Power 10 9105-42A EPGM IBM S1024 12-Core Processor System
IBM S1024 9105-42A-EPGM 12-Core Power10 Server Specifications Pricing
IBM S1024 9105-42A Power 10 Pricing Structure
The IBM 9105-42A EPGM 12-core system falls under the P20 pricing tier for IBM i subscription pricing. This tier typically has higher costs per core compared to lower tiers like P05 and P10.
Configuration Options
The 9105-42A EPGM 12-core processor has the following specifications:
- 3.4-4 GHz clock speed
- 312,500 CPW P20 performance rating
- 112.8 - 415.7 rPerf rating range
Power 10 Pricing Considerations
- Subscription vs. Perpetual Licensing: IBM offers both subscription and perpetual licensing options. Subscription pricing includes software license and support on an annual basis.
- Core Activation: Pricing may vary based on the number of activated cores. IBM offers per-core activation features:
- 5250 Enterprise Enablement: For P20 tier systems like the 9105-42A, there are additional charges for 5250 Enterprise Enablement (EE) processing, with options for partial or full activation.
- Memory Configuration: The system supports up to 8 TB of memory, which can affect the overall price.
- Storage Options: The server supports up to 16 NVMe U.2 drives, potentially impacting the final cost.
The IBM S1024 model 9105-42A EPGM 3.4-4 GHz Power10 Processor can have up to 12 Cores in a single socket configuration and provide 312,500 CPW or 24 cores in a two-socket configuration capable of delivering 585,100 CPW for IBM i workloads, and supports IBM AIX and Linux workloads.
The IBM Power10 S1024 model is a scale-out server that includes 16 DDR4 differential DIMM (DDIMM) slots per processor for a maximum of 8TB of memory and up to 409 GB/s transfer rates per socket, provides 8 NVMe SSD U.2 drive slots per socket for a maximum of 102.4 TB of internal flash storage.
The IBM S1024 model 9105-42A EPGM 3.1-4 GHz Power10 processor
provides 5 PCIe adapter slots per processor socket, of which four are PCIe Gen5 adapter slots and one is a PCIe Gen4 adapter slot of which all slots support LAN, Fiber Channel, SAS, USB, and cryptographic accelerator feature cards.
A single Power10 processor socket S1024 system can add an additional 10 PCIe adapter slots by adding an IBM EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer, and a two-processor socket Power10 system can support up to 30 PCIe adapters slots.
Other IBM S1024 model 9105-42A processor systems and specifications can be view on their specific product page:
Other IBM Power 10 Models by specificaton maximums:
- IBM S1014 9105-41B: 1 socket, 8 Cores, 1 TB Memory, 102.4 TB NVMe flash storage (16 bays), 4U
- IBM S1022 9105-22A: 2 socket, 40 Cores, 4 TB Memory, 51.2 TB NVMe flash storage (8 bays), 2U
- IBM S1022s 9105-22B: 2 socket, 16 Cores, 2 TB Memory, 51.2 TB NVMe flash storage (8 bays), 2U
- IBM S1024 9105-42A: 2 socket, 48 Cores, 8 TB Memory, 102.4 TB of NVMe flash storage (16 bays), 4U
- IBM E1050 9043-MRX: 4 socket, 96 Cores, 16 TB Memory, 64 TB of NVMe flash storage (10 bays), 4U
- IBM E1080 9080-HEX: 16 socket, 240 Cores, 34 TB Memory, 102.4 TB NVMe flash storage (16 bays), 6U
IBM Power10 S1024 Server Configuration Options
Up to two dual-chip Power10 processor modules per system server:
9105-42A EPGM 12-core 3.4-4 Ghz Processor: 312,500 CPW P20| 112.8 224.6 322.6 415.7 rPerf
9105-42A EPGC 16-core 3.1-4 Ghz Processor: 383,400 CPW P20
9105-42A EPGD 24-Core 2.75-3.9 GHz Processor: 500,500 CPW P20
9105-42A EPGM 24-Core 3.4-4 Ghz Processor: 585,100 CPW P20 | 220.1 438 629.1 810.6 rPerf
9105-42A EPGC 32-core 3.1-4 Ghz Processor: 725,000 CPW P20 | 286.9 567.6 787.9 1013.4 rPerf
9105-42A EPGD 48-Core 2.75-3.9 GHz Processor: 947,500 CPW P20 | 408.8 780.8 1039.4 1331.8 rPerf
Processor core activation features for Pools 2.0 available on a per-core basis:
IBM EUBX 1 core Base Processor Activation Pools 2.0 for EPGM
IBM EUCK 1 core Base Processor Activation Pools 2.0 for EPGC
IBM EUCS 1 core Base Processor Activation Pools 2.0 for EPGD
CUoD Static core activation features available on a per-core basis:
IBM EPFM One CUoD Static Processor Core Activation for EPGM
IBM EPFC One CUoD Static Processor Core Activation for EPGC
IBM EPFD One CUoD Static Processor Core Activation for EPGD
32 DDIMM slots for up to 8 TB of extremely high-performance, high-reliability, intelligent, and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices.
