New I/O Features on Selected IBM Power Systems

IBM SAS-bay-based SSD options are enhanced with expanded configuration options for the 177 GB SSD, which provides 2.5 times more capacity per drive than the current 69 GB SSD for the POWER7 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 755, 770, and 780, and for the POWER6 520, 550, 560, 570, and 595.

The 177 GB drive provides an improved cost per gigabyte and requires a smaller number of SAS bays for the same number of gigabytes. A few SSDs may reduce the need for many HDDs, saving rack space, I/O drawers, maintenance, and energy. SSDs can often do so while improving system performance and batch windows at the same time. Four feature codes are used for this drive to indicate if it is used for AIX/Linux or IBM i and to indicate what type of SFF SAS bay in which it is placed (#1775, #1787, #1793, and #1794). Two features are Gen2 carrier for use on the EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer (#5887). Note feature 1775 and feature 1787 were previously announced on POWER7 795.

Trial Live Partition Mobility (#ELPM)
The following Trial PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (#ELPM) feature is announcing on the Power 750 (8233-E8B), which will enable clients to upgrade from PowerVM Standard Edition to PowerVM Enterprise Edition at no charge for 60 days. The Live Partition Mobility feature, available only with PowerVM Enterprise Edition, allows for the movement of a running partition from one Power System server to another with no application downtime, resulting in better system utilization, improved application availability, and energy savings.

Planned availability date

• July 22, 2011