Book description
This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power System S922 (9009-22A), IBM Power System S914 (9009-41A), and IBM Power System S924 (9009-42A) servers that support IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The objective of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power S914, Power S922, and Power 924 offerings and their relevant functions:
- The new IBM POWER9™ processor, which is available at frequencies of 2.3 - 3.8 GHz, 2.8 - 3.8 GHz, 2.9 - 3.8 GHz, 3.4 - 3.9 GHz, 3.5 - 3.9 GHz, and 3.8 - 4.0 GHz.
- Significantly strengthened cores and larger caches.
- Two integrated memory controllers that double the memory footprint of IBM POWER8® servers.
- Integrated I/O subsystem and hot-pluggable Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Gen4 and Gen3 I/O slots.
- I/O drawer expansion options offer greater flexibility.
- Support for Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) 2.0.
- New IBM EnergyScale™ technology offers new variable processor frequency modes that provide a significant performance boost beyond the static nominal frequency.
This publication is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power Systems™ products. The intended audience includes the following roles:
- Clients
- Sales and marketing professionals
- Technical support professionals
- IBM Business Partners
- Independent software vendors (ISVs)
This paper expands the current set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the Power S914, Power S922, and Power S924 systems.
This paper does not replace the current marketing materials and configuration tools. It is intended as an extra source of information that, together with existing sources, can be used to enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
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Chapter 1. General description
- 1.1 Systems overview
- 1.2 Operating environment
- 1.3 Physical package
- 1.4 System features
- 1.5 Disk and media features
- 1.6 I/O drawers for Power S922, Power S914, and Power S924 servers
- 1.7 IBM i Solution Editions for Power S914
- 1.8 IBM Capacity BackUp
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1.9 System racks
- 1.9.1 IBM 7014 Model T00 rack
- 1.9.2 IBM 7014 Model T42 rack
- 1.9.3 IBM 42U Slim Rack 7965-94Y
- 1.9.4 1.8 Meter Rack (#0551)
- 1.9.5 2.0 Meter Rack (#0553)
- 1.9.6 Rack (#ER05)
- 1.9.7 The AC power distribution unit and rack content
- 1.9.8 Rack-mounting rules
- 1.9.9 Useful rack additions
- 1.9.10 Original equipment manufacturer racks
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1.10 Hardware Management Console
- 1.10.1 New features
- 1.10.2 Hardware Management Console overview
- 1.10.3 Hardware Management Console code level
- 1.10.4 Two architectures of Hardware Management Console
- 1.10.5 Hardware Management Console connectivity to POWER9 processor-based systems
- 1.10.6 High availability Hardware Management Console configuration
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Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview
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2.1 The IBM POWER9 processor
- 2.1.1 POWER9 processor overview
- 2.1.2 POWER9 processor features
- 2.1.3 POWER9 processor core
- 2.1.4 Simultaneous multithreading
- 2.1.5 Processor feature codes
- 2.1.6 Memory access
- 2.1.7 On-chip L3 cache innovation and intelligent caching
- 2.1.8 Hardware transactional memory
- 2.1.9 Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface 2.0
- 2.1.10 Power management and system performance
- 2.1.11 Comparison of the POWER9, POWER8, and POWER7+ processors
- 2.2 Memory subsystem
- 2.3 System bus
- 2.4 Internal I/O subsystem
- 2.5 Peripheral Component Interconnect adapters
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2.6 Internal storage
- 2.6.1 Backplane (#EJ1C)
- 2.6.2 Split backplane option (#EJ1E)
- 2.6.3 Backplane (#EJ1D)
- 2.6.4 Expanded Function Backplane (#EJ1M)
- 2.6.5 NVMe support
- 2.6.6 Backplane (#EJ1F)
- 2.6.7 Expanded Function Storage Backplane (#EJ1G)
- 2.6.8 RAID support
- 2.6.9 Easy Tier
- 2.6.10 External SAS ports
- 2.6.11 Media drawers
- 2.6.12 External DVD drives
- 2.6.13 RDX removable disk drives
- 2.7 External IO subsystems
- 2.8 External disk subsystems
- 2.9 Operating system support
- 2.10 POWER9 reliability, availability, and serviceability capabilities
- 2.11 Manageability
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2.1 The IBM POWER9 processor
- Chapter 3. Virtualization
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: IBM Power Systems S922, S914, and S924 Technical Overview and Introduction
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2022
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738456935
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