IBM Power 9 (E980)
Description
IBM Power System E980 – Designed to support
the most mission-critical applications
The most powerful, reliable, secure and scalable POWER9 server
The IBM Power® System E980 is the ideal foundation for a world-class private or hybrid cloud
infrastructure, able to power the large-scale, mission-critical applications you need to transform
data into a competitive advantage. Each Power E980 comes tailored to your unique requirements
and ready to deploy—with enterprise-class security and efficient, built-in IBM PowerVM™
virtualization.
Massive throughput, performance and scalability in a modular high-end system with up to 192
POWER9 cores, up to 64TB memory, and the fastest POWER9 processors in the Power Systems
portfolio. The E980 improves I/O throughput PCIe Gen4 (2x the bandwidth of PCIe Gen3), and it
embeds analytics and algorithms on the chip to help the Power E980 run at an always-optimized
dynamic frequency.
The modular design of the IBM POWER® architecture in the Power E980 lets you grow capacity by
activating additional processors and memory—permanently using CUoD, or temporarily using
Elastic CoD. So you can deploy a single Power Systems node to take advantage of these processor
and I/O performance improvements now, then expand seamlessly as loads dictate.
Enable large-scale consolidation of older, under-utilized servers onto an ultra-efficient POWER9
high-end system with unprecedented levels of utilization and resource sharing to concurrently
support AIX, IBM i and/or Linux applications.
Built with innovation that puts data to work, IBM Power Systems™ provides the foundation for
organizations to bring insight to the point of impact quickly.
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IBM Power System E980 at a glance |
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System configurations |
Model 9080-M9S |
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Configuration options |
One System Node |
System maximum |
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Microprocessors |
4 x POWER9 processors 8,10,11 or 12 cores each |
16 x POWER9 processors 8, 10, 11 or 12 cores each |
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Threads per core |
Eight |
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Cores |
32, 40, 44 or 48 |
128, 160, 176 or 192 |
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Level 2 (L2) cache per core |
512 K |
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Level 3 (L3) cache per processor |
Up to 120MB shared L3 cache (10MB/core) |
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Level 4 (L4) cache per processor |
128 GB off-chip eDRAM L4 |
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Memory bandwidth per processor |
230 GB/s |
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Enterprise Memory |
32 DIMM slots Up to 16 TB buffered DDR4 CDIMMs |
128 DIMM slots Up to 64 TB buffered DDR4 CDIMMs |
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USB Ports |
2 x USB 3.0 per Node 1 x USB 3.0 in System Control Unit |
5 x USB 3.0 in System Nodes 1-2 1 x USB 3.0 in System Control Unit |
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Internal storage |
4 slots for non-volatile memory express (NVMe U.2) |
16 slots for non-volatile memory express (NVMe U.2) |
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DVD |
External DVDs (Optional) may be attached via USB |
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Integrated PCIe adapter slots |
8 PCIe x16 Gen4 |
32 PCIe x16 Gen4 |
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PCIe I/O Expansion Drawers |
Up to 4 (12 PCIe adapter slots each) |
Up to 16 (12 PCIe adapter slots each) |
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System Control Unit |
1 |
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Flexible Service Processors |
2 |
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HMC ports |
2 |
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POWER Hypervisor™ |
PowerVM Enterprise integrated |
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Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features |
First Failure Data Capture Processor instruction retry L2 and L3 Cache ECC protection with cache line-delete Extended cache line delete Core contained checkstops Dynamic processor deallocation Chipkill protection for x8 and x4 DIMMs, with DRAM sparing Processor fabric bus retry with data lane sparing Dynamic deallocation of SMP cable and ½ bandwidth mode Guided FSP & SMP cable installation Redundant phase and spare phase for voltage regulator modules (VRMs) supplying processors and DIMMS Redundant service processors with automatic failover and concurrent repair Redundant system clocks with dynamic failover Redundant and spare voltage regulator modules Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and cooling fans Concurrent add/repair of I/O drawers Extended error handling on PCIe slots Hot-plug/blind-swap PCIe adapter slots Concurrent repair of Op-Panel Selective dynamic firmware updates Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor
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Operating systems |
AIX, IBM i and Linux for Power |
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Power requirements |
Operating voltage: 200 to 240V AC |
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System dimensions |
Width Depth Height EIA units System Control Unit 445.6 mm (17.54 in.) 779.7 mm (30.7 in.) 86 mm (3.39 in.) 2 EIA units (2U) System Node 445.5 mm (17.54 in.) 867 mm (34.13 in.) 218 mm (8.58 in.) 5 EIA units (5U) PCIe Expansion Drawer 447.3 mm (17.54 in.) 737 mm (30.7 in.) 173 mm (6.8 in.) 4 EIA units (4U) |
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Warranty |
1 year, 24x7 same day response; onsite (varies by country) Warranty Service Upgrade and additional Maintenance Services options are available. |
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