class Servers)

IBM Power S914 IBM Power S924 IBM Power S922 IBM Power L922
Max sustained memory bandwidth to L4 cache
Up to 128 MB Up to 128 MB Up to 128 MB Up to 128 MB
from SCM
Max peak memory bandwidth to DIMMs from
210 GB/sec 410 GB/sec 410 GB/sec 410 GB/sec
L4 cache
Integrated ports
System/serial (RJ45) 1 1 1 1
USB-2 ports g 2 2 2 2
USB-3 ports 3 (1 front & 2 rear) 3 (1 front & 2 rear) 4 (2 front & 2 rear) 4 (2 front & 2 rear)
HMC ports (RJ45) 2 2 2 2
4 x1 Gb or 4 x1 Gb or 4 x1 Gb or 4 x1 Gb or
Ethernet adapter ports 1 x10 Gb 1 x10 Gb 1 x10 Gb 1 x10 Gb
SAS bays in system unit
2.5-inch (disk/SSD) 18 or 12 SFF-3 18 or 12 SFF-3 8 SFF-3 8 SFF-3
1.8-inch (SSD) 0 0 0 0
Media bays
DVD-RAM slimline 1 1 1 1
HH for tape N/A N/A N/A N/A
Integrated SAS storage controllers for disk/SSD/
Y Y Y Y
DVD
Base backplane 1 (zero write cache) 1 (zero write cache) 1 (zero write cache) 1 (zero write cache)
Split backplane 2 (zero write cache) 2 (zero write cache) 2 (zero write cache) 2 (zero write cache)
Dual IOA Dual IOA Dual IOA Dual IOA
Expanded function backplane
(7.2 GB write cache) (7.2 GB write cache) (7.2 GB write cache) (7.2 GB write cache)
Y with expanded function Y with expanded function
Easy Tier function N/A N/A
backplane backplane
Y with expanded function Y with expanded function
Optional EXP24SX or EXP12SX ports N/A N/A
backplane backplane
PCIe Gen4 adapter slots 2 5 5 5
PCIe x8 1 2 2 2
PCIe x16 1 3 3 3
PCIe Gen3 adapter slots 6 6 4 4
PCIe x8 4 6 4 4

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:

Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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System Unit Details (Power Systems S Class Servers)

PCIe x16 2 0 0 0
Max PCIe bus speed (GHz) 8.0 (Gen3) 8.0 (Gen3) 8.0 (Gen3) 8.0 (Gen3)
Max I/O bandwidth 96 GB/sec 96 GB/sec 96 GB/sec 96 GB/sec per DCM
Service indicator LEDs Y Y Y Y

Storage backplane notes: Integrated SAS controllers are based on latest IBM patented SAS RAID adapter technology. All backplane
options offer RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 capabilities plus hot spare capability. Write cache is mirrored for protection and physically is two 1.8
GB DRAM caches offering up to 7.2 GB effective capacity with compression. One optional EXP24SX storage drawer attachment is to two
SAS ports on rear of server which is available with the expanded function backplane. The EXP24SX is external to the system unit taking
2U rack space and attached via SAS cables and provides 24 SSF-2 SAS bays for disk or for SSD.

IBM Power Systems

Power S Class Servers Software Support

Power S914 Power S924 Power S922 Power L922
Power Systems Software
Software Tier Small Small Small Small
PowerVM™
PowerVM Linux Edition Supported Supported Supported Supported
PowerVM Enterprise
Supported Supported Supported Supported
Editions
AIX

AIX 6.1 * Supported Supported Supported N/A

AIX 7.1 * Supported Supported Supported N/A

AIX 7.2 * Supported Supported Supported N/A

IBM i
IBM i Software Tier P05/P10 P20 P10 P10
IBM i 7.2 TR9* Supported Supported Supported with VIOS N/A
IBM i 7.3 TR5* Supported Supported Supported with VIOS N/A
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
N/A N/A N/A N/A
6.6 ( BE )

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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IBM Power Systems

Power S Class Servers Software Support

Power S914 Power S924 Power S922 Power L922
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
N/A N/A N/A N/A
7.1 ( BE and LE )
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
N/A N/A N/A N/A
7.5 (LE )
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Supported Supported Supported Supported
Server 11 (BE)
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Supported Supported Supported Supported
Server 12 (LE)
Ubuntu 16.04 (LST) Supported Supported Supported Supported
PowerHA™
PowerHA SystemMirror
for AIX 6.1 Standard and Supported Supported Supported N/A
Enterprise Editions
PowerHA SystemMirror for
Supported Supported Supported N/A
AIX 7 Standard Edition
PowerHA SystemMirror for
IBM i Version 7.2 Standard Supported Supported Supported N/A
and Enterprise Editions

* Or later version

IBM Power Systems

Power E950
Blazing performance, extreme agility and industry-leading reliability in a compact 4-socket system.

