IBM Power 720 User Manual

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IBM Power 720 and 740
Technical Overview and
Introduction
James Cruickshank
Sorin Hanganu
Volker Haug
Stephen Lutz
John T Schmidt
Marco Vallone
Features 8202-E4D and 8205-E6D servers based
on POWER7+ processor technology
Describes the support of 20
partitions per core
Explores leading performance
on entry servers

IBM Power 720 Specifications

General

Processor	POWER7
Operating System	AIX, IBM i, Linux
Memory Slots	16
Disk Bays	8
RAID Support	RAID 0, 5, 6, 10
Form Factor	4U rack
Processor Speed	3.0 GHz or 3.7 GHz

Summary

Architecture and Technical Overview

The IBM POWER7+ Processor

Details the POWER7+ processor architecture, features, and innovations.

Memory Subsystem

Explains the memory architecture, DIMM slots, and memory placement rules.

PCI Adapters

Hardware Management Console

Explains the role and connectivity of the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

Operating System Support

Virtualization

POWER Hypervisor

Describes the POWER Hypervisor as a basic component of system firmware.

Active Memory Expansion

Details the feature for expanding memory capacity using compression.

PowerVM

Introduces the PowerVM platform and its virtualization capabilities.

Logical Partitions

Explains logical partitions (LPARs) and their configuration possibilities.

Micro-Partitioning

Virtual I/O Server

PowerVM Live Partition Mobility

Describes moving running logical partitions between systems without downtime.

Continuous Availability and Manageability

Reliability

Availability

Details features for continuous operation and error handling.

Serviceability

Covers system design for repair, including error detection and reporting.

Manageability

POWER7+ RAS Features