TS7700 Server details
The TS7700 Server comprises a server and two drawers for I/O adapters.
The TS7700 Server controls virtualization processes such as host connectivity and device virtualization, and hierarchical storage management (HSM) functions such as storage, replication, and organization of data across physical media and libraries.
The TS7700 Server (3957-VEC) offers the following features:
- Two 10-core 3.42 GHz POWER8 processor cards
- Processor card and memory configuration (using only 2x 16 GB DDR3 DIMMs):
- 32 GB total memory with 1 processor card and 20 cores
- An additional SAS controller with support for RAID 0,1,5,6 and 10
- 8 SFF 300 GB SAS internal drives using RAID 0
- 1-Gb or 10-Gb Ethernet
- Four USB ports:
- Two USB 3.0 ports for general use
- Two USB 2.0 ports for the FSP service processor
- One system (serial) port with RJ45 connector
- Two Hardware Management Console (HMC) ports
- Extended Error Handling (EEH) and hot plug support on PCI expansion slots
- Two six-drive SAS bays
- One slim line DVD RAM drive
- Six additional hot-pluggable PCIe cartridge styler slots (used to house FICON® adapters for host attachment, Fibre Channel adapters for cache drawer
attachment, Fibre Channel adapters for tape communication, and Ethernet adapters for grid communication).
- PCIe standard achievable using Kleber riser adapters
- PCI-X standard achievable using Oroville riser adapters
- Always redundant AC power
- Always redundant cooling
- Concurrent maintenance of:
- PCIe or PCI-X adapters
- Two power supplies
- Two fans
Figure 1 and Figure 2 depict the TS7700 Server System Unit.
Figure 1. TS7700 Server (3957-VEC) System Unit (front
view)
Figure 2. TS7700 Server (3957-VEC) System Unit (rear
view)
Figure 3 depicts the TS7700 Server Expansion Unit I/O
drawer.Figure 3. TS7700 Server Expansion
Unit I/O drawer (rear view)