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Announcement ZG10-0214
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Plans for future memory upgrades should be taken into account when deciding which
memory feature size to use at the time of initial system order.
Figure 1. Memory features
Feature Minimum Maximum
Feature number quantity quantity
8 GB 1066 MHz 4526 0 4 (Power 710)
(2 x 4 GB RDIMMs) 8 (Power 730)
16 GB 1066 MHz 4527 0 4 (Power 710)
(2 x 8 GB RDIMMs) 8 (Power 730)
Drawer/Tower attachment:
• Feature number 5886 EXP12S SAS DASD Expansion Drawer
– Feature number 5268 supports one feature number 5886 drawer directly off
the system unit's SAS port.
– EXP12S drawers are attached to a PCI-X or PCIe SAS adapter via SAS cables.
– Not orderable on a 4-core Power 710 system (#8350).
– The system maximum is eight.
The following list shows I/O drawers that are supported or available on the 8231
machine type and the correct interface to use for each of the drawers.
Feature Order
number Description status Interface
5886 Exp 12S SAS Disk Drawer Available SAS
PCI card slots
The Power 710 and Power 730 contain four 8x, PCIe Low Profile slots.
• One GX++ slot is available on the Power 710. Two GX++ slots are available on
the Power 730. Feature 5266 can be installed in either GX++ slot.
Note: Optional GX++ Dual-port Attach adapter (#5266) is used in server clustering
configurations.
Graphics adapters
• A graphics adapter, keyboard, and mouse are not required in the minimum
configuration.
• The maximum number of graphics adapters supported in the Power 710 and
Power 730 CEC is four. Not supported under IBM i.
I/O adapters
• Host Ethernet Adapter features (#1832, #1833, and #1837) are not plugged into
a slot.
• Refer to Figure 2 for additional I/O adapter information.
Figure 2. I/O adapter features
Orderable Supported CEC Sys
feature feature Max Max
I/O adapter number number qty qty Size
PCIe LP RAID & SSD SAS A 2053 2 2 LP
PCIe LP POWER GXT145 Graphics Acc 5269 4 4 LP
PCIe LP 10Gb FCoE 2-port Adapter 5270 4 4 LP
PCIe LP 4-Port 10/100/1000 Base-T 5271 4 4 LP