Table 2. Overview of IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 system
Product
Cores per
CPU
Number of
DIMMs per
server
canister
Total
memory per
server
canister
Total
storage (raw
capacity)
per IBM
Elastic
Storage
System
3200
Specic
features
Warranty
IBM Elastic
Storage
System 3200
48 8 (64 GB
DIMM only)
512 GB Up to 368 TB
per ESS
3200 unit
Single socket
AMD EPYC
7552 48-
core
processor.
Dual NVMe
boot drives
Service
offerings
1 year plus 2
years
extended
support
(total of 3
years)
Installed by
IBM SSRs
Enterprise
Class
Support
The major characteristics of the IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 system are as follows:
• IBM Spectrum Scale software with enclosure-based, all-inclusive software feature licensing.
• NVMe transport protocol for high performance of 2.5-inch (SFF) NVMe-attached SSD drives:
– Support for industry-standard 2.5-inch NVMe-attached SSD drive options with the following storage
capacities: 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB.
Table 3. Storage capacities and feature codes of NVMe-attached SSD drives
Feature code Description FRU Part number
AJP4 3.84 TB 2.5-inch PCIe Gen4
NVMe-attached SSD drive
01LL727
AJP5 7.68 TB 2.5-inch PCIe Gen4
NVMe-attached SSD drive
01LL728
AJP6 15.36 TB 2.5-inch PCIe Gen4
NVMe-attached SSD drive
01LL729
• 12 or 24 drives per enclosure congurations are available.
• Onboard ports:
– One RJ45 x1 Gbps for Mgnt and BMC
– One mini display port for console display
– One USB 3.1A for crash-cart keyboard
– One USB Mini-B serial console port for SSR
• Two PCIe slots each, per canister that supports the following adapter options:
– AJZL - CX-6 InniBand/VPI in PCIe form factor (InniBand and Ethernet)
– AJZN - CX-6 DX in PCIe form factor (Ethernet only)
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