IBM Power Systems Series Site And Hardware Planning

Note
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page 177, the IBM Systems Safety Notices manual, G229-9054, and the IBM Environmental Notices and User Guide, Z125–5823.
This edition applies to IBM Power Systems servers that contain the POWER8 processor and to all associated
models.
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IBM Power Systems Series Specifications

General

Virtualization	PowerVM
Architecture	POWER
Operating System	AIX, IBM i, Linux
Use Case	Enterprise workloads, cloud
Form Factor	Rack-mount
I/O	PCIe
Power Supply	Redundant power supplies available
Management	HMC (Hardware Management Console)
Processor	IBM POWER processors (POWER9, POWER10, etc.)
Storage	Supports various storage options including SSDs and HDDs