26 IBM Power 750 and 760 Technical Overview and Introduction
1.9 Build to order
You can perform a build-to-order or a la carte configuration using the IBM configurator for
e-business (e-config), where you specify each configuration feature that you want on the
system.
This method is the only configuration method for the IBM Power 750 and Power 760 servers.
1.10 IBM editions
IBM edition offerings are not available for the IBM Power 750 and Power 760 servers.
However, the Power 750 offers no-charge processor core activations with FC EPTC and
FC EPTD. To qualify, a system must have a minimum prerequisite of 8 GB active memory per
core before they can be ordered. That is, a minimum of 64 GB of active memory per dual chip
module (DCM) is a prerequisite before ordering the no-charge processor core activations.
When either FC EPTC or FC EPTD are ordered, 50% of the DCM processor core activations
can be no-charge FC EPTC or FC EPTD and at least 50% must be priced FC EPTE or
FC EPTF.
On a new server order this 8 GB per core minimum applies to the entire server so that the
no-charge activation features can be ordered. For an MES order, the 8 GB per core rule is
also applied to the entire Power 750 server configuration, not just the new MES order. If the
GB per core Power 750 configuration is lower than 8 GB per core, then the no-charge
activations cannot be ordered and all activations must be the full price. If the server previously
had not qualified for the no-charge activations and a MES order is placed with enough
memory to meet the 8 GB per core minimum on the entire server (original plus MES), then a
maximum of 50% of the cores’ activation features on that MES order can be no-charge. If the
server previously had a great deal of memory and little or no memory was ordered with a new
processor DCM MES order, then no-charge activations can still be used on 50% of the MES
core activations while the system 8 GB per core minimum is still satisfied.
1.11 Model upgrades
The Power 750 and Power 760 are new serial number servers. There are no upgrades from
IBM POWER6®, IBM POWER6+™, or POWER7 servers into the Power 750 or Power 760
which retains the same serial number.
However, excluding RIO/HSL attached drawers and excluding 12X PCI-X I/O drawers
(FC 5796) and their PCI-X adapters, much of the I/O from the POWER6, POWER6+, or
POWER7 servers can be reused on the POWER7+ based Power 750 Express and
Power 760. However, Power 750 Express and Power 760 servers that have only one
processor DCM do not have the ability to attach 12X PCIe I/O drawers (FC 5802 or FC 5877)
and only have six PCIe slots available. Two or more DCMs are required to support either one
or two 12X I/O loops with two available GX++ slots. Thus two DCMs (16-core for the
Power 750 and 24-core for the Power 760) or higher configurations with two loops provide
more I/O migration flexibility.
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