IBM Power E950

Product Line
Machine type 9040-MR9
System Packaging 19" rack drawer (4U)
Microprocessor type 64-bit POWER9
# of processor sockets per server 2 or 4
3.6 to 3.8 GHz (8) | 32 max | 16 | 8
3.4 to 3.8 GHz (10) | 40 max | 20 | 10
GHz (cores/socket) | max # of cores | min # of cores | min # of activations
3.2 to 3.8 GHz (11) | 44 max | 22 | 11
3.15 to 3.8 GHz (12) | 48 max | 24 | 12

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Power E950
IBM Power E950
EnergyScale Y
Level 2 (L2) cache per core 512 KB
Level 3 (L3) cache per core 10 MB
Level 4 (L4) cache per socket Up to 128 MB
System memory: min / max / (min % active) 1600 MHz DDR4 128 GB / 16 TB / (greater of 128 GB or 50% of installed memory)
Active Memory Expansion Optional
Reliability, availability, serviceability
First failure data capture (FFDC) Y
Processor Instruction Retry Y
L2 and L3 cache error correction code (ECC) protection with cache line
Y
delete
Integrated power and cooling monitor function in processor-on-chip
Y
controller
Fabric bus retry with spare data lane Y
Extended cache line delete Y
Core contained checkstops Y
IBM memory buffer and spare dynamic random access memory (DRAM)
Y
module capability with x4 DIMMs
Selective dynamic firmware updates Y
Chipkill memory Y
Memory dual in-line memory module (DIMM) support with ECC checking supporting x4 Chipkill
Service processor Y
Hot-swappable disks Y
Phase redundant voltage regulators Y

Regulator modules for processors, memory and I/O and standby voltage Y

Hot-swappable disks Y

Dynamic Processor Deallocation Y

Alternate Processor Recovery Y

Hot plug PCIe slots Y

Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor Optional

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Power E950
Redundant hot-plug power supplies Y
Redundant, hot swappable fans for processor, memory and PCIe slots Y
Dual VIOS Optional
Cloud Mgmt and Deployment
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager Included (separately priced)
Cloud Management Console No charge (36 months)
IBM API Connect and WebSphere Connect Included
Open source cloud automation and configuration tooling for AIX Included
Power-to-Cloud Rewards 5,000 points
Capacity and expandability
Capacity on Demand (CoD) Y
Power Enterprise Pools N/A
Power Integrated facility for Linux Optional
PowerVM Enterprise Edition Enterprise
Max logical partitions/micropartitions 960 ( 20 per core)
System unit PCIe Gen4 full high slots Up to 10 - 8 x16 slots, 2 x8 slots (two x16 slots per installed processor module)
System unit PCIe Gen3 full high slots 1
Max PCIe Gen3 I/O Drawers 4
Max PCIe Gen3 slots 51 (System unit and external I/O drawers)
Slimline DVD USB port 4
NVMe bays 4
Maximum TB storage in system unit 42.56 TB (8 x 3.72TB read intensive SAS SSD + 4 x 3.2 TB NVMe SSD)
Maximum EXP24SX/EXP12SX storage enclosures 64
Max in EXP12SX 768 drives | 6144 TB with 8 TB disk
Max in EXP24SX 1536 drives | 5713 TB with 3.72 TB disk
Performance
3.15 to 3.8 GHz (12): 587.8 (24) : 1,146.4 (48)
3.2 to 3.8 GHz (11): 549.6 (22) : 1,071.9 (44)
AIX rPerf GHz (cores/socket): perf (# cores) (*est)
3.4 to 3.8 GHz (10): 530.2 (20) : 1,034.1 (40)
3.6 to 3.8 GHz (8): 446.3 (16) : 870.4 (32)

