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IBM Power Systems LC921 and LC922 Technical Overview and Introduction Front cover IBM Power Systems LC921 and LC922 Technical Overview and Introduction Ritesh Nohria Gustavo Santos Redpaper International Technical Support Organization IBM Power Systems LC921 and LC922: Technical Overview and Introduction September 2018 REDP-5495-00 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page v. First Edition (September 2018) This edition applies to the IBM Power Systems LC921 and LC922 servers, machine type and model numbers 9006-12P and 9006-22P. Important: At time of publication, this book is based on a pre-GA version of a product. For the most up-to-date information regarding this product, consult the product documentation or subsequent updates of this book. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2018. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . .v Trademarks . vi Preface . vii Authors. vii Now you can become a published author, too! . viii Comments welcome. viii Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . ix Chapter 1. Architectural and technical description . 1 1.1 Power LC921 hardware overview . 2 1.2 Power LC922 hardware overview . 3 1.2.1 Minimum features . 5 1.3 Operating system support . 6 1.3.1 Ubuntu . 6 1.3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux . 6 1.4 Operating environment . 6 1.5 Physical package . 8 1.6 System architecture . 9 1.7 The POWER9 processor. 12 1.7.1 POWER9 processor overview. 12 1.7.2 Processor features . 12 1.7.3 Supported technologies . 14 1.7.4 Simultaneous multithreading. 14 1.7.5 Processor feature codes . 15 1.7.6 Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface . 16 1.8 Memory subsystem . 17 1.8.1 DIMM placement rules . 18 1.8.2 Memory bandwidth . 19 1.9 Internal I/O subsystem . 20 1.9.1 PCIe Express Controller and PCI Express . 20 1.9.2 Slot configuration . 21 1.9.3 PCI adapters . 22 1.10 Internal storage . 25 1.10.1 Power LC921 server direct attach drive backplane. 25 1.10.2 Power LC922 server direct attach drive backplane. 25 1.10.3 Power LC922 server: LSI drive backplane . 28 1.10.4 Disk and media features . 30 1.10.5 Power LC922 optional 2 x SFF rear SAS/SATA drives. 34 1.11 System ports . 34 1.12 External I/O subsystems . 35 1.13 IBM Systems Storage . 35 1.13.1 IBM Flash Storage . 35 1.13.2 Software-defined storage . 35 1.13.3 IBM Hybrid Storage. 36 1.13.4 IBM Storage Area Networks . 36 Chapter 2. Management and virtualization . 37 2.1 Main management components overview. 38 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2018. All rights reserved. iii 2.2 Service processor . 38 2.2.1 OpenPOWER Abstraction Layer. 39 2.2.2 Intelligent Platform Management Interface . 39 2.2.3 Petitboot bootloader . 39 2.3 IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager . 40 Chapter 3. Reliability, availability, and serviceability. 43 3.1 Processor and cache reliability . 44 3.1.1 L3 cache line delete . 44 3.1.2 Special Uncorrectable Error handling . 44 3.1.3 Thermal management and current/voltage monitoring . 45 3.1.4 GPU throttling . 45 3.1.5 PCI extended error handling . 45 3.1.6 Chassis policy after input power loss and autorestart after system checkstop. 45 3.2 Serviceability . 45 3.2.1 Service processor . 46 3.2.2 Service interface . 46 3.2.3 Concurrent maintenance. 46 3.2.4 Error handling and reporting . 46 Appendix A. Server racks and energy management . 49 IBM server racks . 50 IBM 42U SlimRack 7965-94Y . 50 The AC power distribution unit and rack content . 50 Rack-mounting rules . 53 OEM racks . 53 Energy consumption estimation . ..
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