IBM EM6N 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDIMMs, 3200 MHz, 8 Gb DDR4 Memory
IBM EM6W 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDIMMs, 3200 MHz, 8 Gb DDR4 Memory
IBM EM6X 128 GB (2 x 64 GB) DDIMMs, 3200 MHz, 16 Gb DDR4 Memory
IBM EM6U 256 GB (2 x 128 GB) DDIMMs, 2933 MHz, 16 Gb DDR4 Memory
IBM EM78 512 GB (2 x 256 GB) DDIMMs, 2933 MHz, 16 Gb DDR4 Memory
Note: The IBM EM6U 256 GB (2 x 128 GB) DDIMMs and IBM EM78 512 GB (2 x 256 GB) DDIMMs will be made available on November 18th 2022, so the maximum memory capacity of an S1024 9105-42A server is 2 TB until this date.
Cache Memory:
L2 cache: 2 MB (private access of core)
L3 cache: 8 MB (accessible by all cores, 120 MB is maximum)
5 PCIe slots with single processor (all concurrently maintainable):
One PCIe x16 Gen4 or x8 Gen5, full-height, half-length slot
Three PCIe x8 Gen5, full-height, half-length slots (with x16 connector)
One PCIe x8 Gen4, full-height, half-length slot(with x16 connector)
10PCIe slots with two processors (all concurrently maintainable):
Four x16 Gen4 or x8 Gen5 full-height, half-length slots.
Four x8 Gen5 full-height, half-length slots (with x16 connectors).
Two x8 Gen4 full-height, half-length slots (with x16 connectors).
Integrated:
System management using an Enterprise Baseboard Management Controller (eBMC).
EnergyScale technology.
Redundant hot-swap cooling.
Redundant hot-swap AC power supplies.
Up to two HMCs with 1 GbE RJ45 ports.
One rear USB 3.0 port.
One front USB 3.0 port.
One internal USB 3.0 Port for RDX.
Nineteen-inch rack-mounting hardware (4U).
Other Key Features:
Capacity Upgrade on Demand (CUoD) activation core features
IBM Private Cloud with Dynamic Capacity for Enterprise Pools 2.0 activation core features
In-core AI inferencing and machine learning with Matrix Math Accelerator (MMA) feature.
Transparent Memory Encryption with no additional management setup and no performance impact
Active Memory Mirroring (AMM) for Hypervisor available as an option to enhance resilience by mirroring critical memory used by the IBM PowerVM® hypervisor
Optional internal RDX drive
2+2 redundant hot-plug AC Titanium power supplies in each enclosure
PowerVM-integrated virtualization with minimum processing overhead
Capacity Upgrade on Demand (CUoD) processor activation entitlement
IBM Private Cloud with Dynamic Capacity for Enterprise Pools 2.0 processor activation entitlement
Optional PCIe I/O expansion drawer with PCIe slots
Up to two drawers (EMX0).
Each I/O drawer holds one or two six-slot PCIe fanout modules (EMXH).
Each fanout module attaches to the system node through a PCIe optical or copper cable adapter (EJ2A).