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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System Unit Details (Power Enterprise Servers) Power E950

With 2 Processor Modules With 4 Processor Modules
System Unit Details
Power9 Sockets 4 (2 filled) 4 (4 filled)
Number of processor modules 2 4
Memory DIMM slots 64 128

Max sustained memory bandwidth to L4 cache from SCM 230 GB/sec 230 GB/sec

Max peak memory bandwidth to DIMMs from L4 cache 820 GB/sec 1640 GB/sec

Integrated ports
System/serial (RJ45) 1 1
USB-2 ports 2 2
USB-3 ports 4 (2 front & 2 rear) 4 (2 front & 2 rear)
HMC ports (RJ45) 2 2
2-4 ports, 1Gb and/or 10Gb depending on 2-4 ports, 1Gb and/or 10Gb depending on
Ethernet adapter ports
PCIe adapter selected PCIe adapter selected
SAS bays in system unit
2.5-inch (disk/SSD) 8 SFF-3 8 SFF-3
NVMe U.2 4 bays 4 bays
Media bays
DVD-RAM slimline N/A N/A
HH for tape N/A N/A
Integrated SAS storage controllers for disk/SSD/DVD Y Y

DASD Backplane with no HDD/SDD Dual IOA (zero write cache) Dual IOA (zero write cache)

Base DASD backplane together Dual IOA (7.2 GB write cache) Dual IOA (7.2 GB write cache)
Split DASD backplane 2 (zero write cache) 2 (zero write cache)

Easy Tier function Y with any backplane Y with any backplane

Optional EXP24SX ports Y Y
PCIe Gen3 adapter slots 1 1
PCIe x8 1 1
PCIe x16 0 0
PCIe Gen4 adapter slots 6 10

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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System Unit Details (Power Enterprise Servers) Power E950

PCIe x8 2 2
PCIe x16 4 8
Max PCIe bus speed (GHz) 8.0 (Gen3) 8.0 (Gen3)
Max I/O bandwidth 192 GB/sec 320 GB/sec
Service indicator LEDs Y Y

Storage backplane notes: Integrated SAS controllers are based on latest IBM patented SAS RAID adapter technology. All backplane
options offer RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 capabilities plus hot spare capability plus Easy Tier function assuming enough drives are physically
installed to do so. Write cache is mirrored for protection and physically is two 1.8 GB DRAM caches offering up to 7.2 GB effective
capacity with compression.

IBM Power Systems

Power E980
The most powerful, reliable, secure and scalable POWER9 server designed for mission critical applications.

IBM Power E980 IBM Power E980 IBM Power E980 IBM Power E980
(1 NODE) (2 NODE) (3 NODE) (4 NODE)
Product Line
Machine type 9080-M9S 9080-M9S 9080-M9S 9080-M9S
19” rack drawer (7U) 19” rack drawer (12U) 19” rack drawer (17U) 19” rack drawer (22U)
System Packaging One 5U system node & one Two 5U system nodes & Three 5U system nodes & Four 5U system nodes&
2U system control unit one 2U system control unit one 2U system control unit one 2U system control unit
Microprocessor type 64-bit POWER9 64-bit POWER9 64-bit POWER9 64-bit POWER9
# of processor sockets per server 4 8 (4 per system node) 12 (4 per system node) 16 (4 per system node)
3.9 to 4.0 GHz (8) | 32 3.9 to 4.0 GHz (8) | 64 3.9 to 4.0 GHz (8) | 96 3.9 to 4.0 GHz (8) | 128
Processor Options: GHz (cores/socket) 3.7 to 3.9 GHz (10) | 40 3.7 to 3.9 GHz (10) | 80 3.7 to 3.9 GHz (10) | 120 3.7 to 3.9 GHz (10) | 160
# of cores 3.58 to 3.9 GHz (11) | 44 3.58 to 3.9 GHz (11) | 88 3.58 to 3.9 GHz (11) | 132 3.58 to 3.9 GHz (11) | 176
3.55 to 3.9 GHz (12) | 48 3.55 to 3.9 GHz (12) | 96 3.55 to 3.9 GHz (12) | 144 3.55 to 3.9 GHz (12) | 192

