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IBM Power5 590 - Specifications
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IBM Servers Pseries server Power5 570 IBM Servers, Cluster, 1600
Minimum configurations
Microprocessors: Eight POWER5 1.65GHz processors in a single MCM (16-way system with eight processors inactive)
L2 cache: 7.6MB per MCM
L3 cache: 144MB per MCM
RAM (memory): 8GB
Disk bays: 16 hot-swappable via one I/O drawer
I/O drawers: One
Expansion slots: 20 hot-plug/blind-swap PCI-X via one I/O drawer
PCI bus width: 32- and 64-bit
Standard features
I/O adapters: Two integrated dual Ultra3 dual SCSI controllers
Ports: Two serial ports for connecting Hardware Management Console
System expansion
SMP configurations: 16- or 32-way SMP (two- or four MCMs); 1.65GHz POWER5
RAM: Up to 1TB DDR1 266MHz; up to 128GB DDR2 533MHz
PCI-X expansion slots: Up to 160 adapters via eight I/O drawers
Connectivity support: 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel
Disk bay expansion: Up to 128 hot-swappable disk bays via eight I/O drawers; up to 9.3TB of total disk storage (36.4GB and 73.4GB 15K rpm disk drives available)
Logical partitioning support: Dynamic LPAR
IBM Virtualization Engine technology:
  • Micro-Partitioning
  • Shared processor pool
  • Virtual LAN
  • Virtual I/O
Battery backup: Up to two (optional)
RAS features:
  • Copper, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) microprocessors
  • Dynamic firmware updates (planned for 1Q2005)
  • IBM Chipkill™ ECC, bit-steering memory
  • ECC L2 cache, L3 cache
  • Service processor
  • Redundant service processor (planned for 1H2005)
  • Redundant system clock requiring system reboot
  • Hot-swappable disk bays
  • Hot-plug/blind-swap PCI-X slots
  • Hot-plug power supplies and cooling fans
  • Dynamic Processor Deallocation
  • Dynamic deallocation of logical partitions and PCI bus slots
  • Redundant power supplies and cooling fans
  • Battery backup and redundant battery backup (optional)
Capacity on Demand features (optional):
  • Processor CUoD
  • Memory CUoD*
  • Reserve CoD
  • On/Off Processor CoD
  • On/Off Memory CoD*
  • Trial CoD
  • BackUp CoD (planned for 1Q2005)
Operating systems:
  • AIX 5L Versions 5.2/5.3
  • i5/OS V5.3
  • Linux
    • SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for POWER™
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 for POWER Update 3
Power requirements: 200v to 240v; 380v to 415v; 480v AC
System dimensions:
  • One frame: 79.2" H x 30.9" W x 66.2" D (2,025mm x 785mm x 1,681mm)
  • Weight: 2,887 lb (1,310 kg)**
  • Two frames: 79.2" H x 62.0" W x 66.2" D (2,025mm x 1,575mm x 1,681mm)
  • Weight: 4,956 lb (2,248 kg)**
* Using DDR1 266MHz memory

** With acoustic door and integrated battery backup. Weight will vary when disks, adapters and other peripherals are installed.

 
 
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