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IBM eServer OpenPower 720

The IBM eServer OpenPower 720 server has been withdrawn from the market, effective May 31, 2006. The learn more links provide information on the OpenPower 720.

Highlights

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  • Offers flexible platform—tuned for the Linux operating system (OS) and built on open industry standards—that gives clients the freedom and choice to support future growth and maintain business flexibility
  • Delivers enterprise-class performance and exceptional productivity at a breakthrough price
  • Brings enterprise-class features such as IBM Virtualization Engine1 technology and reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) capabilities to an entry-level server, helping improve system utilization, reduce downtime and lower systems management costs

Geared for the constantly changing requirements of small and medium-sized businesses, the IBM eServer® OpenPower™ server—the most recent member of the Linux on POWER family—can deliver not only the power and capacity to run core business applications, but also the ability to add new e-business applications on the same server. OpenPower servers are designed to run the Linux operating system (OS) and can help companies reduce complexity, simplify IT infrastructures and reduce IT operating costs. With multiple growth options and upgrades available, companies can start small and expand their OpenPower servers as their needs grow.

OpenPower 720 is a compact 1-, 2- or 4-way server available either as a deskside or rack-mount system. The rack-mounted model uses only 4U in a standard 19-inch rack. More space is required for optional I/O towers or rack drawers added to the system unit or central electronic complex (CEC).

The base-model OpenPower server includes:

  • The physical package, power elements and operator panel
  • A 1.50GHz or 1.65GHz processor
  • Eight dual in-line memory module (DIMM) slots per processor card (two processor cards per server)
  • Five 64-bit 133MHz Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended (PCI-X) slots
  • Four standard and four optional 2.5" disk drive slots
  • Two slimline slots for DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM drives
  • One half-high slot for removable media such as a tape drive
  • Dual Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN ports
  • Dual Ultra320 SCSI drives and optional RAID daughter card
  • One IDE port, two USB ports, two serial ports, two Hardware Management Console (HMC) ports, two Remote I/O-2 (RIO-2) ports and two system power control network (SPCN) ports

Reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features include:

  • Runtime processor deallocation
  • Concurrent firmware updates
  • Hot-plug and front-access drives
  • Hot-plug and enhanced error handling on all PCI-X slots
  • Error checking and correcting (ECC) memory, IBM Chipkill™ memory, bit steering and resilience
  • Hot-plug auto-ranging power (optional redundancy)
  • Redundant and hot-plug cooling

The minimum configuration for an OpenPower server is as follows:

  • One processor
  • At least one disk drive
  • At least one DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM drive
  • At least 512MB of memory
  • Appropriate power cord(s) selected
  • Rack-mount or deskside packaging selected

Only the most current and more popular features are described in this section of the IBM Web site. For other options, please request a custom quote.

Common features

  • Tuned for the Linux® OS and features IBM POWER5 processors—the fifth generation of POWER™ processors, with simultaneous multithreading capabilities
  • 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 Deallocation1 and logical partition (LPAR) error containment
  • Demonstrates outstanding performance to help improve business productivity.
  • Supports a growing portfolio of integrated solutions tailored specifically for the Linux environment
  • Offers optional Advanced POWER Virtualization feature that enables LPARs or virtual servers to be created as small as 1/10th 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
  • Features flexible packaging options to deliver outstanding value and provide for future growth

Hardware summary

  • Processors in 1-, 2- or 4-way configuration
  • Available in 1.50GHz 1-way and 1.65GHz 2-way and 4-way POWER5 processor(s)
  • Up to 64GB of memory
  • Rack-mount or deskside form factor
  • Four standard and four optional hot-swappable Ultra320 SCSI drive bays for more than 1.1TB of storage
  • Five Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended (PCI-X) slots
  • Dual Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps ports
  • Hot-plug auto-ranging 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


1 Dynamic LPAR is not supported by Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 for POWER.

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