Server Linux Hardware IBM Power9 9006-12P LC921
IBM Linux server hardware 9006-12P LC921 supports a maximum of 40-core processors in two processor sockets, including a POWER9 EKP6 16-core 2.2 GHz or EKP7 20-core 2.13 GHz processors, 1TB of DDR4 memory in 16 RDIMM main storage slots, up to 40 TB of HDD or 15.2 TB of SSD storage, four PCIe slots (including three CAPI 2.0), two redundant, hot swappable power supplies and many other features for a 1U 19-inch rack mount chassis. The IBM 9006-12P was built for heavy IO, compute intensive Linux server workloads, can scale up efficiently and with a price tag that is up to 30% less expensive than industry leading x86 Linux servers.
IBM POWER9 LC921 Server Linux models:
9006-12P EKP6 16-core 2.2 GHz
9006-12P EKP7 20-core 2.13 GHz
9006-12P EKP6 EKBB 32-core 2.2 GHz Two Socket
9006-12P EKP7 EKBB 40-core 2.13 GHz Two Socket
Linux server distribution requirements: IBM Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 7.5 little endian (LE) or later, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or later, Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS or later, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Go to the POWER9 LC921 processor product pages above for server specifications, configuration details and pricing information.