Minimum number cores active 8 8 8 8

Energy Scale Y Y Y Y
Level 2 (L2) cache per core 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB
Level 3 (L3) cache per core 10 MB 10 MB 10 MB 10 MB
Level 4 (L4) cache per socket Up to 128 MB Up to 128 MB Up to 128 MB Up to 128 MB
System memory: min / max / (min %
256 GB / 16 TB / (50%) 512 GB / 32 TB / (50%) 768 GB / 48 TB / (50%) 1024 GB / 64 TB / (50%)
active) 1600 MHz DDR3 or DDR4

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Power E980
IBM Power E980 IBM Power E980 IBM Power E980 IBM Power E980
(1 NODE) (2 NODE) (3 NODE) (4 NODE)
NVMe bays 4 8 12 16
Active Memory Expansion Optional Optional Optional Optional
Reliability, availability, serviceability
First failure data capture (FFDC) Y Y Y Y
L2 and L3 cache error correction codes
Y Y Y Y
(ECC) protection with cache line delete
Extended cache line delete Y Y Y Y
Core contained checkstops Y Y Y Y
Processor fabric bus retry with data lane
Y Y Y Y
sparing
Guided FSP and SMP cable installation Y Y Y Y
Redundant phase and spare phase for
voltage regulator modules (VRMs) supply- Y Y Y Y
ing processors and DIMMS
Concurrent add/repair of I/O drawers Y Y Y Y
Extended error handling on PCIe slots Y Y Y Y
Concurrent repair of op-panel Y Y Y Y
Selective dynamic firmware updates Y Y Y Y
Chipkill memory Y Y Y Y
Service processor and clock Redundant with failover Redundant with failover Redundant with failover Redundant with failover
Hot-swappable disks N/A N/A N/A N/A
Dynamic Processor Deallocation Y Y Y Y
Processor Instruction Retry Y Y Y Y
Alternate Processor Recovery Y Y Y Y
Hot-plug PCIe slots Y Y Y Y
Blind-swap PCIe slots in system unit Y Y Y Y
Blind-swap PCIe slots in PCIe I/O drawer Y Y Y Y
Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor Y Y Y Y
Redundant hot-plug power Y Y Y Y
Redundant hot-plug cooling Y Y Y Y

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Power E980
IBM Power E980 IBM Power E980 IBM Power E980 IBM Power E980
(1 NODE) (2 NODE) (3 NODE) (4 NODE)
Dual VIOS Optional Optional Optional Optional
Cloud Mgmt and Deployment
Included (separately Included (separately Included (separately Included (separately
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
priced) priced) priced) priced)
Cloud Management Console No charge (36 months) No charge (36 months) No charge (for 36 months) No charge (for 36 months)
Convert Power server resources to cloud r Y Y Yes Yes
IBM API Connect and WebSphere Connect Included Included Included Included
Open source cloud automation and con-
Included Included Included Included
figuration tooling for AIX
Power-to-Cloud Rewards 10,000 points per system 10,000 points per system 10,000 points (per system) 10,000 points (per system)
Capacity and expandability
Capacity on Demand (CoD) functions Y Y Y Y
Power Enterprise Processor Pools Optional Optional Optional Optional
Power Integrated Facility for Linux N/A N/A N/A N/A
PowerVM Enterprise Edition Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise
Max logical partitions/micro-partitions 960 (20 per core max) 1920 (20 per core max) 2,880 (20 per core max) 3,840 (20 per core max)
Max system node PCIe Gen4 x16 slots 8 16 (8 per system node) 24 (8 per system node) 32 (8 per system node)
Max PCIe Gen3 I/O Drawers 4 8 (4 per node) 12 (4 per node) 16 (4 per node)
Max PCIe Gen3 slots (all PCIe I/O draw-
48 96 144 192
ers)
System Control Unit: Media USB ports:
2/1 5/1 5/1 5/1
System node / System Control Unit

Max disk storage in system unit N/A N/A N/A N/A

Max EXP24SX/EXP12SX 42 84 126 168

504 drives | 5929 TB w/ 1008 drives | 11858 TB w
Maximum in EXP12SX 1,512 drives 2,016 drives
7.72TB 7.72TB
1008 drives | 2764 TB w/ 2016 drives | 5529 TB w/
Maximum in EXP24SX/EXP24S 3,024 drives 4,032 drives
1.8TB 1.8TB

