Ibm throws the books at big power7 shops it jungle. In addition, a new availability offering for the power 795 is now available. If you buy a power 770, 780, or 795 machine with specific types and numbers of processor book cards what you and i would call a system board or maybe even a motherboard and activate a set number of power7 cores on those processor books, then ibm will toss in the books. The ibm power 795 9119fhb system is based on power7 processor based technology. The power 795 server can scale up to an eight book configuration of 192 or 256 cores by adding additional processor books. Cpw results of ibm power systems servers running the ibm i operating system are in. The new systems include the highend ibm power 795 system. This ibm redpaper publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the ibm power 795 server that supports ibm aix, ibm i, and linux operating systems.
Equipped with either eight 32core or 24core processor books, the power 795. This enterprise power server offers leadership performance and massive scalability, along with the reliability, manageability and security features needed to consolidate aix, ibm. This edition applies to the ibm power 795 9119fhb power systems server. Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in notices on page vii. To that end, ibm has reduced the prices on processor books for the power 595s, which have four processor sockets each, with up to eight of these for a 64core, fully loaded power 595. On power 795, power 870, power 880, power 870c, and power 880c model. Ibm power 795 9119fhb technical overview and introduction. Covi 2012 ibm corporation power 795 processor book power dca 16 voltage levels. Available on enterprise class systems, ibm now offers the ability to freely move processor and memory activations from one system to another system in the same pool, without the need for ibm.
The serial preserving upgrade from the power 595 system to the power 795 system is not a frame roll upgrade. Learn about the supported paths for upgrading the ibm power595 9119fha to the ibm power 795 9119fhb power. Ibm 45d1994 unit emergency power off uepo switch assembly for 9119fha, fhb see more like this ibm 8968 2. Ibm power 795 server technical specifications top gun. For the power 795, the book and node are logically the same.
Maximizing the value of an ibm power7 and ibm power7. A power enterprise pool is a group of systems that can share mobile capacity on demand cod processor resources and memory resources. Equipped with eight 32core or 24core processor books, the power 795 server can be deployed in 24core to 256core. Equipped with either eight 32core or 24core processor books, the power 795 server can be deployed in 24core to 256core, multiprocessing smp configurations. Ibm power facts and features ibm power systems, ibm. The power 795 supports largescale transaction processing and database applications within a highly virtualized system infrastructure, enabling new levels of workload consolidation, resource utilization, resiliency and efficiency. Based on the users configuration option, a power 795 system can boot in maxcore mode, enabling up to 256 processor cores running at 4 ghz or in turbocore mode, enabling up to 128 processor. A redundancy strategy for highavailability power systems. Ibm power systems facts and features power7 blades and servers.
The historical ibm systems performance report up to february 14, 2017 are archived. The ibm power 795 server uses 64bit power7 eightcore processor technology in up to 256core configurations with powervm virtualization. Pod03053us ibm pdf catalogs technical documentation. This document contains performance results for systems based on the power processor through february, 2018. Well, it seems people believe that intel and power8 is so fast, but in fact there are another cpu out there yes. It is an updated version with higher speeds, more cache and integrated accelerators.
This upgrade maintains the power6 power frame and replaces only the books, bulk power controllers, light strip, and other minor parts. Ibm announces new power7 systems, including highend systems and entrylevel servers. Before the power systems line was announced on april 2, 2008, ibm had two distinct power processor based lines. Available on enterprise class systems, ibm now offers the ability to freely move processor and memory activations from one system to another system in the same pool, without the need for ibm involvement. This page lists the versions of aix that will run on an ibm power 795 9119fhb 3. The shared partition processor limit sppl attribute provides hints to hypervisor whether to contain partitions to minimum domains or spread partitions across multiple domains. For the power 770, the system enclosure and the node are logically the same. Several new options from power systems demonstrate how ibm is transforming the landscape for system selection regarding new workloads. Memory for ibm power 795 server computer, upgrade power 795 server memory with 100% compatible 795 server ibm ram modules from. System software map for ibm power 795 9119fhb and aix.
The ibm 9119 power 795 server model fhb comes with power7 processors is a symmetric multiprocessing smp, rackmounted server. System software map for ibm power 795 9119fhb and aix 3. The innovative ibm power 795 server with power7 processors is a symmetric multiprocessing smp, rackmounted server. A power system pool is a multisystem ibm power 795 and 780 infrastructure offering designed to provide a highly resilient and flexible it environment in support of largescale server consolidation and your most demanding business application requirements. Learn about the supported paths for upgrading the ibm power595 9119fha to the ibm power 795 9119fhb power 7. The maximum number of active virtual processors for a shared processor partition is limited by a number of factors. A processor book provides either 32 or 24 cod cores. Out of the ibm power systems family, the used ibm power 795 9119 fhb1 is the most powerful and is designed to help enterprises deploy costeffective and flexible it infrastructure while achieving exceptional application performance and increasing the speed of deployment of new applications and services. When your business needs a server that is easy to operate and powerful enough to handle demanding applications without slowdowns, consider a used ibm power 795. Ibm has not historically shown interest in weaker cores for power.
The goal of this paper is to introduce the innovative power 795 offering and its major functions. Power systems is a family of server computers from ibm that are based on its power processors. Ibm power system 795, ibm power system e880, ibm power system e870c, and ibm power system e880c power. Ibm power systems feature new enterprise and hmc enhancements. Power enterprise pool provides flexibility and value for power systems. Client xyz wants to share a power enterprise pool made up of 16 mobile processor core activations and 200 mobile gb of memory activations for workload erpxyz that is running on power. Use this information to find the system overview and planning, installing, removing, replacing, configuring, and troubleshooting procedures. Use this information to find the system overview and planning, installing, removing, replacing. On power 795, power 870, power 880, power 870c, and power 880c model servers, the firmware has a limit of 128 active shared virtual processors per partition. Details spill on ibms big iron power7 servers the register. The ibm power 795 9119fhb system is based on power7 processorbased technology. Ibm power systems facts and features power7 blades and.