Processor module features- IBM Power E1050

This section describes all processor-related Feature Codes for the Power10 processor-based Enterprise Midrange Power E1050 server.

The Power E1050 supports 24 – 96 processor cores. A minimum of two and a maximum of four processor modules are required for each system. The modules can be added to a system later through a Miscellaneous Equipment Specification (MES) order, but they require scheduled downtime to install. All processor modules in one server must be at the same gigahertz frequency (that is, they must be the same processor module feature number).

Table 3-1 lists the processor card Feature Codes that are available at initial order for Power E1050 servers: the related module type, the number of function cores, the typical frequency range in maximum performance mode (MPM), and the socket options.

Table 3-1 Processor card features

a. Healthcare solution Edition (North America (NA) only)

Note: IBM intends to support SAP HANA on the Power E1050 after initial general availability (GA). SAP HANA on Power E1050 will be certified with four sockets (4S), 24 cores, and 16 TB of memory. All processor core options, including 12-core and 18-core, also will be offered after certification.

Permanent Capacity on Demand processor core activations

Permanent Capacity on Demand (CoD) processor core activations are required for the first processor module in the configuration and are optional for the second and fourth modules. Specifically:

Ê Two, three, or four 12-core typical 3.35 – 4.0 GHz (max) processor modules (#EPEU) require 12 processor core activations (#EPUR) at a minimum.

Ê Two, three, or four 18-core typical 3.20 – 4.0 GHz (max) processor modules (#EPEV) require 18 processor core activations (#EPUS) at a minimum.

Ê Two, three, or four 24-core, typical 2.95 – 3.90 GHz (max) processor modules (#EPGW) require 24 processor core activations (#EPYT) at a minimum.

For Linux, the following activation features are available:

Ê One-core Processor Activation for #EPEU Linux only (#EPUN)

Ê One-core Processor Activation for #EPEV Linux only (#EPUP)

Ê One-core Processor Activation for #EPEW Linux only (#EPUM)

For the Healthcare solution edition, the Processor Activation (24) for Healthcare Solution #EHC8 (#EHCA) activation feature is available.

Temporary CoD capabilities
Temporary CoD is used for processor cores that are not permanently activated.

A Hardware Management Console (HMC) is required for Temporary CoD.

Cloud solution and dynamic capacity
The IBM Power Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity solution is an alternative to the static processor activation use model. It can be used to enable cloud agility and cost optimization with pay-for-use pricing Power E1050 server support.

Both Elastic and Shared Utility Capacity options are available on all Power E1050 servers through the Virtual Capacity (4586-COD) machine type and model (MTM). For more information, see the IBM Entitled Systems Support (IBM ESS) website.

With Elastic Capacity on Power E1050 servers, you can deploy pay-for-use consumption of processors by the day across a collection of Power E1050 and Power E950 servers.

Shared Utility Capacity on Power E1050 servers provides enhanced multisystem resource sharing and by-the-minute tracking and consumption of compute resources across a collection of systems within a Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 (PEP2). Shared Utility Capacity on Power E1050 servers has the flexibility to tailor initial system configurations with the right mix of purchased and pay-for-use consumption of processor.

Table 3-2 lists the Feature Codes for processor activation with PEP2.

Table 3-2 Base Processor activations in a PEP2

An initially ordered configuration based on static processor activations can be converted to the Shared Utility Capacity use model.

Table 3-3 provides a compilation of all processor-related Feature Codes for processor conversion for the Power E1050 servers.

Table 3-3 Base Processor activation conversion options in a PEP2

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