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Power E980
Performance*
3.9 to 4.0 GHz (32):910.0 (64): 1,820.0 3.9 to 4.0 GHz (32): 910.0 (64): 1,820.0
3.7 to 3.9 GHz (40) : 1,098.1 (80) : 2,196.2 3.7 to 3.9 GHz (40) : 1,098.1 (80) : 2,196.2
rPerf GHz (cores/socket): perf (# cores) 3.58 to 3.9 GHz (44) : 1,181.4 (88) : 2,362.9 3.58 to 3.9 GHz (44) : 1,181.4 (88) : 2,362.9
3.55 to 3.9 GHz (48) : 1,270.2 (96) : 2,540.4 3.55 to 3.9 GHz (48) : 1,270. (96) : 2,540.4
3.9 to 4.0 GHz (32): 508,900 (64): 1,012,000 3.9 to 4.0 GHz (32): 508,900 (64): 1,012,000
IBM i CPW GHz (cores/socket): perf (# 3.7 to 3.9 GHz (40) : 611,300 (80) : 1,216,000 3.7 to 3.9 GHz (40) : 611,300 (80) : 1,216,000
cores) 3.58 to 3.9 GHz (44) : 639,000 (88) : 1,271,000 3.58 to 3.9 GHz (44) : 639,000 (88) : 1,271,000
3.55 to 3.9 GHz (48) : 687,500 (96) : 1,368,000 3.55 to 3.9 GHz (48) : 687,500 (96) : 1,368,000

IBM Power Systems

System Unit Details (Power Enterprise Servers) Power E980

System control unit
Power E980 System Node
(one per system)
System Unit Details
POWER9 SCM sockets 4 N/A
Memory CDIMM slots 32 N/A
Max peak memory bandwidth to L4 cache from SCM 230 GB/sec per socket, 920 G/sec per node N/A
Integrated ports
System/serial (RJ45) N/A N/A
USB ports 2 or 3 1

HMC ports (RJ45) 0 4

Ethernet adapter ports N/A N/A
SAS bays in system unit
2.5-inch (disk/SSD) N/A N/A
1.8-inch (SSD) N/A N/A
Media bays
DVD-RAM slimline N/A Attached via USB port
Integrated SAS storage controllers for disk/SSD/DVD N/A N/A
PCIe Gen4 adapter slots 8 N/A
PCIe x8 0 N/A
PCIe x16 8 N/A
Max I/O bandwidth (peak) 545 GB/sec N/A

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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System Unit Details (Power Enterprise Servers) Power E980

Service indicator LEDs Y Y

Operator panel N/A 1

IBM Power Systems

Power Enterprise Servers Software Support

Power E950 Power E980
Power Systems Software
Software Tier Small Medium
PowerVM™

PowerVM Linux Edition With Power IFL With Power IFL

PowerVM Enterprise Editions Standard Standard

AIX
AIX 6.1 Supported Supported
AIX 7.1 Supported Supported
AIX 7.2 Supported Supported
IBM i
IBM i Software Tier N/A P30
IBM i 7.2 TR9 * N/A Supported
IBM i 7.3 TR5* N/A Supported
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 LE
Supported Supported
(p8 compatible)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP with Red Hat
Supported Supported
Enterprise Linux 7 for Power LE version 7.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 3 Supported Supported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP with
Supported Supported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP with

N/A Supported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Supported Supported

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Power Enterprise Servers Software Support

Power E950 Power E980
PowerHA™

PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX 6.12 Standard

N/A N/A
and Enterprise Editions

PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX 72 Standard

N/A N/A
Edition

PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i Version 7.2

N/A N/A
Standard and Enterprise Editions

* Or later version

IBM Power Systems

Server PCle I/O Drawers

PCIe Slots per SAS Baysper Available Drawer
Server Attachment
Drawer Drawer to Order Footprint
Drawer
PCIe Gen3 I/O Drawer (#EMX0) via x16 PCIe slot 6 or 12 0 Y 19” rack 4U

IBM Power Systems

Server PCle I/O Drawer Attachment

Power LC921 Power LC922 Power AC922 Power S914 Power S924 Power S922
Server Drawer
PCIe N/A N/A N/A Max 1/2 Max 11/2 Max 1

Power E950 Power E980

Server Drawer
PCIe Max 4 Max 16

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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PCIe Gen3 I/O Expansion Drawer notes
• PCIe Gen3 I/O drawer is not supported on the LC921, LC922, AC922, or L922 models.
• Each I/O drawer holds one or two 6-slot fan-out modules. A drawer with just one fan-out module is labeled “½” in this document. Each
fan-out module is attached to a x16 PCIe slot in the Scale-out system unit or in the Enterprise system node or CEC.

