• Proven 5th generation IBM POWER™ technology
• Unique IBM Quad-Core Module technology—ideal for HPC Linux® operating system clusters
• Point, click and consolidate for even greater levels of individual system utilization with optional low-cost virtualization features

Take back control of your transaction processing environment with IBM System p5 520 and 520Q Express servers designed for reliability, flexibility and security. A 3-year warranty, special IBM financing and a choice of attractively-priced preconfigured Editions (for AIX 5L™ or Linux operating systems) make these systems easy to buy, install and manage.

Both the p5-520 and p5-520Q Express are designed with simultaneous multithreading1 for increased system utilization and improved application performance. The new browser-based Integrated Virtualization Manager makes it easier than ever to achieve increased utilization by adding low-cost Advanced POWER Virtualization features to your system.

The System p5 520Q Express platform is a new breed of 4-core Java™ and Web application server designed to deliver superior system throughput and configurability for demanding eCommerce and Web infrastructure applications. Powered by IBM’s latest Quad-Core Module (QCM) 1.5 GHz POWER5+ processors, the p5-520Q Express delivers outstanding performance at compelling low prices for high transaction environment based on the Java platform or for compute-intensive database applications.

Common Features

• 19-inch rack-mount or deskside packaging
• 4-core SMP design
• 64-bit POWER5+ technology
• Mainframe-inspired RAS features
• Dynamic LPAR support · Advanced POWER Virtualization (option)
  • Micro-Partitioning™ (up to 40 micro-partitions)
  • Shared processor pool
  • Virtual I/O Server with Integrated Virtualization Manager
  • Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L™ only)
• Up to four optional I/O drawers · 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) operating systems

Hardware Summary

• Deskside or 4U 19-inch rack-mount packaging
• Four 64-bit 1.5 GHz POWER5+ processors
• 3.8MB L2 and 72MB L3 cache
• 1GB to 32GB of 528 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
• Six PCI-X adapter slots (2 – 66 MHz; 3 – 133 MHz; 1 – 266 MHz (DDR))
• Four standard and four optional hot-swappable SCSI disk bays for up to 2.4TB of internal storage
• Maximum I/O drawers add an additional 28 PCI-X slots and 48 disk bays (14.4TB)
• Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal; RAID optional)
• Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller
• Optional 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 4x InfiniBand adapters
• Two USB, two HMC, two system ports
• Two slimline and one half-high media bays