IBM DS8880 Series Introduction And Planning Manual page 29

The DS8886F uses 8 or 16 Gbps Fibre Channel host adapters that run Fibre
Channel Protocol (FCP), FICON, or Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) (for 8
Gbps adapters only) protocol. The High Performance FICON (HPF) feature is also
supported.
For more specifications, see the IBM DS8000 series specifications web
site(www.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/ds8000/specifications.html).
The following tables list the hardware components and maximum capacities that
are supported for the DS8886F (models 985 and 85E), depending on the amount of
memory that is available.
Table 14. Components for the DS8886F (machine type 533x models 985 and 85E)
Processors System memory
8-core 128 GB
256 GB
16-core 256 GB
512 GB
24-core 1024 GB
2048 GB
1. High Performance Flash Enclosures Gen2 are installed in pairs.
2. This configuration of the DS8880 must be populated with at least 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.
Table 15. Maximum capacity for the DS8886F (machine type 533x models 985 and 85E)
Processors System memory
8-core 128 GB
256 GB
16-core 256 GB
512 GB
24-core 1024 GB
2048 GB
DS8886F base frame (model 985) overview:
The DS8886F (model 985) includes a base frame.
The base frame includes the following components:
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
DS8886F expansion frame (model 85E) overview:
The DS8886F supports one expansion frame (model 85E) that can be added to a
base frame (model 985). A minimum of 256 GB system memory and a 16-core
processor is required to add the expansion frame.
I/O enclosure
Processor memory pairs
64 GB 2
128 GB
128 GB 4
256 GB
512 GB 4
1024 GB
Maximum 2.5-in. Flash
Tier 0, Flash Tier 1, or
Flash Tier 2 drives
192
384
384
High Performance
Host adapters Flash Enclosure Gen2
1, 2, 3
(8 or 4 port) pairs
2 - 16 1 - 4
2 - 32 1 - 8
2 - 32 1 - 8
Maximum storage capacity
for 2.5-in. Flash Tier 0,
Flash Tier 1, or Flash Tier
2 drives
1459 TB
2918 TB
2918 TB
Expansion frames
0
0 - 1
0 - 1
Maximum total drives
192
384
384
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Chapter 1. Overview