Chapter 1. General Description - IBM Power Systems E870 Technical Overview And Introduction

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General description
Chapter 1.
The IBM Power System E870 (9119-MME) and IBM Power System E880 (9119-MHE)
servers use the latest POWER8 processor technology that is designed to deliver
unprecedented performance, scalability, reliability, and manageability for demanding
commercial workloads.
The Power E870 is a highly-scalable rack-mount system optimized for running AIX, IBM i, and
Linux workloads. The Power E870 is a modular-built system and uses one or two system
nodes together with a system control unit. Each system node is five EIA-units tall (5U) and the
system control unit is two EIA-units (2U) tall. The Power E870 is housed in a 19-inch rack.
The Power E880 is a highly-scalable rack-mount system optimized for running AIX, IBM i, and
Linux workloads. The Power E880 is a modular-built system. In 2014, the system is built of
one or two system nodes together with a system control unit. Each system node is five
EIA-units tall (5U) and the system control unit is two EIA-units (2U) tall. The Power E880 is
housed in a 19-inch rack.
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