| Configuration options | Model 8231-E1D |
| POWER7+ processor modules – one per system | four-core 3.6 GHz or six-core 4.2 GHz or eight-core 4.2 GHz |
| Sockets | One |
| Level 2 (L2) cache | 256 kilobytes (KB) per core |
| Level 3 (L3) cache | 10 megabytes (MB) per core |
| Memory | 8 gigabyte (GB) to 256 GB of registered dual inline memory module (RDIMM) double data rate-3 (DDR-3) AME |
| Solid-state Drives (SSD) | Up to six small form factor (SFF) drives |
| Disk drives | Up to six SFF serial attached SCSI (SAS) drives |
| Disk capacity | Up to 5.4 terabytes (TB) |
| Media bays | Slimline for DVD-random access memory (RAM) Half height for tape drive1 or removable disk |
| I/O | |
| PCI Adapter slots | Five PCI Express Generation2 8x low profile |
| Standard Ethernet | Four Ethernet 10/100/1000 megabits per second (Mbps) ports |
| Integrated SAS controller | One controller for SAS DASD/SSD w/ redundant array of independent disks (RAID) 10 and DVD-RAM Optional protected 175 MB cache with RAID 5, 6 |
| High-performance PCI adapters | 8 Gigabit (Gb) Fibre Channel (FC) two-port 16 Gb per second (Gbps) FC two-port 10 Gb Ethernet (GbE) RoCE Dual port 10 GbE Dual port 10 Gb FC over Ethernet (FCoE) Dual port quad data rate (QDR) Infiniband 6Gbps SAS RAID controller |
| Other integrated ports | Three universal serial bus (USB), two hardware management console (HMC), two system ports |
| GX slots | One GX++ (not available with four-core processor) |
| PowerVM technologies | |
| POWER Hypervisor | VMs, LPAR, Dynamic LPAR (DLPAR), Virtual local area network (vLAN) (Memory-to-memory interpartition communication) |
| PowerVM Express Edition (optional) | Up to three partitions on the server; virtualised disk and optical devices (VIOS); Integrated Virtualisation Manager (IVM); Shared Dedicated Capacity |
| PowerVM Standard Edition (optional) | PowerVM Express Edition plus Micro-Partitioning with up to 20 micro-partitions per processor; Multiple Shared Processor Pools |
| PowerVM Enterprise Edition (optional) | PowerVM Standard Edition plus Live Partition Mobility (LPM) and Active Memory Sharing (AMS) |
| RAS features | Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) memory with Chipkill Processor Instruction Retry Alternate Processor Recovery Service processor with fault monitoring Hot-plug disk bays Hot-plug and redundant power supplies and cooling fans Dynamic component Deallocation |
| OS2 | AIX IBM i Linux for POWER |
| High availability (HA) | IBM PowerHA family |
| Power requirements | 100 V to 240 V ac, single phase |
| System dimensions | Rack Drawer: 3.4 in. H × 17.6 in. W × 28.6 in. D (86 mm × 447 mm × 728 mm); weight 62 lbs (28.2 kg)3 |
| Warranty (limited) | Three year Limited Warranty, on-site for selected components; customer-replaceable unit (CRU) for all other units (varies by country), Next Business Day 09:00 to 17:00 (excluding holidays), warranty service upgrades and maintenance are available |
1. Tape support results in three SFF bays, one tape bay and one DVD.
2. See facts and features document for detailed OS level support.
3. Weight will vary when disks, adapters and peripherals are added.
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