• The attachment card in a 4U POWER9 server or in a 5U E980 Enterprise system node uses one PCIe slot. The attachment card in a 2U
Scale-out server is a double-wide card using two PCIe slots.

• Each fan-out module provides 6 PCIe Gen3 slots. Two of the six slots are x16 and four are x8.

• Up to four drawers on an E950 and up to four drawers per each system node of an E980 system

• PCIe Gen3 I/O drawers can not be shared between two servers

• For good cable management practices, a maximum of 4 PCIe Gen3 I/O drawers per rack is generally recommended for configurations
using a large number of 4-port PCIe adapters with cables attached to all the ports. If the rack has an 8-inch rear extender making it
deeper and able to manage more cables, then a maximum of 6 PCIe Gen3 I/O drawer is recommended.

• Peak I/O bandwidth per fan-out module is 32 GB/sec.

For additional connectivity information, please reference the IBM Sales Manual for more information on I/O features and adapters.

IBM Power Systems

Server I/O SAS Encloser Units

Server PCIe Slots per Available
SAS Bays per Drawer Drawer Footprint
Attachment Drawer to Order
Drawer
EXP12SX
Via SAS 0 12 LFF-1 SAS Y 19” rack 2U
(#ESLL / #ELLL)
EXP24SX
Via SAS 0 24 SFF-2 SAS Y 19” rack 2U
(#ESLS / #ELLS)

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Server I/O Drawer Attachment

Power LC921 Power LC922 Power AC922 Power S914 Power S924 Power S922 Power L922

Server Drawer

EXP12SX N/A N/A N/A Max 28 Max 28 Max 28 N/A

EXP12SX N/A N/A N/A Max 28 Max 28 Max 28 N/A

Power E950 Power E980

Server Drawer

EXP12SX Max 64 Max 168

EXP24SX Max 64 Max 168

EXP12SX/EXP24SX storage enclosure notes:

• The maximum drawer attachment is shown above per type of drawer. But it is also a “combined” server maximum. For example, if the
maximum shown above is for 14 drawers, it would be combined total of EXP12SX and EXP24SX which would be 14. It would not be
14+14 for a combined total of 28.

• The EXP12SX and EXP24SX are designed for 12Gb throughput. Currently no 12Gb SAS adapters are announced.

• The EXP12SX and EXP24SX are attached to PCIe3 SAS adapters or to integrated POWER9 SAS controllers. They are not attached to
older PCIe SAS adapters.

• The EXP12SX supports large capacity 3.5-inch (LFF) disk drives which are 7200 rpm. 4k byte sector drives are supported. Big data
applications are its primary usage.

• The EXP12SX is not supported by IBM i.

• The EXP24SX supports 2.5-inch (SFF) SSD and 10k/15k rpm disk drives. 4k and 5xx byte sector drives are supported.

• A Power S914, S924, S922, and L922 Scale-out server has a maximum of 14 storage enclosures if only a system unit is used. The
maximum of 28 requires one or more PCIe Gen3 I/O Drawer to be present.

• A Power E950 has a maximum of 16 storage enclosures if only a system unit is used. To support the maximum of 64, three or four PCIe
Gen3 drawers are needed.

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Server I/O Drawer Attachment

• A single system node Power E980 with 4 PCIe drawers has a maximum of 64 storage enclosures. A two-node Power E980 with 8 PCIe
drawers has a max of 128 storage enclosures. A three or four node Power E980 has a max of 168 storage enclosures. PCIe Gen3
drawers are required to attain this maximum.

• A maximum of 16 storage enclosures can be attached to one PCIe Gen3 I/O drawer due to cable management considerations.

For additional connectivity information, please reference the IBM Sales Manual for more information on I/O features and adapters.

