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

 

 

 

 

Feature

Minimum

Maximum

Feature

number

quantity

quantity

8 GB 1066 MHz

4526

0

4

(Power 710)

(2 x 4 GB RDIMMs)

 

 

8

(Power 730)

16 GB 1066 MHz

4527

0

4

(Power 710)

(2 x 8 GB RDIMMs)

 

 

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 PCI-X or PCIe SAS adapter via SAS cables.

Not orderable on a 4-core Power 710 system (#8350).

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.

Feature

 

 

Order

 

number

Description

 

status

Interface

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++ Dual-port Attach adapter (#5266) is used in server clustering configurations.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orderable

Supported

CEC Sys

 

 

feature

feature

Max Max

 

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 2-port Adapter

5270

 

4

4

LP

PCIe LP 4-Port 10/100/1000 Base-T

5271

 

4

4

LP

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