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IBM BladeCenter PS700 User Manual

IBM BladeCenter PS700
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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2010. All rights reserved. 37
Chapter 2. Architecture and technical
overview
This chapter discusses the overall system architecture of the POWER7 processor-based
blade servers and provides details about each major subsystem and technology.
The topics covered are:
򐂰 2.1, “Architecture” on page 38
򐂰 2.2, “The IBM POWER7 processor” on page 38
򐂰 2.3, “POWER7 processor-based blades” on page 46
򐂰 2.4, “Memory subsystem” on page 46
򐂰 2.5, “Technical comparison” on page 51
򐂰 2.6, “Internal I/O subsystem” on page 52
򐂰 2.7, “Integrated Virtual Ethernet” on page 61
򐂰 2.8, “Service processor” on page 63
򐂰 2.9, “Internal storage” on page 65
򐂰 2.10, “External disk subsystems” on page 68
򐂰 2.11, “IVM” on page 71
򐂰 2.12, “Operating system support” on page 72
򐂰 2.13, “IBM EnergyScale” on page 74
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Note: The bandwidths that are provided throughout the chapter are theoretical maximums
used for reference.

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IBM BladeCenter PS700 Specifications

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BrandIBM
ModelBladeCenter PS700
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LanguageEnglish

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