This IBM® RedpaperTM publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power 795 server that supports IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the innovative Power 795 offering and its major functions: IBM POWER7® processor, available at frequencies of 3.7 GHz and 4.0 GHz with TurboCore options of 4.25 GHz and 4.31 GHz Specialized POWER7 Level 3 cache that provides greater bandwidth, capacity, and reliability IBM PowerVM® virtualization, including PowerVM Live Partition Mobility and PowerVM IBM Active MemoryTM Sharing TurboCore mode that delivers the highest performance per core Enhanced reliability, accessibility, and serviceability (RAS) features that are designed for maximum availability Active Memory Expansion that provides more usable memory than what is physically installed on the system IBM EnergyScaleTM technology that provides features such as power trending, power-saving, capping of power, and thermal measurement Professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power SystemsTM products can benefit from reading this paper. This paper complements the available set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the Power 795 system. This paper does not replace the latest marketing materials and configuration tools. It is intended as an additional source of information that, together with existing sources, can be used to enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions.

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power® System E870C (9080-MME) and IBM Power System E880C (9080-MHE) servers that support IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The objective of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power E870C and Power E880C offerings and their relevant functions. The new Power E870C and Power E880C servers with OpenStack-based cloud management and open source automation enables clients to accelerate the transformation of their IT infrastructure for cloud while providing tremendous flexibility during the transition. In addition, the Power E870C and Power E880C models provide clients increased security, high availability, rapid scalability, simplified maintenance, and management, all while enabling business growth and dramatically reducing costs. The systems management capability of the Power E870C and Power E880C servers speeds up and simplifies cloud deployment by providing fast and automated VM deployments, prebuilt image templates, and self-service capabilities, all with an intuitive interface. Enterprise servers provide the highest levels of reliability, availability, flexibility, and performance to bring you a world-class enterprise private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Through enterprise-class security, efficient built-in virtualization that drives industry-leading workload density, and dynamic resource allocation and management, the server consistently delivers the highest levels of service across hundreds of virtual workloads on a single system. The Power E870C and Power E880C server includes the cloud management software and services to assist with clients' move to the cloud, both private and hybrid. The following capabilities are included: Private cloud management with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager, Cloud-based HMC Apps as a service, and open source cloud automation and configuration tooling for AIX Hybrid cloud support Hybrid infrastructure management tools Securely connect system of record workloads and data to cloud native applications IBM Cloud Starter Pack Flexible capacity on demand Power to Cloud Services This paper expands the current set of IBM Power SystemsTM documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the Power E870C and Power E880C systems. This paper does not replace the latest marketing materials and configuration tools. It is intended as another source of information that, together with existing sources, can be used to enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions.

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power System H922 (9223-22S), and IBM Power System H924 (9223-42S) servers that support memory-intensive workloads, such as SAP HANA, and deliver superior price and performance for mission-critical applications in IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux® operating systems. The goal of this paper is to provide a hardware architecture analysis and highlight the changes, new technologies, and major features that are being introduced in these systems' 2020 release, such as the following examples: Availability of new IBM POWER9TM processor configurations for the number of cores per socket. More performance by using industry-leading IBM Peripheral Component Interconnect® Express (PCIe) Gen4 slots. Enhanced internal disk configuration options, with up to 14 NVMe adapters (four U.2 NVMe plus up to 10 PCIe add-in cards). Twice as fast back-end I/O enables seamless maximum speed and throughput between on-premises and multiple public cloud infrastructures with high availability (HA). This publication is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power Systems products. The intended audience includes the following roles: Clients Sales and marketing professionals Technical support professionals IBM Business Partners Independent software vendors (ISVs) This paper expands the current set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the Power H922 and Power H924 systems.

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power System S824L (8247-42L) server that supports the Linux operating systems. The objective of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power S824L offerings and their relevant functions: The new IBM POWER8TM processor, which is available at frequencies of 3.02 GHz and 3.42 GHz A processor that is designed to accommodate high-wattage adapters, such as NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs), that provide acceleration for scientific, engineering, Java, big data analytics, and other technical computing workloads Based on OpenPOWER technologies Two integrated memory controllers with improved latency and bandwidth Improved reliability, serviceability, and availability (RAS) functions IBM EnergyScaleTM technology that provides features, such as power trending, power-saving, power capping, and thermal measurement This publication is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power SystemsTM products. This paper expands the current set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the Power S824L server. This paper does not replace the latest marketing materials and configuration tools. It is intended as an additional source of information that, together with existing sources, can be used to enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions.

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power System S822LC for Big Data (8001-22C) server that uses the latest IBM POWER8® processor technology and supports Linux operating systems (OSs). The objective of this paper is to introduce the Power S822LC for Big Data offerings and their relevant functions as related to targeted application workloads. The new Linux scale-out systems provide differentiated performance, scalability, and low acquisition cost, including: Consolidated server footprint with up to 66% more virtual machines (VMs) per server than competitive x86 servers Superior data throughput and performance for high-value Linux workloads, such as big data, analytic, and industry applications Up to 12 LFF drives that are installed within the chassis to meet storage-rich application requirements Superior application performance due to a 2x per core performance advantage over x86-based systems Leadership data through put enabled by POWER8 multithreading with up to 4x more threads than x86 designs Acceleration of bid data workloads with up to two GPUs and superior I/O bandwidth with Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) This publication is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power SystemsTM products. The intended audience includes: Clients Sales and marketing professionals Technical support professionals IBM Business Partners Independent software vendors

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 770 and Power 780 servers supporting IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux® operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power 770 and 780 offerings and their prominent functions, including: Unique modular server packaging The specialized IBM POWER7TM Level 3 cache that provides greater bandwidth, capacity, and reliability The 1 Gb or 10 Gb Integrated Virtual Ethernet adapter that brings native hardware virtualization up to 64 logical ports on this server IBM PowerVMTM virtualization including PowerVM Live Partition Mobility and PowerVM Active MemoryTM Sharing Active Memory Expansion that provides more usable memory than what is physically installed on the system IBM EnergyScaleTM technology that provides features such as power trending, power-saving, capping of power, and thermal measurement Enterprise-ready reliability, serviceability, and availability Professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power SystemsTM products should read this paper. This paper expands the current set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the 770 and 780 systems. This paper does not replace the latest marketing materials and configuration tools. It is intended as an additional source of information that, together with existing sources, may be used to enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions.

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power System L922 (9008-22L) server, which was designed for data-intensive workloads such as databases and analytics in the Linux operating system. The objective of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power L922 offering and its relevant functions: The new IBM POWER9TM processor, available at frequencies of 2.7 - 3.8 GHz, 2.9 - 3.8 GHz, and 3.4 - 3.9 GHz. Significantly strengthened cores and larger caches. Two integrated memory controllers that allow double the memory footprint of IBM POWER8® processor-based servers. An integrated I/O subsystem and hot-pluggable Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Gen4 and Gen3 I/O slots. I/O drawer expansion options offer greater flexibility. Support for Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) 2.0. New feature IBM EnergyScaleTM technology provides new variable processor frequency modes that provide a significant performance boost beyond the static nominal frequency. This publication is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power SystemsTM products. The intended audience includes the following roles: Clients Sales and marketing professionals Technical support professionals IBM Business Partners Independent software vendors (ISVs) This paper expands the current set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the Power L922 system. This paper does not replace the current marketing materials and configuration tools. It is intended as an extra source of information that, together with existing sources, can be used to enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions.