| Feature |
Benefit |
| Up to two 2.5 GHz PowerPC 970 microprocessors |
- Provides improved system and application performance and higher reliability for applications
|
| Up to 8GB memory |
- Allows economic exploitation of 64-bit addressing for memory intensive applications such as application serving
- Provides growth options for greater throughput
|
| ECC memory |
- Helps lower number of memory failures that cause system outages, thus increasing system availability
|
| Four PCI-X adapter slots |
- Support both 32- and 64-bit adapters at optimum flexibility
- Provide growth options for increased capacity
|
| Three disk bays |
- Ultra320 SCSI for fast access and data transfer
|
| Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller |
- Allows two connections to gigabit Ethernet networks
- Integrated for lower cost
|
| Mainframe-inspired RAS features |
- Delivers exceptional system availability using features usually found on larger, more expensive systems including service processor, processor and ambient temperature monitoring, PCI bus parity and ECC memory, system management alerts, and auto reboot on power loss and dynamic firmware updates
|
| Multiple operating system support |
- Allows clients the flexibility to select the right operating system and the right application to meet their needs
- Provides the ability to expand application choices to include many open source applications
|
| AIX 5L operating system* |
- Designed to deliver maximum throughput for mixed workloads without complex system configuration or tuning
- Incorporates reliability and security features needed for a dependable and safe computing environment
|
| Linux operating system* |
- Enables access 32- and 64-bit open source applications
- Provides a common operating environment across IBM server platforms
- Tuned for Linux and built on open standards
|
* Indicates this feature is optional, is available on selected models, or requires separate software.
