AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM.
Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC (POWER) version 7 enables a unique performance advantage for AIX OS.
POWER7 features new capabilities using multiple cores and multiple CPU threads, creating a pool of virtual CPUs.
AIX 7 includes a new built-in clustering capability called Cluster Aware
AIX POWER7 systems include the Active Memory Expansion feature.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

AIX 5.x, 6.x and 7.x Facts and Features

Check the IBM Link :

POWER5:
SF means "Squadrons Firmware".

POWER6:
EH is Enterprise High-End
EM is Enterprise Mid-Range (formerly Intermediate-High)
EL is Enterprise Low-End

POWER7:
750 and 755 should be AL and 770/780 should be AM.
775, 790 and 795, or whatever comes out for the ultra high end would be AH.



http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/fe582a1e48331b5585256de50062ae1c/90aab55658365a5f86257178007322a3/$FILE/AIX%20Facts%20&%20Features.pdf

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