Power 720 And Power 740 Systems - IBM Power 720 Overview

2.2.2 Power 720 and Power 740 systems

Power 720 and Power 740 systems support POWER7+ processors with various core-counts.
Table 2-3 summarizes the POWER7 processor options for the Power 720 system.
Table 2-3 Summary of POWER7+ processor options for the Power 720 system
Feature
code
EPCK
EPCL
EPE7
a. Minimum and maximum
Table 2-4 summarizes the POWER7+ processor options for the Power 740 system.
Table 2-4 Summary of POWER+7 processor options for the Power 740 system
Feature
EPCP
EPCQ
EPCR
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Cores per Frequency
POWER7 (GHz)
processor
4 3.6
6 3.6
8 3.6
Cores per Frequency
POWER7 (GHz)
processor
6 4.2
8 3.6
8 4.2
Processor activation
The 4-core 3.6 GHz requires
that four processor activation
codes are ordered, available as
4 x FC EPDK or 2 x FC EPDK
and 2 x FC EPEK.
The 6-core 3.6 GHz requires
that six processor activation
codes be ordered, available as
6 x FC EPDL or 3 x FC EPDL
and 3 x FC EPEL.
The 8-core 3.6 GHz requires
that eight processor activation
codes be ordered, available as
8 x FC EPDM or 4 x FC EPDM
and 4 x FC EPEM.
Processor activation
The 6-core 4.2 GHz requires
that six processor activation
codes are ordered, available as
4 x FC EPDP or 2 x FC EPDP
and 2 x FC EPEP.
The 8-core 3.6 GHz requires
that six processor activation
codes are ordered, available as
8 x FC EPDQ or 4 x FC EPDQ
and 4 x FC EPEQ.
The 8-core 4.2 GHz requires
that eight processor activation
codes are ordered, available as
8 x FC EPDR or 4 x FC EPDR
and 4 x FC EPER.
a a
Min/Max Min/Max
cores per processor
system module
4/4 1/1
6/6 1/1
8/8 1/1
Min/Max Min/Max
cores per processor
system module
6/12 1/2
8/16 1/2
8/16 1/2