Product Spotlight: IBM Power 560 Express 8234-EMA

IBM Power 560 Express 8234-EMA
(The 8234-EMA, if purchased from Maximum Midrange, includes a Lifetime Warranty on parts. Please contact us for full details.)

What is it?

The IBM Power 560 Express 8234-EMA is a server with mainframe-like expandability and reliability. It works great as a database server, application server or for consolidation.

Too good to be true?

Every once in a while a deal comes up that sounds too good to be true.  Our inventory on the IBM 8234-EMA servers is just that deal.  Tech specs and machine information are below, but here is the point that the Maximum Midrange team wants to get across on this one:
The Price.
The units that we have in stock (configured below) are new, factory sealed, never used.  MSRP on these machines was in excess of $180,000.  We have been providing these to our clients at over 90% off from list price.
As an IT manager you can create additional savings on your end with a purchase of one or several of these machines:

Server consolidation.  You can take out several older p5 machines and consolidate to one server – saving power consumption, rack space and maintenance costs.

Potentially eliminate maintenance costs.  Virtually every feature on these machines is easily removed and installed.  By having a spare machine on site, you can hot swap disk drives, power supplies, quickly remove and install PCI cards.

Why do I need one?

Other than the price mentioned above, this is one of our favorite servers because it is rock-solid, easy to configure, easy to expand and upgrade hardware is readily available. You can start small (and inexpensive) and build out with memory, drives, expansion units and CPUs as needed.
Even though it reached its end of life at IBM a couple years ago, it can still be powerful enough to replace multiple servers. That means less time and upkeep in your IT department (or for you as a Small Business Owner).
When it first arrived on the scene it was touted as having the fastest processor in the world and things have not changed dramatically in that area, so it is still plenty fast.

Configuration of in stock 8234-EMA:

IBM Code
Type
QTY
8234-EMA
Server 1:8234 Model EMA
1
265
AIX Partition Specify
4
1715
System Bezel
2
1845
Operator Panel
1
1915
Activation of 8 GB DDR2 System Memory
8
1921
0/8GB DDR2 Memory (4X2GB) DIMMS-667 MHz
8
2146
Primary OS – AIX
1
3647
146GB 15K RPM SAS Disk Drive
4
3660
Processor Fabric Cable, 2 enclosure
1
4650
Rack Indicator- Not Factory Integrated
1
5000
Software Preload Required
1
5617
Proccessor Power Regulator
6
5628
Sys AC Power Supply, 1600 W
4
5629
Media Enclosure and Backplane
1
5636
Integrated, 2 Port- 1Gb Virtual Ethernet, I/O ports
1
5639
Integrated, 4 Port- 1Gb Virtual Ethernet, I/O ports
1
5648
Service Interface Card
2
5657
Serv Interface Cable- 2 Enclosure
1
5666
I/O Backplane
2
5667
System Midplane
2
5668
SAS Disk Backplane -6 slot
2
5675
0/4 Core Processor Enclosure and Backplane
2
5683
System Chassis – 4 EIA
2
5699
System Ship Group
1
5706
IBM 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI-X Adapter
4
5757
IBM 4.7 GB IDE Slimline DVD-RAM Drive
1
5767
2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI Express Adapter
2
5774
4 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre Channel Adapter
6
6006
Power Control Cable (SPCN) – 3 meter
1
6671
Power Cord 2.7M (9-foot), Drawer to IBM PDU,  250V/10A
4
7164
IBM/OEM Rack-mount Drawer Rail Kit- Adjustable Depth
2
7537
3.6 GHz Proc Card, 0/4 Core POWER6 12 DDR2 Mem Slots
4
7722
One Processor Activation for Processor Feature #7537- N/C
8
7723
One Processor Activation for Processor Feature #7537
8
7870
Power Distribution Backplane
2
7942
PowerVM -Standard Edition
16
9300
Language Group Specify – US English
1

 Primary Features for all 8234-EMA: 

IBM POWER6 3.6 GHz procs

4-, 8-, and 16-core configs

Up to 384 GB of DDR2 RAM

Memory frequencies up to 667 MHz

Up to six SAS DASD drives per CEC enclosure (12 maximum)

Modular 19inch rack mount design with one or two CEC enclosures

Seven I/O expansion slots per enclosure (14 maximum)

Dynamic logical partitions (up to 160 per system (optional)

Integrated Virtual Ethernet ports ( select from 1 Gb and 10 Gb options)

Can be ordered with the AIX, IBM i, or Linux operating systems (or all three at once as it supports multiple OS)