IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware Announcement

ZG10-0214, dated August 17, 2010

IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG10-0214
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IBM Power 710 and 730 Express servers offer IBMPOWER7 technology in 2U rack-mount configuration

Table of contents

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