Plans for future memory upgrades should be taken into account when deciding which memory feature size to use at the time of initial system order.
Figure 1. Memory features |
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| Feature | Minimum | Maximum | |
Feature | number | quantity | quantity | |
8 GB 1066 MHz | 4526 | 0 | 4 | (Power 710) |
(2 x 4 GB RDIMMs) |
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| 8 | (Power 730) |
16 GB 1066 MHz | 4527 | 0 | 4 | (Power 710) |
(2 x 8 GB RDIMMs) |
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| 8 | (Power 730) |
Drawer/Tower attachment:
•Feature number 5886 EXP12S SAS DASD Expansion Drawer
–Feature number 5268 supports one feature number 5886 drawer directly off the system unit's SAS port.
–EXP12S drawers are attached to a
–Not orderable on a
–The system maximum is eight.
The following list shows I/O drawers that are supported or available on the 8231 machine type and the correct interface to use for each of the drawers.
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number | Description |
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5886 | Exp 12S SAS | Disk Drawer | Available | SAS |
PCI card slots
The Power 710 and Power 730 contain four 8x, PCIe Low Profile slots.
•One GX++ slot is available on the Power 710. Two GX++ slots are available on the Power 730. Feature 5266 can be installed in either GX++ slot.
Note: Optional GX++
Graphics adapters
•A graphics adapter, keyboard, and mouse are not required in the minimum configuration.
•The maximum number of graphics adapters supported in the Power 710 and Power 730 CEC is four. Not supported under IBM i.
I/O adapters
•Host Ethernet Adapter features (#1832, #1833, and #1837) are not plugged into a slot.
•Refer to Figure 2 for additional I/O adapter information.
Figure 2. I/O adapter features |
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| Orderable | Supported | CEC Sys |
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| feature | feature | Max Max |
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I/O adapter | number | number | qty qty | Size | |
PCIe LP RAID & SSD SAS A | 2053 |
| 2 | 2 | LP |
PCIe LP POWER GXT145 Graphics Acc | 5269 |
| 4 | 4 | LP |
PCIe LP 10Gb FCoE | 5270 |
| 4 | 4 | LP |
PCIe LP | 5271 |
| 4 | 4 | LP |
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