18 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction
1.5.2 PS701 system features
The BladeCenter PS701 is shown in Figure 1-11.
Figure 1-11 Top view of the PS701 blade server
The features of the server are as follows:
Machine type and model number
8406-71Y
Form factor
Single-wide (30 mm) blade
Processors:
– Single-socket 8-core 64-bit POWER7 processor operating at a 3.0 GHz clock speed
– Based on CMOS 12S 45 nm SOI (silicon-on-insulator) technology
– Power consumption is 150w/socket
– Single-wide (SW) Blade package
Memory
– 16 DIMM slots
– Minimum capacity 8 GB, maximum capacity 128 GB
– Industry standard VLP DDR3 DIMMs
Disk
– One disk drive bays supports one SAS HDD (hard disk drive).
POWER7
8-Core
processor
16 DIMM sockets
Disk drive bay
CIOv
connector
CFFh
connector
Connector for
expansion blade
(FC 8358)