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{{Infobox Hardware
| title = Power Systems 8203
| image = PS_8203.jpg
| intro = August 1, 1997
| discon = August 2, 2002
| isa = [[POWER6]]
| bus = [[PCI]], [[PCIe]]
| minos = [[IBM i5/OS V5R4]]
| maxos = [[IBM i 7.1]]
}}

The '''Power Systems 8203''' model E4A, also confusingly known as the '''Power 520''', is the first [[Midrange Eras#Post-Merge|post-merge]] Power System server. It is capable of running i5/OS, AIX, and Linux simultaneously.

== Software Compatibility ==
The Power Systems 8203 is the final system in which an operating system can be installed bare-metal. However, it is strongly preferred that [[Logical Partitions]] and a [[Hardware Management Controller]] are used.

If using a Hardware Management Controller, HMC versions x.x.x.x through x.x.x.x must be used.

== Hardware ==
The Power Systems 8203 came with x GB of [[Main Storage]] in its base configuration, and could support a maximum of x TB. It can support a maximum of X TB of disk storage across 6 DASD (unprotected), with support for a RAID controller. It can also support more DASD when connected to an [[Expansion cabinet]]. The 8203 is the first system to support SAS disks, although it can still use older SCSI disks when placed in an expansion cabinet.

A tape drive was not usually optioned with an 8203, but when one was ordered it was usually an [[LTO]] drive.

This is the final machine that can directly drive a [[twinaxial]] workstation using the 8-port workstation adapter (FC xxxx). However, the twinaxial workstation adapter cannot be used as the system console, a [[LAN console]] must be used.

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