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Core electronics:
®
64-bit 2 x POWER7
processors (12S
technology)
PS703 single-wide model:
v 16-way single-wide blade: 2 socket
8-core at 2.4 GHz
v 16 very low profile (VLP) DIMM
slots. Maximum capacity is 128 GB.
Supports 4 GB DDR3 and 8 GB
DDR3 at 1066 MHz
PS704 double-wide model:
v 32-way double-wide: 2x8-way base
with 2x8-way expansion
v 32 very low profile (VLP) DIMM
slots. Maximum capacity is 256 GB.
Supports 4 GB DDR3 and 8 GB
DDR3 at 1066 MHz
P7IOC I/O hub
On-board, integrated features:
v FSP1 Service Processor - IPMI, SOL
v Two 1 Gb Ethernet ports using
5709S Ethernet controller (two on
PS703 , four on PS704)
v SAS controller
v USB 2.0
v 1 Serial over LAN (SOL) console
using BMC Ethernet port
Local storage:
v PS703 : Maximum of one SAS 2.5
in. hard disk drive (HDD) or
maximum of two SATA 1.8 in.
solid-state drives (SSDs) or none
v PS704:
– Maximum of two SAS 2.5 in.
HDDs or maximum of four
SATA 1.8 in. SSDs or none
– Valid options:
- None
- 1 HDD
- 2 HDDs
- 1 HDD and 1 SSD
- 1 HDD and 2 SSDs
- 2 SSDs, 3 SSDs, or 4 SSDs
v SSDs are 200 GB
v HDDs are 300 GB and 600 GB
v RAID functions supported
See the ServerProven website for information about supported operating-system versions and all blade
server optional devices.
Daughter card I/O options:
v in the PS703 :
– Supports one expansion card
(CIOv)
– Supports one CFFh expansion
card (combination form factor
horizontal high-speed data
card)
– Supports one SAS passthrough
using CIOv
v PS704:
– Supports two expansion cards
(CIOv)
– Supports two CFFh expansion
cards
– Supports up to two SAS
passthroughs using CIOv
Integrated functions:
v RS-485 interface for
communication with the
management module
v Automatic server restart (ASR)
v SOL through service processor
v Two Universal Serial Buses (USB
2.0) on base system board for
communication with
removable-media drives
v Optical media available by shared
chassis feature
Environment:
v Air temperature:
– Blade server with power on:
10° - 35°C (50° - 95°F). Altitude:
0 - 914 m (3000 ft)
– Blade server with power on:
10° - 32°C (50° - 90°F). Altitude:
914 m - 2133 m (3000 ft - 7000
ft)
– Blade server with power off:
-40° - 60°C (-40° - 140°F)
v Humidity:
– Blade server with power on:
8% - 80%
– Blade server with power off:
8% - 80%
PS703 or PS704 size:
v Height: 24.5 cm (9.7 in.)
v Depth: 44.6 cm (17.6 in.)
v PS703: Width: 30 mm (1.14 in.)
PS704: 60 mm (2.28 in.)
Systems management:
v Supported by BladeCenter chassis
management module
v Front panel LEDs
v IBM Director
v Energy scale thermal management
for power management, power
oversubscription (throttling), and
environmental sensing
v Active Energy Manager
v Concurrent Code Update via
Director Update Manager, Inventory
Collection, Multiple VIOS, and
™
PowerVM
Enterprise
Clusters support for:
v IBM Director
v xCat
Virtualization support for:
PowerVM Standard Edition hardware
feature, which provides the Integrated
Virtualization Manager, Virtual I/O
Server, and IBM Systems Director
Management Console (SDMC).
No HMC support
Reliability and service features:
v Dual alternating current power
supply
v BladeCenter chassis redundant and
hot-plug power and cooling
modules
v Boot-time processor deallocation
v Blade server hot plug
v Customer setup and expansion
v Automatic reboot on power loss
v Internal and ambient temperature
monitors
v ECC, chipkill memory
v System management alerts
v Light path diagnostics
v Electronic Service Agent
capability
Electrical input: 12 V DC
Chapter 1. Introduction
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