IBM Power 550 Express (8204-E8A) Sales Manual
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IBM United States Sales Manual Revised: December 13, 2016.
Product life cycle dates
| Type Model | Announced | Available | Marketing Withdrawn | Service Discontinued |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8204-E8A | 2008/01/29 | 2008/02/08 | 2011/05/27 |
Abstract
The IBM 8204 Power 550 Express deskside and 4U rack-mount server (8204-E8A) supports up to four POWER6 processor cards and 2-, 4-, 6-, and 8-core configurations. The POWER6 processors in this server are 64-bit, dual-core modules on a single processor card with 32 MB of L3 cache, and 8 MB of L2 cache, and eight DDR2 memory DIMM slots.
Model abstract 8204-E8A
The IBM 8204 Power 550 Express Server model E8A has a POWER6 processor, a clock rate of 3.5 GHz, 4.2 GHz, or 5.0 GHz, system memory of 1 GB/256 GB, internal storage of 2700 GB with 3.5-inch DASD or 1174.4 GB with 2.5-inch DASD and 5 slots, six 3.5-inch or eight 2.5-inch DASD bays, and two media bays.
Highlights
The Power 550 Express server offers four processor card slots that can contain 2-core IBM POWER6 processor cards running at 3.5, 4.2, or 5.0 GHz. The Power 550 Express features:
- Powerful POWER6 processors
- 2-, 4-, 6-, and 8-core configurations
- Deskside or rack-mount configuration
- Integrated 10/100/1000 dual-port Virtual Ethernet with optional 10/100/1000 quad-port or dual-port 10 Gb Virtual Ethernet
- EnergyScale(TM) technology
- Up to 256 GB of memory with four 4.2 or 5.0 GHz processors installed
- Five I/O slots
- Up to 1800 GB of internal disk storage
- One media bay for DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM
- One media bay for tape drive
Description
The Power 550 model 8204-E8A allows the following upgrades from 940x systems:
FROM TO
--------------------------------- -------------------
9406-550 4-core 2 x feature #8312 8204-E8A 4-core 2 x
feature #4966
9406-550 4-core 2 x feature #8958 8204-E8A 4-core 2 x
feature #4966
9409-M50 4-core 2 x feature #4966 8204-E8A 4-core 2 x
feature #4966
The POWER6 processors available in the Power 550 Express server operate at a frequency of 3.5, 4.2, or 5.0 GHz. The DDR2 DIMMs run at speeds up to 667 MHz. A full 8-core system can contain up to 256 GB of memory. The Power 550 Express server contains EnergyScale(TM) technology that provides features such as power trending, power-saving, capping of power, and thermal measurement. These features, enabled via IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for Power software allow the customer to measure the energy of the system and direct policies toward the energy- efficient operation of the server, while the underlying hardware automatically adjusts to deliver the desired operating solution.
Also available in this model is a choice of quad gigabit or dual 10 Gb integrated host Ethernet adapters. These native ports can be selected at the time of initial order. Virtualization of these integrated Ethernet adapters is supported. The Power 550 Express contains either six 3.5-inch SAS DASD bays, which can accommodate up to 2700 GB of disk storage, or eight 2.5-inch SAS DASD bays, which can accommodate up to 1174.4 GB of disk storage.
All DASD are direct dock and hot pluggable. A slim media bay is available for a DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM, and a half-high media bay is available for a tape drive.
Other integrated features include:
- Five expansion slots:
- Two PCIe x8 short-length slots
- One PCIe x8 full-length slot
- Two PCIX DDR full-length slots
- One GX+ slot shared with PCIe x8 slot 2
- One GX+/GX++ slot shared with PCIe x8 slot 1
- Service Processor FSP-1
- Integrated Dual-port 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet
- Optional Quad 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet
- Optional Dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- SAS/SATA controller
- EnergyScale(TM) technology
- Two system ports and three USB ports
- Two Hardware Management Console (HMC) ports and two SPCN ports
- AC power standard
- Redundant and hot-swap power (optional)
- Redundant and hot-swap cooling
Clients with a 9406 Model 650, 740, 825, 830, 840, or S40 that was installed prior to January 1, 2008 are eligible to receive one no-charge processor entitlement of IBM i with the purchase of a new 2-core, 4-core, 6-core or 8-core Power 550 (8204-E8A). Clients must provide a valid serial number for an installed Model to be eligible for this offer. Ordering will be available through the IBM configurator.
The purchase of Power 550 Solution editions are not eligible for this offer.
Other integrated features include:
