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DS8884F storage systems feature 6-core (12-core with zHyperLink support)
processors and are scalable and support up to 192 Flash Tier 0, Flash Tier 1, or
Flash Tier 2 drives. The frame is 19 inches wide and 40U high.
DS8884F supports up to four High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pair in a
base frame (model 984).
The DS8884F uses 8 or 16 Gbps Fibre Channel host adapters that run Fibre
Channel Protocol (FCP), FICON, or Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) (for 8
Gbps adapters only) protocol. The High Performance FICON (HPF) feature is also
supported.
The DS8884F supports single-phase power.
For more specifications, see the IBM DS8000 series specifications web
site(www.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/ds8000/specifications.html).
The following tables list the hardware components and maximum capacities that
are supported for the DS8884F, depending on the amount of memory that is
available.
Table 8. Components for the DS8884F (model 984)
Processors System memory Processor memory
I/O enclosure
pairs
Host adapters
(8 or 4 port)
High Performance
Flash Enclosure Gen2
pairs
1, 2, 3
Expansion frames
6-core 64 GB 32 GB 1 2 - 8 1 N/A
6-core 128 GB 64 GB 1 - 2 2 - 16 1 - 4 N/A
6-core 256 GB 128 GB 1 - 2 2 - 16 1 - 4 N/A
12-core
4
256 GB 128 GB 1 - 2 2 - 16 1 - 4 N/A
1. High Performance Flash Enclosures Gen2 are installed in pairs.
2. This configuration of the DS8880 must be populated with at least one High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pair (feature code 1600).
3. Each High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pair (feature code 1600) includes a pair of flash RAID adapters.
4. 12-core processors are supported only with zHyperLink.
Table 9. Maximum capacity for the DS8884F (model 984)
Processors System memory
Maximum 2.5-in. Flash Tier
0, Flash Tier 1, or Flash Tier
2 drives
Maximum storage capacity
for 2.5-in. Flash Tier 0,
Flash Tier 1, or Flash Tier 2
drives Maximum total drives
6-core 64 GB 96 730 TB 96
6-core 128 GB 192 1459 TB 192
6-core 256 GB 192 1459 TB 192
12-core 256 GB 192 1459 TB 192
DS8884F base frame (model 984) overview:
The DS8884F (model 984) includes a base frame.
The base frame includes the following components:
v High Performance Flash Enclosures Gen2
v Hardware Management Console (HMC), including a keyboard and monitor
v Second HMC (optional)
v Ethernet switches
v Processor nodes (available with POWER8 processors)
Chapter 1. Overview 9

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IBM DS8886 Series Specifications

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BrandIBM
ModelDS8886 Series
CategoryStorage
LanguageEnglish

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