IBM Power 8 (S824)

IBM Power Systems based 1-socket and 2-socket servers provide the ideal foundation for private and public cloud infrastructure. The new Power S824 server, based on POWER8 processors, delivers superior throughput compared to Intel based offerings for comparable workloads and provides superior economics for scale-out deployments. For customers looking to deploy advanced analytics, Power can now deliver superior response time for sorting and querying unstructured big data sets and can deliver a superior number of business reports per hour for typical business analytics over competing solutions. For Java workloads, the new systems deliver unprecedented performance. Other scenarios for use of the Power S824 include:

• Consolidating of UNIX, IBM i, and Linux workloads
• Running analytics and small to midsize database applications on the same server
• Gaining faster insights with the POWER8 processor and smart acceleration enabled by Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) technologies
• Reducing energy consumption by utilizing advanced energy control

The Power S824 server (8286-42A) supports two processor sockets, offering 6-core or 12-core 3.89 GHz, 8-core or 16-core 4.15 GHz, or 24-core 3.52 GHz configurations in a 19-inch rack-mount, 4U (EIA units) drawer configuration. All the cores are active.

The Power S824 server supports a maximum of 16 DDR4 CDIMM slots. Memory supported are 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB and run at speeds of 1600 Mbps, allowing for a maximum system memory of 4096 GB.

• Rich I/O options in the system unit include:
  • Four PCIe G3 x16 full-height, full-length slots (one CAPI controller per socket at direct PCIe x16 slot from each socket)
  • Six PCIe G3 x8 full-height, half-length slots (1 of 4 PCIe G3 x8 LP slots will not be available if the high-function RAID controller installed.)
  • Eighteen 2.5-in. HDD SFF bays and eight 1.8-in. SSDs
  • RAID 0, 5, 6, 10, 5T2, 6T2, and 10T2 support
  • One DVD
  • One PCIe G3 x8 slot for 1GbE 4-port LAN controller integrated
• Two front and two rear USB 3.0 ports; one rear system port
• Service processor
• 2+2 Redundant hot-swap ac power supplies in each enclosure
• 19-inch rack-mount 4U configuration
• PowerVM
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5, or later; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 Service Pack 3, or later; AIX 6.1, 7.1, or later; or IBM i 7.1, 7.2, or later, operating system support

Summary of standard features for Power S824:

• Power Systems server built with POWER8 processor modules
  • 6-core or 12-core 3.89 GHz
  • 8-core or 16-core 4.15 GHz
  • 24-core 3.52 GHz
• High-performance 1600 Mbps DDR4 ECC memory
  • 16 GB (#EM91), 32 GB (#EM92), or 64 GB (#EM93), 28 GB (#EM94), or 256 GB (#EM95) memory features
  • Up to 1 TB memory with two Power System processor DCMs
  • Up to 512 GB memory with one Power System processor DCM
• Choice of two storage features
  • Choice one: twelve SFF bays, one DVD bay, one integrated SAS controller without cache, and JBOD, RAID 0, 5, 6, or 10
    • Optionally, split the above SFF bays and add a second integrated SAS controller without cache.
  • Choice two: eighteen SFF bays; one DVD bay, a pair of integrated SAS controllers with cache, RAID 0, 5, 6, 10, 5T2, 6T2, and 10T2; and a 8-bay 1.8-inch SSD cage
    • Optionally, attach an EXP24S SAS HDD/SSD Expansion Drawer to the dual IOA.
• Hot-swap PCIe Gen 3 Slots
  • Eleven(1) slots with two Power Systems processor DCMs: four x16 slots and seven(2) x8 slots
  • Seven(1) slots with one Power Systems processor DCM: two x16 slots and five(2) x8 slots
  
  Note: (1) One fewer PCIe slot is available with the dual IOA storage backplane feature EJ0U.
  Note: (2) One x8 PCIe slot is used for integrated LAN adapter.
• Integrated:
  • Service processor
  • EnergyScale technology
  • Hot-swap and redundant cooling
  • Four USB 3.0 ports for general use
  • Two USB 2.0 ports for non-general use
  • Two HMC 1GbE RJ45 ports
  • One system port with RJ45 connector
• Four hot plug, redundant power supplies
• 19-inch rack-mount hardware (4U)