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8231-E2B is the machine type and model shared by two IBM POWER7 rack servers, the Power 710 and the Power 730. IBM's Redpaper REDP-4636 covers both: each is a 2U rack-mount system, 440 mm wide, 706 mm deep and 89 mm high, weighing 5.7 kg.
The Power 710 has one processor socket with 4-core 3.0 GHz, 6-core 3.7 GHz or 8-core 3.55 GHz POWER7 modules (features #8350, #8349 and #8359). It has up to eight DDR3 DIMM slots, four in the base unit and four on an optional riser, for a maximum of 64 GB.
The Power 730 has two sockets that must hold identical modules, giving 8, 12 or 16 cores; it adds feature #8348, the 4-core 3.7 GHz module. It has up to 16 DDR3 DIMM slots, four in the base unit plus up to three riser cards of four slots each, for a maximum of 128 GB. Both models carry 4 MB of L3 and 256 KB of L2 cache per core.
Storage is set by one of three backplanes: three SFF SAS drives plus a SATA DVD and a half-high tape drive; six SFF drives plus DVD; or six SFF drives, DVD, Dual Write Cache RAID and an external SAS port. Drives are hot-swap and front accessible. Each model has four PCIe low-profile slots and a choice of quad Gigabit or dual 10 Gb Integrated Virtual Ethernet ports, chosen at initial order.
Fit check: the model label 8231-E2B, then the socket count to tell a 710 from a 730. The installed core count must equal the activation codes ordered. More POWER7 parts are on the IBM POWER7 server parts hub; other IBM Power system pages include 8202-E4C and 8205-E6D.
| 8231-E2B Specs | |
| Machine type-model | 8231-E2B |
| Models | IBM Power 710, IBM Power 730 |
| Form factor | 2U rack |
| Sockets | 1 (710), 2 (730) |
| Processor features | #8350, #8349, #8359; #8348 (730) |
| Cache | 4 MB L3 and 256 KB L2 per core |
| Memory | DDR3, up to 64 GB (710) or 128 GB (730) |
| DIMM slots | 8 (710), 16 (730) |
| Drive bays | 3 or 6 SFF SAS, hot-swap |
| PCIe slots | 4 low-profile |
| Integrated Ethernet | quad 1Gb or dual 10Gb IVE |
| Size | 440 x 706 x 89 mm, 5.7 kg |