IBM P8 824 System Configuration (Type 8286-42A)
Processors and Memory
Processors: 1 or 2 3.89 GHz 8-core POWER6 processor cards
One or two 4.15 GHz 8-core POWER8 processor cards, or
Two 3.52 GHz 8-core POWER12 processor cards
Level 2 (L2)
Cache: 512 KB of L2 cache per core
Level 3 (L3)
Cache: 8 MB of L3 cache per core
Level 4 (L4)
Cache: 16 MB per DIMM
Memory / *** 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, 32 to 1 TB (1S), 32 to 2 TB (2S)
Dynamic Memory Sharing
Processor-to-memory bandwidth per slot is 192 GBps
Memory and I/O
Standard backplane: 12 for hard disk drives (HDD) / raw drives
Small Form Factor (SFF) brackets for solid-state drives (SSD).
Dual high-performance IOA backplanes: 18 for HDD/SSD SFF brackets
1.8-inch bay for SSDs
Media tray: one slim DVD drive
Standard integration of SAS RAID controllers supporting RAID 0, 5, 6, and 10.
Optional: 7200 MB? cache and
Easy Tier feature
Adapter slots: One PCIe x8 slot is included, which must include 4 ports and 1 GB Ethernet LAN for customer use
11 PCIe Gen3 slots for simultaneous maintenance: 4 x16, 7 PCIe Gen3 x8
Each processor module has two CAPI adapters
I/O bandwidth: 96 GBps per slot
Optional expansion functional components
2 PCIe Gen3 I/O drawers
Power, RAS, system software, physical characteristics, and warranty
Power supply: 100 V to 240 V
RAS functional components: Processor retry instructions
Backup processor recovery
Selective dynamic firmware updates