IBM 74Y2720 server / storage / networking hardware Server Hardware / Parts

The IBM 74Y2720 is a BladeCenter PS701/PS702 base system planar, machine type 8406-71Y, carrying the primary 8-core 64-bit POWER7 processor socket, boot logic and management interface for the blade. Fitted alone it forms the single-wide PS701 Express blade; paired with a 74Y2726-style expansion planar across the BladeCenter midplane it forms the double-wide, sixteen-core PS702 Express. Both configurations run at 3.0GHz per core with AltiVec SIMD and hardware decimal floating-point support, and slot into BladeCenter S, H or HT chassis for AIX, IBM i and Linux workloads. Genuine base planars of this type remain a routine requirement for restoring a blade after a system-board fault or for rebuilding a PS701/PS702 pair from working spares. Specifiers should confirm the intended single-wide or double-wide configuration and firmware level before ordering. Tech-Star (UK-based, shipped worldwide) supplies the 74Y2720 for engineers maintaining BladeCenter Power blade fleets.