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Summary
Useful information and links for the IBM Power System servers based on the Power10 processor
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News Flash July 2022
IBM Announces new Power10 servers: S1022, S1024, and E1050
Expects a major update to this page soon.
Here are some places for more information right now.
Redbooks:
- Scale-out S1022 & S1024 from IBM Redbooks
- Midrange E1050 from IBM Redbooks
- Top End E1080 from IBM Redbooks
Latest Power performance numbers:
- IBM Power Performance Report, POWER7 to Power10, 12 July 2022
- https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/K90RQOW8 (.pdf)
Announcements:
- Scale-out S1024 from IBM Announcements
- Scale-out S1022 from IBM Announcements
- Scale-out S1014 from IBM Announcements
- Scale-out S1022s from IBM Announcements
- Scale-out L1024 from IBM Announcements
- Scale-out L1022 from IBM Announcements
- Midrange E1050 from IBM Announcements
- Top End E1080 from IBM Announcements
These Power10 server range details by condensed Infographics are now available:

- YouTube video: https://youtu.be/z7vAPROx8RQ
- 31 minutes long and briefly covering each subsection.
- Article: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/power10-servers-infographics
Other Power10 videos from Nigel Griffiths:
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Power10 Enterprise E1050 - up to 96 CPU cores and 16 TB memory
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https://youtu.be/fH8lSRljRzU

- Power10 Scale-out E1024 with many pictures externals and internal and parts removed
- https://youtu.be/A6R-NHnojrw

- Power10 Scale-out E1024 with live hand-held video
- https://youtu.be/K61xm3k-X88
Briefly
The first Power10 processor-based server is called the Enterprise E 1080
The IBM Power E1080, the most powerful and scalable server in the IBM Power portfolio, provides the following underlying hardware components:
- Up to 240 Power10 technology-based processor cores
- Up to 64 TB memory
- Up to 32 Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Gen5 slots in system nodes
- Up to 16 internal NVMe storage devices
- Up to 192 PCIe Gen3 slots with expansion drawers
- Up to over 4,000 directly attached serial-attached SCSI (SAS) disks or solid-state drives (SSDs) by using Remote I/O Drawers
- Up to 1,000 virtual machines (VMs) per system
- System control unit 2U, providing redundant system master Flexible Service Processor (FSP)
- Delivers in up to four 5U Drawers to scale your server as workloads grow - all in a standard 19 inch rack
The Power E1080 supports:
- IBM AIX, IBM i, and Linux environments
- Capacity on demand (CoD) processor and memory options
- IBM Power System Private Cloud Solution with Dynamic Capacity
- IBM Cloud Management Console
- IBM Cloud Power Systems Virtual Server (PowerVS)
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One of the four possible Node Drawers per system.
Not shown is the System Control Unit.
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OMI Memory card offering higher memory speeds and complete memory encryption. | The Power10 processor including 18 billion devices (components). |
Detailed information

Power10 Infographics Power10 E1080 Infographic on AIXpert Blog including a downloadable version for you to use.
Videos from Nigel Griffiths:



IBM Announced the Enterprise E1080 in September 2021. Announcement in .PDF format:
Slimmed down Article:
IBM's web page on the E1080 Server model:

IBM Redbooks on the E1080 Server Model with all the technical specifications:

Power10 Performance Quick Start Guides .PDF

Power10 Performance best practices
Worth taking a look at the fancy graphics and reports on ibm.com/Power10
- www.ibm.com on Power10
- With the following extras:
- IDC Report
- Launch Event video
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Explore the E1080 in augmented reality
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The server reliability report
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The security paper
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Inside the Power10
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Explore PowerE1080
Power10 on Wikipedia:
Approved Oracle 19c on AIX 7.3 and Power10
More to come?
- There are more Power10 servers expected in 2022 from IBM.
- This page is updated regularly.
- Email the author, if you have other good sources of official information.
Additional Information
If you find errors or missing Power servers or models, then email me:
- Subject: Power10 Information
- Email: nag@uk.ibm.com
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