IBM Power 9 (S922)

The POWER9 scale-out family is the first set of entry servers that comes completely cloud-enabled out of the box with integrated PowerVM Enterprise capabilities. Additionally, on-chip analytics and algorithms help clients run their workloads at an optimized processor frequency for performance and throughput. In combination with the DDR4 memory footprint of 4 TB, IBM provides systems that are 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 are built in to cloud-enable your POWER9 infrastructure and help you migrate from previous Power Systems. Every new S922 also has the option of a temporary PowerVM license for your old server to support a seamless move of workloads to POWER9. The Power S922 server has built-in security that can help you to be ready for current and future security threats.

The Power S922 server supports two processor sockets, offering 10-core or 20-core typical 2.9 to 3.8 GHz (max), or 8-core or 16-core typical 3.4 to 3.9 GHz (max), or 4-core typical 2.8 to 3.8 GHz (max) POWER9 processor-based configurations in a 19-inch rack-mount, 2U (EIA units) drawer configuration. All the cores are active. The Power S922 server supports a maximum of 32 DDR4 DIMM slots. Memory features supported are 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB, allowing for a maximum system memory of 4096 GB.

Summary of standard features for Power S922:

• POWER9 processor modules:
  • 4-core typical 2.8 to 3.8 GHz (max) POWER9 Processor (#EP16)
  • 8-core typical 3.4 to 3.9 GHz (max) POWER9 Processor (#EP18)
  • 10-core typical 2.9 to 3.8 GHz (max) POWER9 Processor (#EP19)
• High-performance Mbps DDR4 ECC memory
  • 8 GB (#EM60), 16 GB (#EM62), 32 GB (#EM63), 64 GB (#EM64), or 128 GB (#EM65) memory features - different sizes/configurations run at different frequencies of 2133, 2400, and 2666 Mbps
  • Up to 4 TB of DDR4 memory with two Power Systems processors
  • Up to 2 TB of DDR4 memory with one Power Systems processor
• Storage feature: eight SFF bays, one integrated SAS controller without cache, and JBOD RAID 0, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10
  • Optionally, split the above SFF-3 bays and add a second integrated SAS controller without cache.
  • Expanded Function Storage Backplane 8 SFF-3 Bays/Single IOA with Write Cache.
  • Optionally, attach an EXP12SX/EXP24SX SAS HDD/SSD Expansion Drawer to the single IOA.
• Up to two PCIe3 NVMe carrier cards with two M.2 module slots (with up to four Mainstream 400 GB SSD NVMe M.2 modules)
  • Quantity of one PCIe3 NVMe carrier card can be ordered only with storage backplane. If a PCIe3 NVMe carrier card is ordered with a storage backplane, then the optional split feature is not supported.
• PCIe slots with single processor:
  • One x16 Gen4 low-profile, half-length slot (CAPI)
  • One x8 Gen4 low-profile, half-length slot (with x16 connector) (CAPI)
  • Two x8 Gen3 low-profile, half-length slots (with x16 connectors)
  • Two x8 Gen3 low-profile, half-length slots (One of these slots is used for the required base LAN adapter.)
• PCIe slots with two processors:
  • Three x16 Gen4 low-profile, half-length slots (CAPI)
  • Two x8 Gen4 low-profile, half-length slots (with x16 connectors) (CAPI)
  • Two x8 Gen3 low-profile, half-length slots (with x16 connectors)
  • Two x8 Gen3 low-profile, half-length slots (One of these slots is used for the required base LAN adapter.)
• Integrated:
  • Service processor
  • EnergyScale technology
  • Hot-plug and redundant cooling
  • Two front USB 3.0 ports
  • Two rear USB 3.0 ports
  • Two HMC 1 GbE RJ45 ports
  • One system port with RJ45 connector
  • Two hot-plug, redundant power supplies
  • 19-inch rack-mounting hardware (2U)