IBM Power Systems

Physical Planning Characteristics

Note: More comprehensive information may be found in the IBM Site and Hardware Planning document at http://blaze.aus.stglabs.ibm.
com/kc20E-cur/ . Plus, additional summary information can be found in the IBM Sales Manual for each server at ibm.com/common/ssi .

Power LC921 Power LC922 Power AC922 8335-GTH Power AC922 8335-GTX
Server
Packaging 19" rack drawer (2U) 19" rack drawer (2U) 19" rack drawer (2U) 19" rack drawer (2U)
Two 1000 or 800W Two 1600 or 1000W Two 2200W Two 2200W
Power supplies used
N + 1 standard N+1 standard N+1 standard N+1 standard

Voltage (AC) 100 - 120 or 100 - 120 or

200 - 240 200 - 240
single phase 200 - 240 200 - 240

Maximum Altitude

Feet 10000 10000 10000 10000

Meters 3048 3048 3048 3048

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Physical Planning Characteristics

IBM Power S914 IBM Power S924 IBM Power S922 IBM Power L922
Server
Packaging 19" rack drawer (2U) 19" rack drawer (2U) 19" rack drawer (4U) Tower
Four 900W tower or rack
Four 1400W rack Two 1400W rack Two 1400W rack
Power supplies used Two 900W rack
N+1 standard N+1 standard N+1 standard
N + 1 standard

IBM Power S914 IBM Power S924 IBM Power S922 IBM Power L922
100 - 127 or
Voltage (AC) single phase 200 – 240 200 - 240 200 - 240
200 - 240

Maximum Altitude

Feet 10000 10000 10000 10000

Meters 3048 3048 3048 3048

Power E950 Power E980 System node Power E980 System control unit
Server
19” rack drawer 19” rack drawer
Packaging 19” rack drawer 4U
5U per node (one per 980) 2U
Power supplies used Four 2000W N + 1 standard Four 1950W per node N + 2 standard Zero – redundant power input from system node(s)

Voltage (AC) single phase 200 - 240 200 – 240 N/A

Maximum Altitude
Feet 10000 10000 10000
Meters 3050 3050 3050

IBM Power Systems

Physical Planning Characteristics

To avoid any delay in service, obtain an optional lift tool (#EB2Z). One feature EB2Z lift tool can be shared among many servers and I/O
drawers. The EB2Z lift tool provides a hand crank to lift and position up to 159 kg (350 lb). The EB2Z lift tool is 1.12 meters x 0.62 meters
(44 in. x 24.5 in.). Note that a single system node can weigh up to 86.2 kg (190 lb).

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Physical Planning Characteristics

7014-S25 or #0555 7014-T00 or #0551 7014-T42 or #0553 7014-B42 7965-94Y Slim Rack
Racks
25U 36U 42U 42U 42U
Height

Inches 49.0 71.0 – 75.8 79.3 79.3 78.8

Millimeters 1344 1804 – 1926 2015 2015 2002

Width (can vary depending on use of side panels)
Inches 23.8 24.5 – 25.4 24.5 - 25.4 24.5 - 25.4 23.6
Millimeters 605 623 – 644 623 – 644 623 - 644 600
Depth (can vary depending on door options selected)
Inches 39.4 41.0 – 45.2 41.0 - 45.2 41.0 - 55.5 43.1 – 48.2
Millimeters 1001 1042 – 1098 1043 – 1098 1042 - 1409 1095 - 1224

Power E980 are supported by IBM Manufacturing only in the 7965-94Y.

IBM Power Systems

Warranty1 / Installation
Power Power Power Power Power Power Power
LC921 LC922 AC922 S914 S924 S922 L922
Warranty
Service Levels
24x7 with two
hour service Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional
objective2
24x7 with four
hour service Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional
objective
9x5 with four
hour service Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional
objective
9x5 next-busi-
Standard 6 Standard 3 Standard 3 Standard 6 Standard 3 Standard 3 Standard 3
ness-day

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Warranty1 / Installation
Power LC921 Power LC922 Power AC922 Power S914 Power S924 Power S922 Power L922
Warranty
Service Levels
Warranty Period 3 years 3 years 3 years 3 years 3 years 3 years 3 years
Server install 4
CSU CSU CSU CSU CSU CSU CSU

Power E950 Power E980

Warranty Service Levels

24x7 with two hour

Optional Optional
service objective2
24x7 with four hour
Included* Standard
service objective
9x5 with four hour
service objective
Standard
9x5 next-business-day
Warranty Services Period 3 / 1 years5 1 year
Server installation 4
CSU IBI

1. These warranty terms and conditions are for the United States and may be different in other countries. Consult your local IBM
representative or IBM Business Partner for country-specific information.

