IBM eServer OpenPower 710
IBM CORPORATION 
Novell Technology Partner
product details
Built on 64-bit IBM POWER5™ processor and tuned for the Linux environment, IBM eServer(r) OpenPower™ systems meet the requirements of clients by delivering the performance, reliability, availability and compute power they expect from larger systems — at affordable price-points.
The OpenPower 710 systems' raw computing power positions it well for high-performance engineering and scientific workloads, Its system-level expandability and availability suits edge of network, general infrastructure, Web content serving and application hosting services applications. By bringing optional enterprise-class virtualization technologies like dynamic logical partitioning (LPAR), Micro-Partitioning™, virtual LAN, virtual I/O and more to the open systems space, OpenPower servers provide companies with virtualization technology that can deliver significant savings on operational costs including system management, power, cooling, and real estate.
With Micro-Partitioning, virtual servers on an OpenPower system can be as small as 1/10th of a processor and be extended in increments of as small as 1/100th of a processor, dramatically increasing the flexibility and scalability of a solution.
Linux OS tuning delivers freedom of choice
OpenPower systems are tuned for Linux and take advantage of inherent performance-enhancing characteristics of IBM Power Architecture™ technology, including improved memory and data access, as well as faster data locks and acquisitions. In addition, for even greater uptime and scalability, the Linux kernel leverages the performance features of POWER5 processors designed to help improve utilization and lower operational costs.
Common features
The OpenPower 710 systems' raw computing power positions it well for high-performance engineering and scientific workloads, Its system-level expandability and availability suits edge of network, general infrastructure, Web content serving and application hosting services applications. By bringing optional enterprise-class virtualization technologies like dynamic logical partitioning (LPAR), Micro-Partitioning™, virtual LAN, virtual I/O and more to the open systems space, OpenPower servers provide companies with virtualization technology that can deliver significant savings on operational costs including system management, power, cooling, and real estate.
With Micro-Partitioning, virtual servers on an OpenPower system can be as small as 1/10th of a processor and be extended in increments of as small as 1/100th of a processor, dramatically increasing the flexibility and scalability of a solution.
Linux OS tuning delivers freedom of choice
OpenPower systems are tuned for Linux and take advantage of inherent performance-enhancing characteristics of IBM Power Architecture™ technology, including improved memory and data access, as well as faster data locks and acquisitions. In addition, for even greater uptime and scalability, the Linux kernel leverages the performance features of POWER5 processors designed to help improve utilization and lower operational costs.
Common features
- Tuned for the Linux(r) environment and features IBM POWER5 processors - the fifth generation of POWER™ processors, with simultaneous multithreading capabilities for leading edge performance
- Designed to boost reliability and availability, as well as reduce maintenance costs by identifying, correcting and preventing failures; includes service processors, First Failure Data Capture (FFDC), IBM Chipkill™ memory, error checking and correcting (ECC) memory, Dynamic Processor Deallocation and logical partition (LPAR) error containment
- Offers optional Advanced OpenPower virtualization feature that enables LPARs or virtual servers to be created as small as a tenth of a processor in increments as small as 1/100th of a processor, virtual LAN (VLAN) for high-speed communications among partitions, virtual Ethernet adapters and virtual disk storage
- 1- or 2-way in rack-mount configuration
- 1.65GHz POWER5 processor(s)
- Up to 32GB of memory
- Rack-mount form factor
- Four standard hot-swappable Ultra320 SCSI drive bays for more than 570GB of internal storage
- Three Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended (PCI-X) slots
- Dual Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports
- Hot-plug power supplies with optional redundancy
- Redundant and hot-plug cooling
- Extensive array of I/O options: memory, multiple disk drives and speeds, communications adapters and media devices
product compatibility
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
system requirements/details
CPU: IBM POWER5
architecture
- IBM System p
regional availability
- Asia Pacific
- Europe, Middle East & Africa
- Japan
- Latin America
- North America
language availability
- Chinese
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Spanish
warranty information
8 A.M. to 5 P.M., next-business-day for three years (limited) at no additional cost; on-site for selected components; CRU (customer replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country). Warranty upgrades and maintenance are available.
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