IBM S1024 9105-42A NVMe Flash Storage options for IBM i
IBM 594A PCIe4 1.6 TB NVMe Flash Adapter x8 02DE956 EC7K for IBM i
IBM 594B PCIe4 3.2 TB NVMe Flash Adapter x8 02DE960 EC7M for IBM i
IBM 594C PCIe4 6.4 TB NVMe Flash Adapter x8 02DE964 EC7P for IBM i
IBM 58FC PCIe3 x8 1.6 TB NVMe Flash Adapter 01DH570 EC6V for IBM i
IBM 58FD PCIe3 x8 3.2 TB NVMe Flash Adapter 01LK431 EC6X for IBM i
IBM 58FE PCIe3 x8 6.4 TB NVMe Flash Adapter 01LK435 EC6Z for IBM i
IBM S1024 9105-42A Enterprise Class SSD loptions for IBM i
IBM 59BA PCIe4 6.4 TB Enterprise SSD NVMe U.2 module 01LU969 EC5W for IBM i
IBM 5B53 PCIe4 800 GB Enterprise SSD NVMe U.2 module 02YC724 02YC738 ES3A EKF2 for IBM i
IBM 59B8 PCIe4 1.6 TB Enterprise SSD NVMe U.2 module 01LU967 ES1F for IBM i
IBM 59B9 PCIe4 3.2 TB Enterprise SSD NVMe U.2 module 01LU968 ES1H for IBM i
IBM 5947 PCIe4 800GB Enterprise SSD NVMe U.2 module 01LU973 ES1K for IBM i
IBM 5B52 PCIe4 1.6 TB Enterprise SSD NVMe U.2 module 02YC725 02YC739 ES3C for IBM i
IBM 5B51 PCIe4 3.2 TB Enterprise SSD NVMe U.2 module 02YC726 02YC740 ES3E for IBM i
IBM 5B50 PCIe4 6.4 TB Enterprise SSD NVMe U.2 module 02YC727 02YC741 ES3G EKF7 for IBM i
IBM S1024 9105-42A Mainstream SSD options for IBM i
IBM 5B29 PCIe3 931GB Mainstream SAS 4k SFF-2 SSD 00LY553 01LU802 01LU898 02YC591 02YC642 02YC701 ESJ1 for IBM i
IBM S1024 9105-42A NVMe Flash Storage options for AIX and Linux
IBM 594A PCIe4 1.6 TB NVMe Flash Adapter x8 02DE956 EC7B for AIX Linux
IBM 594B PCIe4 3.2 TB NVMe Flash Adapter x8 02DE960 EC7D for AIX Linux
IBM 594C PCIe4 6.4 TB NVMe Flash Adapter x8 02DE964 EC7F for AIX Linux
IBM 58FC PCIe3 x8 1.6 TB NVMe Flash Adapter 01DH570 EC5A EC5B for AIX Linux
IBM 58FD PCIe3 x8 3.2 TB NVMe Flash Adapter 01LK431 EC5D for AIX Linux
IBM 58FE PCIe3 x8 6.4 TB NVMe Flash Adapter 01LK435 EC5F for AIX Linux
IBM S1024 9105-42A Enterprise Class SSD options for AIX and Linux
IBM 5B52 PCIe4 1.6 TB Enterprise SSD NVMe U.2 module 02YC725 02YC739 ES3B for AIX Linux
IBM 59BA PCIe4 6.4 TB Enterprise SSD NVMe U.2 module 01LU969 EC5V for AIX Linux
IBM S1024 9105-42A Mainstream SSD options for AIX and Linux
IBM 59B7 PCIe3 800 GB Mainstream SSD NVMe U.2 module 02YC615 EC7T EC5X for AIX Linux
IBM 5B29 PCIe3 931GB Mainstream SAS 4k SFF-2 SSD 00LY553 01LU802 01LU898 02YC591 02YC642 02YC701 ESJ0 ESJ1 for AIX/Linux
IBM S1024 9105-42A System Requirements:
i OS400 IBM V7R5 or later
i OS400 IBM V7R4 TR6 or later
i OS400 IBM V7R3 TR12 or later
IBM AIX Version 7.3 with the 7300-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 7300-00-02-2220, or later
IBM AIX Version 7.2 with the 7200-05 Technology Level and Service Pack 7200-05-04-2220, or later
IBM AIX Version 7.2 with the 7200-04 Technology Level and Service Pack 7200-04-06-2220, or later
If AIX operating system is used on LPAR with Virtual I/O only, use the below AIX requirements:
AIX Version 7.3 with the 7300-00 Technology Level and service pack 7300-00-01-2148, or later
AIX Version 7.2 with the 7200-05 Technology Level and service pack 7200-05-01-2038, or later
AIX Version 7.2 with the 7200-04 Technology Level and Service Pack 7200-04-02-2016, or later
AIX Version 7.1 with the 7100-05 Technology Level and Service Pack 7100-05-06-2016, or later
IBM Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 9.0, for Power LE, or later
IBM Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4, for Power LE, or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 3, or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 3, or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 for Power LE, or later
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9, or later
VIOS 3.1.3.21
IBM S1024 9105-42A Physical specifications
Width: 18.97 inches
Depth: 28 inches
Height: 6.8 inches
Weight: 96 lbs
Note: The width is measured to the outside edges of the rack-mount bezels. The width is 17.6 inches for the main chassis, which fits between a 19 inch rack's mounting flanges. The cable management arm with the maximum cable bundle adds 9.8 inches to the depth. The IBM S1024 9105-42A can be installed in non-IBM industry-standard racks.
