IBM DS8880 Series Introduction And Planning Manual page 19

The following tables list the hardware components and maximum capacities that
are supported for the DS8884, depending on the amount of memory that is
available.
Table 6. Components for the DS8884 (models 984 and 84E)
System Processor
Processors memory memory
6-core 64 GB 32 GB
6-core 128 GB 64 GB
6-core 256 GB 128 GB
4
12-core 256 GB 128 GB
1. Standard drive and High Performance Flash Enclosures Gen2 are installed in pairs.
2. This configuration of the DS8880 must be populated with either one standard drive enclosure pair (feature code 1241) or one High Performance
Flash Enclosure Gen2 pair (feature code 1600).
3. Each High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pair (feature code 1600) includes a pair of flash RAID adapters.
4. 12-core processors are supported only with zHyperLink.
Table 7. Maximum capacity for the DS8884 (models 984 and 84E)
Maximum
2.5-in.
System standard disk
Processors memory drives
6-core 64 GB 192
6-core 128 GB 768
6-core 256 GB 768
2
12-core 256 GB 768
1. Combined total of 2.5-in. standard disk drives and 2.5-in. Flash Tier 0, Flash Tier 1, or Flash Tier 2 drives.
2. 12-core processors are supported only with zHyperLink.
Base frame (model 984) overview:
The DS8884 (model 984) includes a base frame.
The base frame includes the following components:
v Standard storage enclosures
v High Performance Flash Enclosures Gen2
v Hardware Management Console (HMC), including a keyboard and monitor
v Second HMC (optional)
v Ethernet switches
v Processor nodes (available with POWER8 processors)
v I/O enclosures
v Direct-current uninterruptible power supplies (DC-UPS)
v Rack power control (RPC) cards
Expansion frame (model 84E) overview:
The DS8884 (model 84E) supports up to two expansion frames that can be added
to a base frame. A minimum of 128 GB system memory is required, if expansion
frames are added.
Host
adapters
I/O enclosure (8 or 4 Device adapter
pairs port) pairs
1 2 - 8 0 - 1
2 2 - 16 0 - 4
2 2 - 16 0 - 4
2 2 - 16 0 - 4
Maximum
storage
capacity for Maximum
2.5-in. 3.5-in.
standard disk standard disk
drives drives
346 TB 96
1.38 PB 384
1.38 PB 384
1.38 PB 384
High
Standard drive Performance
1,
enclosure pairs Flash Enclosure
Gen2 pairs
2
0 - 4 0 - 1
0 - 16 0 - 2
0 - 16 0 - 2
0 - 16 0 - 2
Maximum Maximum
storage 2.5-in. Flash
capacity for Tier 0, Flash
3.5-in. Tier 1, or
standard disk Flash Tier 2
drives drives
576 TB 48
2.3 PB 96
2.3 PB 96
2.3 PB 96
Expansion
1, 2, 3
frames
0
0 - 2
0 - 2
0 - 2
Maximum
storage
capacity for
2.5-in. Flash
Tier 0, Flash
Tier 1, or Maximum
Flash Tier 2 total
1
drives drives
365 TB 240
730 TB 864
730 TB 864
730 TB 864
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Chapter 1. Overview