| Configuration options |
| Microprocessor: |
- p5-550 Express: Two or four 64-bit 1.9GHz POWER5+ processors
- p5-550Q Express: Four or eight 64-bit 1.5GHz POWER5+ processors
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| Level 2 (L2) cache: |
1.9MB per processor pair |
| Level 3 (L3) cache: |
36MB per processor pair |
| RAM (memory): |
1GB to 64GB of 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM |
| Internal disk storage: |
2.4TB (31.2TB with optional I/O drawers) |
| Processor-to-memory bandwidth (peak): |
42.6GBps |
| L2 to L3 cache bandwidth (peak): |
p5-550: 60.8 GBps
p5-550Q: 96.0 GBps |
| RIO-2 I/O subsystem bandwidth (peak): |
8.0 GBps for p5-550Q (with GX+ Adapter), 10.1 GBps for p5-550 (with GX+ Adapter) |
| Internal SCSI disk bays: |
Four standard, plus four optional (10K or 15K rpm disks) |
| Media bays: |
Two slimline and one half-high |
| Adapter slots: |
Five PCI-X (4 - 133MHz; 1 - 266MHz (DDR)) |
| Standard features |
| I/O ports: |
- Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal only; RAID optional)
- Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller
- Two USB, two HMC, two system ports
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| Expansion features |
| I/0 expansion: |
Up to eight 7311-D20 I/O drawers with two GX+ IO Adapters, each providing seven 64-bit PCI-X slots and up to 12 disk bays (10K or 15K rpm disks) |
| Connectivity support: |
2 Gigabit Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 4x InfiniBand® |
| Virtualization Engine system technologies |
| POWER Hypervisor™: |
Dynamic LPAR, Virtual LAN |
| Advanced POWER Virtualization (options): |
- Micro-Partitioning
- Shared processor pool
- VIOS
- IVM
- Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L only)
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| Operating systems: |
| AIX 5L Edition: AIX 5L Version 5.2 or later OpenPower Edition:
OpenPower Edition: SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for POWER (SLES 9) or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 for POWER (RHEL AS 4) or later
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| Power requirements: |
| 100v to 127v or 200v to 240v AC |
| System dimensions: |
| Deskside: 21.1"H x 7.9"W x 30.7"D; weight: 91 lb2
Rack drawer: 7.0"H x 17.2"W x 27.0"D; weight: 91 lb2
7311-D20 I/O drawer: 7.0"H x 19.0"W x 24.0"D; weight: 101 lb2
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| Warranty: |
| 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., next-business-day for three years (limited) at no additional cost; on-site for selected components; CRU (customer replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country). Warranty service upgrades and maintenance are available. |
