Home / Shop / IBM / Servers (IBM / Lenovo) / Power
- Description
- Specifications
The IBM Power S824 (machine type-model 8286-42A) is a 4U, one- or two-socket POWER8 rack server with 6 to 24 cores and up to 2 TB of DDR3 memory, supporting AIX, IBM i and Linux.
Where it fits: IBM i and AIX production systems and mixed-workload consolidation under PowerVM. Tell us the core count, memory and drive configuration you need and we confirm the build with your quote.
| Specifications | Power S824 |
| Machine type - model | 8286-42A |
| System package | 4U, 19 inch rack |
| of processor sockets | 1 or 2 |
| POWER8 Processor Options | 3.89 GHz - 6,12 cores (EPXE) |
| 4.15 GHz - 8, 16 cores (EPXF) | |
| 3.52 GHz - 24 cores (EPXZ) | |
| Max memory (1600 MHz DIMMs) | 1-socket 1 TB |
| 2-sockets 2 TB | |
| Memory Features | 16 GB 1600 MHz (EM8B) |
| 32 GB 1600 MHz (EM8Z) | |
| 64 GB 1600 MHz (EM8D) | |
| 128 GB 1600 MHz (EM8E) | |
| PCIe Gen3 slots | |
| Max PCIe slots: System node plus Gen3 PCIe I/O drawers | 1-socket 17 |
| 2-socket 31 | |
| System drive bays - standard backplane | 12 SFF-3 |
| System drive bays - split backplane | 6+6 SFF-3 |
| System drive bays with expanded function backplane | 18 SFF-3 plus |
| 8 1.8-inch SSD bays | |
| Max EXP24S storage drawers | 28 |
| Max total EXP24S disk/SSD | 672 |
| Max total system unit + EXP24S with 1.8TB drives | 1,245 TB |
| AIX rPerf Range | 120.8 - 421.9 |
| IBM i CPW Range | 72,000 - 230,500 |
| Capacity on Demand | N/A |
| Max partitions | 480 |
| IBM i level | 7.1, 7.2 |
| AIX level | 6.1, 7.1, 7.2 |
| Linux support | BE: RHEL 6.6,7.1 SLES 11 |
| LE: Ubuntu 14.04, SLES 12, RHEL 7.1 | |
| PowerKVM | N/A |
| PowerVM | Std |
| Systems Director Editions (w/ VMControl) | Optional |

