Specifications

114 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide
The IBM POWER7 chip provides significant improvement in power and
performance over the IBM POWER6 chip. POWER7 has more internal
hardware, and power and thermal management functions to interact with:
򐂰 More hardware: Eight cores versus two cores, four threads versus two
threads per core, and an asynchronous processor core chipset
򐂰 Advanced idle power management functions
򐂰 Advanced dynamic power management (DPM) functions in all hardware
(processor cores, processor core chip, chip-level nest unit level, and
chip level)
򐂰 Advanced actuators and control
򐂰 Advanced accelerators
The new EnergyScale device has a more powerful microcontroller, more
analog/digital (A/D) channels, and more buses to handle increased workload, link
traffic, and new power and thermal functions.
4.13 Operating system support
The p260 and the p460 are designed to run AIX, VIOS, IBM i, and Linux. The
p24L is designed to run Linux only.
A summary of the supported operating systems is in 5.1.2, “Software planning”
on page 119.
4.14 Warranty and maintenance agreements
The Power Systems compute nodes have a three year limited on-site warranty.
Upgrades to the base warranty are available. An upgraded warranty provides a
faster response time for repairs, on-site repairs for most work, and after-hours
and weekend repairs.
Details about warranty options and our terms and conditions are at the
following website:
http://www.ibm.com/support/warranties/