• Up to 4-core scalability with unique Quad-Core Module (QCM) technology
• Choose from thousands of AIX 5L and Linux ® operating system (OS) applications
• Easy to buy, install and manage with a three-year warranty

The System p5 510 and 510Q Express servers provide availability, flexibility and security features designed for reliable application serving in compact 2U package. Fuelled by IBM’s most advanced POWER5 64-bit processor with simultaneous multi-threading¹, these 19-inch rack-mount servers deliver up to 4-core scalability and outstanding price/performance.

The System p5 510 Express platform is a 1- or 2-core database server with a 1.90GHz POWER5+ dual-core module. It can function as an entry-level application server for businesses of all sizes. The performance, reliability and affordability features of the p5-510 Express can make it a strategic platform for e-commerce application serving and compute-intensive business applications.

Common Features

• 19-inch rack-mount packaging
• 2U form factor for space constrained environments
• 1 or 2-core symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) design
• 64-bit POWER5+ technology
• Mainframe-inspired reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features
• Dynamic logical partitioning (LPAR) support
• Advanced POWER Virtualization (options)
  • Micro-Partitioning (up to 20 micro-partitions
  • Shared processor pool
  • Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) with Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM)
  • Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L only)
• High availability cluster multiprocessing (HACMP) for AIX 5L software support for near continuous operation
• Supported by AIX 5L (V5.2 and V5.3) and Linux distributions from Red Hat (RHEL AS 4) and SUSE LINUX (SLES 9) OS

Hardware Summary

• 2U 19-inch rack-mount packaging
• One or two 64-bit 1.90GHz POWER5+ processors
• 1.9MB Level 2 (L2) and 36MB Level 3 (L3) cache
• 1GB to 32GB of 528MHz DDR2 SDRAM
• Three PCI-X adapter slots (1 – 133MHz; 2 – 266MHz (DDR))
• our hot-swappable SCSI disk bays for up to 1.2TB of internal storage
• Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (external SCSI port; optional RAID daughter card)
• Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps controller
• Optional 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel, ten Gigabit Ethernet and 4x InfiniBand adapters
• Two USB, two hardware management console (HMC), two system ports
• One slimline media bay for optical device