Powerful yet cost effective 2 to 8-way rack-mount mid-range SMP server with leading-edge on demand capabilities, enhanced flexibility, scalability and mission-critical functionality.

Common Features:

• Advanced reliability features like Chipkill memory, First Failure Data Capture and Dynamic Processor Deallocation
• Designed for mission-critical commercial or technical environments
• Advanced symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) up to 32-way
• Copper and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip
• Service processor, hot-plug PCI and PCI-X slots, hot-plug redundant power supplies and cooling fans, and Dynamic Processor Deallocation
• Up to 32 dynamic AIX 5L logical partitions offering greater flexibility in using available capacity
• On demand capabilities including processor on demand, memory on demand, Capacity BackUp, and On/Off Capacity on Demand
• System-p5 (pseries) High Performance Switch for high-bandwidth, low latency cluster interconnect
• AIX 5L and Linux support
• Cluster 1600 support with Cluster Systems Management for AIX 5L

Features Benefits POWER4+ microprocessors with L3 cache Provide excellent system and application performance and high reliability for commercial applications in a small, efficient dual-processor chip. Offer capacity to grow to 32 processors. Copper and SOI technology Improves processor performance and reliability while using less power and producing less heat to help conserve energy and help lower operational costs. High memory and I/O bandwidth Helps remove performance bottlenecks that can occur when fast processors must wait for data to be moved through the system. Delivers increased memory bandwidth for the needs of HPC applications. Up to 1024GB ECC ChipkillT bit-steering memory Allows exploitation of 64-bit addressing for large database and HPC applications. Provides growth options with outstanding throughput. Significantly lowers number of memory failures that can cause system outages, thus increasing system availability. Automatically activates memory spares when multiple memory errors are encountered. Capacity Upgrade on Demand Offers flexibility to cost-effectively and easily add permanent processing and memory capacity to help meet workload growth-with minimal disruption. On/Off Capacity on Demand Provides temporary processor use to meet unexpected workload demands. Capacity BackUp Offers disaster recovery solution with low entry price. Provides rapid deployment on demand in disaster situations. Book packaging Protects memory components against accidental disconnection and/or contamination. Facilitates easier servicing. Logical partitioning Permits up to 32 UNIX or Linux partitions to be consolidated on a single system, easing maintenance and administration. Offers greater flexibility in using available capacity and dynamically matching resources to changing business requirements (requires AIX 5L v5.2). Up to 160 PCI/PCI-X hot-plug/blind-swap adapter slots Provides growth options for significantly increased capacity. Supports many commonly used adapters for increased availability at a lower cost. Allows adapters to be added or removed without interrupting the system. Hot-swappable disk bays Provide greater system availability and smoother growth by allowing swapping or adding of disk drives without powering down the system. Built-in service processor Continuously monitors system operations and takes preventive or corrective action for quick problem resolution and high system availability. Allows diagnostics and maintenance to be performed remotely. Redundant hot-plug power and cooling subsystems Enhance system availability since cooling fans and power supplies can be changed without interrupting operations. Provide backup power and cooling if primary unit fails. Dynamic processor and PCI bus slot deallocation Automatically deallocates resources when impending failure is detected, so applications continue to run uninterrupted. IBM Cluster 1600 Provides centralized management of multiple interconnected systems. Provides ability to handle unexpected workload peaks by sharing resources. Allows for more granular growth so user demands can be readily satisfied. Linux operating system Enables access 32- and 64-bit Open Source Linux applications. Provides a common operating environment across IBM platforms. AIX 5L operating system Delivers maximum throughput for mixed workloads without complex system configuration or tuning. Provides upward binary compatibility to help preserve software investments. Extends application choices with Linux affinity.