IBM 730, 710 manual Table of contents

IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware Announcement

ZG10-0214, dated August 17, 2010

IBM Power 710 and 730 Express servers offer IBM POWER7 technology in 2U rack-mount configuration

Table of contents

1	Overview	25	Publications
3	Key prerequisites	27	Technical information
4	Planned availability date	38	Terms and conditions
4	Description	43	Prices
19	Statement of general direction	44	Announcement countries

19Product number

At a glance

The Power® 710 and 730 Express® servers are fueled by the outstanding

performance and energy efficiency of the POWER7TM processor with a choice of AIX®, IBM® i, or Linux® operating systems and solutions from thousands of ISVs that can set your business apart from the competition -- all in a 2U rack-mount package.

•Powerful 64-bit 4-core, 6-core, and 8-core POWER7 processor modules

–4-core, 6-core, and 8-core configurations on the Power 710

–8-core, 12-core, and 16-core configurations on the Power 730

•Up to 64 GB of memory on the Power 710 and 128 GB of memory on the Power 730 with optional memory riser cards, optionally augmented with Active MemoryTM Expansion

•Rich I/O options in the system unit:

–Four PCIe Low Profile slots

–Six disk/solid-state drives (SSD) SAS SFF (small form-factor) bays -- up to 1.8

TB

–Slimline DVD-RAM

–Bay for tape or removable drive (with #5263)

–Integrated SAS/SATA controller for disk/SSD/DVD

–Host Ethernet Adapters (four 1 Gb or two 10 Gb)

•EnergyScaleTM technology

Overview

The Power 710 Express server is a high-performance, energy-efficient, reliable, and secure infrastructure and application server in a dense form factor. As a high- performance infrastructure or application server, the Power 710 Express contains

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