| Feature |
Benefits |
| POWER5+ microprocessor |
- Designed to provide excellent application performance and high reliability
- Includes simultaneous multithreading to help increase commercial system performance and processor utilization
|
| High memory
/ I/O bandwidth |
- Fast processors wait less for data to
be moved through the system
- Delivers data faster for the needs of
HPC and other memory-intensive applications
|
| Flexibility
in packaging |
- Modular, building block structure of p5-570 rack-mount system helps lower costs and ease expansion
|
| Shared processor
pool* |
- Provides the ability to transparently
share processing power between partitions
- Helps balance processing power and make
sure the high priority partitions get
the processor cycles they need
|
| Micro-Partitioning* |
- Allows each processor in the shared
processor pool to be split into as many
as 10 partitions
- Fine tune processing power to match
workloads
|
| Virtual I/O Server* |
- Helps save cost and ease systems administration
by sharing expensive resources
|
| Virtual LAN* |
- Helps speed internal communication between
partitions at memory speeds
|
| Dynamic logical
partitioning |
- Allows reallocation of system resources
without rebooting affected partitions
- Offers greater flexibility in using
available capacity and more rapidly matching
resources to changing business requirements
|
Mainframe-inspired
RAS
|
- Delivers exceptional system availability
using features usually found on much larger,
more expensive systems including service
processor, Chipkill memory, FFDC, dynamic
deallocation of selected system resources,
dynamic firmware update (1Q05), dual system
clocks and more
|
| Scale-out with CSM support* |
- Allows for more granular growth so end-user demands can be readily satisfied
- Provides centralized management of multiple interconnected systems
- Provides ability to handle unexpected workload peaks by sharing resources
|
| 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 applications
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
- Delivers integrated security features designed for system protection
- Extends application choices with Linux affinity
|
Linux operating
system
|
- Enables access 32- and 64-bit Open Source
Linux applications
- Provides a common operating environment
across IBM eServer platforms
|
| *
Indicates this feature is optional, is available
on selected models, or requires separate software. |
