Front cover IBM Power 710 and 730 Technical Overview and Introduction Features 8231-E1D, 8231-E2D, 8246 PowerLinux servers based on POWER7+ processor technology Describes the support of 20 partitions per core Explains 2U rack-mount design for leading performance James Cruickshank Sorin Hanganu Volker Haug Stephen Lutz John T Schmidt Marco Vallone ibm.com/redbooks Redpaper International Technical Support Organization IBM Power 710 and 730 Technical Overview and Introduction May 2013 REDP-4983-00 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page vii. First Edition (May 2013) This edition applies to the IBM Power 710 (8231-E1D) and Power 730 (8231-E2D), IBM PowerLinux 7R1 (8246-L1D and 8246-L1T), and PowerLinux 7R2 (8246-L2D and 826-L2T) servers. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2013. 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 . vii Trademarks . viii Preface . ix Authors. .x Now you can become a published author, too! . xi Comments welcome. xi Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . xii Chapter 1. General description . 1 1.1 Systems overview . 2 1.1.1 The Power 710 server. 2 1.1.2 The Power 730 server. 3 1.1.3 IBM PowerLinux 7R1 server . 4 1.1.4 IBM PowerLinux 7R2 server . 5 1.2 Operating environment . 7 1.3 Physical package . 8 1.4 System features . 8 1.4.1 Power 710 system features . 9 1.4.2 Power 730 system features . 9 1.4.3 Minimum features . 10 1.4.4 Power supply features . 10 1.4.5 Processor module features . 11 1.4.6 Memory features . 11 1.5 Disk and media features . 12 1.6 I/O drawers for Power 710 and Power 730 servers . 16 1.6.1 12X I/O drawer PCIe expansion units. 16 1.6.2 EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O drawer . 17 1.6.3 EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay drawer . 17 1.6.4 EXP12S SAS drawer . 18 1.6.5 I/O drawers maximums . 19 1.7 PowerLinux feature codes. 19 1.8 Build to order. 22 1.9 IBM Edition . 22 1.10 Server and virtualization management . 23 1.11 System racks. 25 1.11.1 IBM 7014 Model S25 rack. 25 1.11.2 IBM 7014 Model T00 rack. 25 1.11.3 IBM 7014 Model T42 rack. 26 1.11.4 Feature code 0555 rack . 28 1.11.5 Feature code 0551 rack . 28 1.11.6 Feature code 0553 rack . 28 1.11.7 The AC power distribution unit and rack content . 28 1.11.8 Rack-mounting rules . 31 1.11.9 Useful rack additions. 31 1.11.10 OEM rack . 36 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2013. All rights reserved. iii Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview . 39 2.1 The IBM POWER7+ processor . 42 2.1.1 POWER7+ processor overview . 43 2.1.2 POWER7+ processor core . 44 2.1.3 Simultaneous multithreading. 45 2.1.4 Memory access. 46 2.1.5 On-chip L3 cache innovation and Intelligent Cache . 47 2.1.6 POWER7+ processor and Intelligent Energy . 48 2.1.7 Comparison of the POWER7+, POWER7, and POWER6 processors . 48 2.2 POWER7+ processor modules . 49 2.2.1 Modules and cards . 50 2.2.2 Power 710 and Power 730 systems . 50 2.3 Memory subsystem . 51 2.3.1 Registered DIMM . 52 2.3.2 Memory placement rules. 52 2.3.3 Memory bandwidth . 55 2.4 Capacity on Demand. 56 2.5 System bus . 56 2.6 Internal I/O subsystem . 57 2.6.1 Slot configuration . 57 2.6.2 System ports . 58 2.7 PCI adapters . 58 2.7.1 PCI express . 58 2.7.2 PCIe adapter form factors. 59 2.7.3 LAN adapters ..