Specifications

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4.5.1 Processor options for Power Systems compute nodes
Table 4-1 defines the processor options for the Power Systems compute nodes.
Table 4-1 Processor options
4.5.2 Unconfiguring
You can order p260 or p460 with Feature Code #2319, which reduces the
number of active processor cores in the compute node to reduce software
licensing costs.
Feature Code #2319 is listed in Table 4-2.
Table 4-2 Reconfiguration of cores
Feature
code
Cores per
POWER7
processor
Number of
POWER7
processors
Total
cores
Core
frequency
L3 cache size per
POWE7 processor
IBM Flex System p260 Compute Node
EPR1 4 2 8 3.3 GHz 16 MB
EPR3 8 2 16 3.2 GHz 32 MB
EPR5 8 2 16 3.55 GHz 32 MB
IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node
EPR2 4 4 16 3.3 GHz 16 MB
EPR4 8 4 32 3.2 GHz 32 MB
EPR6 8 4 32 3.55 GHz 32 MB
IBM Flex System p24L Compute Node
EPR8 8 2 16 3.2 GHz 32 MB
EPR9 8 2 16 3.55 GHz 32 MB
EPR7 6 2 12 3.7 GHz 24 MB
Feature
code
Description Minimum Maximum
2319 Factory Deconfiguration of one core 0 1 less than the total number of cores
(for example, for EPR5, the maximum
is 7)