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Currently Playing: An IBM POWER8 from 2014

Checking out a monster IBM POWER8 S822 enterprise server from 2014. This thing is absolutely packed with RAM, processors, and IBM entitlements. Check me out on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/clabretro Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio #netro #retrotech #retrocomputer #networking #homelab #linksys 3D Printing Gear Creality K2 Combo: https://amzn.to/4q4oOHQ Hatchbox PLA: https://amzn.to/3Ujaijt Serial to USB converter: https://amzn.to/4mAXDlJ Rack stuff StarTech Universal Rack Rails: https://amzn.to/404JV1Q StarTech 42U Rack: https://amzn.to/482c3oh StarTech 25U Rack: https://amzn.to/3mEB7hS Tripp Lite SMART1500LCD UPS: https://amzn.to/3KZW3Jw 1U 24 Port Patch Panel: https://amzn.to/3Nm0bFa 1U Brush Panel: https://amzn.to/3mExAA3 1U Rack Shelf: https://amzn.to/3oaDclT Video gear Camera: https://amzn.to/4al3xjA Mics: https://amzn.to/4dCUuO2 Magewell Capture Device: https://amzn.to/4gxNeqz Note: The above are Amazon affiliate links. It doesn't cost you extra, but I'll receive a commission which will help keep the content coming. I only link to things I've personally ordered. 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:43 IBM Licensing 00:07:18 Hardware Management Consoles 00:09:39 Integrated Virtualization Manager 00:12:43 POWER8 S822 Hardware Overview 00:20:11 Booting up the POWER8 00:23:11 Trying to Access the ASMI 00:24:10 Factory Reset 00:26:51 Looking at Entitlements 00:31:38 Getting VIOS Installed 00:50:04 Setting up IVM 00:57:45 New HMC 01:01:28 Creating a Linux LPAR 01:09:23 What it Cost New 01:13:07 Next Steps