IBM Power 9 (S914)

The POWER9 scale-out family is the first set of servers that comes completely cloud enabled out of the box with integrated PowerVM Enterprise capabilities. These servers have a native hypervisor included at no additional license cost. Additionally, on-chip analytics and algorithms combined with a sophisticated PCIe Gen4 I/O architecture help clients run their workloads at an optimized processor frequency for performance and throughput. In combination with the DDR4 memory footprint of 1 TB, IBM provides a system that is unmatched by the competition in terms of memory scaling as well as the core to memory ratio needed for data-centric and in-memory workloads. Live Partition Mobility capabilities help you migrate from previous Power Systems. Every new S914 also has the option of a temporary PowerVM license for your old server to support a seamless move of workloads to POWER9. The Power System S914 server has built-in security that can help you to be ready for current and future security threats.

Summary of standard features for Power S914 server:

• POWER9 processor modules:
  • 4-core, typical 2.3 to 3.8 GHz (max) POWER9 processor (#EP50)
  • 6-core, typical 2.3 to 3.8 GHz (max) POWER9 processor (#EP51)
  • 8-core, typical 2.8 to 3.8 GHz (max) POWER9 processor (#EP52) (rackmount configuration only)
• High-performance Mbps DDR4 ECC memory
  • 16 GB (#EM62), 32 GB (#EM63), or 64 GB (#EM64) memory features
  • Up to 1024 GB of DDR4 memory with one Power Systems processor
• Storage features:
  • Storage backplane with six SFF-3 bays and two front PCIe Gen4 capable NVMe U.2
  • Storage backplane with two or four front PCIe Gen4 capable NVMe U.2 drive slots
  • Twelve SFF-3 bays/RDX bays
  • Option to split the above SFF-3 bays and add a second integrated SAS controller without cache
  • Eighteen SFF-3 bays/dual IOA with write cache and external SAS port
  • Twelve SFF-3 bays/RDX bay/dual IOA with write cache and external SAS port
  • Option to attach an EXP12SX/EXP24SX SAS HDD/SSD expansion drawer to the dual IOA
• PCIe slots with single processor:
  • One x16 Gen4 full-height, half-length (CAPI)
  • One x8 Gen4 full-height, half-length (with x16 connector) (CAPI)
  • Two x16 Gen4 full-height, half-length
  • Four x8 Gen4 full-height, half-length (One of these slots is used for the required base LAN adapter.)
• Integrated:
  • Service processor
  • EnergyScale technology
  • Hot-swap and redundant cooling
  • One front USB 3.0 ports
  • Two rear USB 3.0 ports
  • Two HMC 1 GbE RJ45 ports
  • One system port with RJ45 connector
  • Four hot-plug, redundant power supplies
  • Nineteen-inch rack-mounting hardware (4U)