2. Optional = Warranty Service Upgrade available.

3. Mandatory Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) or Limited On-site service depending on the feature code. With an upgrade to a higher
support service level, the mandatory CRU features become optional CRU.

4. CSU = Customer Set Up, IBI = Installation by IBM. For server hardware only. Note for IBI severs, server feature codes such as an
EXP24SX I/O drawer or PCIe Gen3 I/O drawer or PCIe adapter or disk drive are installed by the IBM service representative as part of
the initial installation. Optionally a client may choose to install CSU features without an IBM service representative.

5. System is provided with a one year standard warranty 9x5 NBD. For your convenience, IBM has provided an upgrade to 24x7 coverage
PLUS two additional years of extended warranty services (varies by country).

6. Mandatory Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU). With an upgrade to a higher support service level, mandatory CRU becomes optional CRU.

These notes apply to the description tables for the pages which follow:
Y - Standard / Optional - Optionally N/A - Not Available / SOD - Statement of General SLES - SUSE Linux
RHEL - Red Had Enterprise Linux
Supported Available / Supported Supported Direction announced Enterprise Server

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Performance Notes
The performance information reference system and has a value sources of information including More information
contained herein is current as of of 1.0. Although rPerf may be used system benchmarks and Contact your IBM sales
the date of this document. All to approximate relative IBM UNIX application sizing guides to representative or IBM 
performance benchmark values commercial processing evaluate the performance of a Business Partner
and estimates are provided “AS performance, actual system system they are considering
IS” and no warranties or performance may vary and is buying. Actual system Access the Power Systems
guarantees are expressed or dependent upon many factors performance may vary and is Products and Services page on
implied by IBM. Buyers should including system hardware dependent upon many factors IBM’s World Wide Web server at
consult other sources of configuration and software design including system hardware ibm.com/systems/power and then
information, including system and configuration. Variations in configura tion and software design select the appropriate hardware or
benchmarks, to evaluate the incremental system performance and configuration. software option
performance of a system they are may be observed in commercial IBM recommends application-
Product announcement letters
considering. workloads due to changes in the oriented testing for performance
and Sales Manual containing more
underlying system architecture. predictions. Additional
rPerf (Relative Performance) is an details on hardware and software
For additional information about information about the
estimate of commercial offerings are available at ibm.com/
rPerf, contact your local IBM office performance benchmarks, values
processing performance relative common/ssi
or an IBM authorized reseller. and systems tested is available
to other IBM UNIX® systems. It is from your IBM marketing More detailed benchmark and
derived from an IBM analytical Commercial Processing Workload representative or IBM Authorized performance information is
model which uses characteristics (CPW) is a relative measure of Reseller or access the following on available at ibm.com/systems/p/
from IBM internal workloads, TPC performance of systems running the Web: hardware/benchmarks , ibm.com/
and SPEC benchmarks. The rPerf the IBM i operating system.
systems/p/hardware/system_perf.
model is not intended to represent Performance in client SPEC – http://www.spec.org
html and at ibm.com/systems/i/
any specific public benchmark environments may vary. The value
TPC – http://www.tpc.org solutions/perfmgmt/resource.
results and should not be is based on maximum
html .
reasonably used in that way. The configurations. For a complete
model simulates some of the description Please refer to the
system operations such as CPU, “IBM Power Systems Performance
cache and memory. However, the Capabilities Reference - IBM i
model does not simulate disk or operating system” at the following
network I/O operations. Web site of CPW and the CPW
rating for IBM Power Systems:
rPerf estimates are calculated www.ibm.com/systems/power/
based on systems with the latest software/i/management/
levels of AIX and other pertinent performance/resources.html
software at the time of system
announcement. Actual All performance estimates are
performance will vary based on provided “AS IS” and no
application and configuration warranties or guarantees are
specifics. The IBM eServer™ expressed or implied by IBM.
pSeries® 640 is the baseline Buyers should consult other

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