| Features |
Benefits |
| The
most rack-dense 64bit 4way (4U) in the world |
- Delivers
high-performance 2- and 4-way SMP in modular,
rack-dense 4U form factor
- Provides
space savings for crowded data centers without
sacrificing scalability and performance
- Provides
easy, tool-free access to all major component
areas for ease of maintenance and upgradeability
- Most
rack-dense, 64-bit 4-way offering in the marketplace
|
IBM
XA-64 chipset
|
- Powers
the next-generation of Intel processors for
scalability up to 16-way SMP
- Based
upon industry-standard processors, memory and
I/O
|
| Next-generation
Intel Itanium Processors |
- Itanium
2 processors incorporate a modified VLIW (Very
Long Instruction Word) architecture called EPIC
(Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing).
The design explodes the number of processor
registers and shifts complexity into the complier,
delivering new levels of parallelism for enterprise
and technical applications
- With
world class floating point performance, Itanium
2 processors enhance performance for analytical
and scientific design and high-end graphical
or visualization applications
- The
64-bit addressing space provides a platform
to handle massive memory resources, increasing
performance for database and memory intensive
applications
|
| Application
and OS flexibility |
- Provides
a flexible platform for business-critical applications
ranging from large databases to large-scale
data analysis to high-performance computing
- Supports
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Enterprise
and Datacenter editions, for ease of deployment,
application flexibility and high-end performance
- Supports
new enterprise-class, 64-bit Linux from Red
Hat and SuSE
|
| 1
GB ECC SDRAM memory standard (minimum) |
- Expands
up to 56GB in a single 4U chassis with 28 DIMM
slots per system
- Meets
or exceeds memory requirements of power-hungry
applications with plenty of headroom for growth
|
| XceL4T
Server Accelerator Cache |
- Maximizes
CPU throughput by reducing the need for main
memory access under demanding workloads with
64MB of level-4 system cache per system
|
| Active
MemoryT |
- Introduces
memory mirroring capabilities to reduce unscheduled
downtime for memory failures through a RAID-like
mirroring of memory data
- Provides
first-ever Memory ProteXionT, similar to "hot-spare
on DIMM," which uses spare bits for redundancy
that reroute data around a failed chip on a
DIMM
- Offers
third-generation ChipkillT memory using off-the-shelf,
industry-standard DIMMs (as Chipkill algorithm
is now integrated into the XA-64 chipset)
|
| 6
ActiveT PCI-X slots standard |
- Allows
you to hot-add and hot-swap PCI and PCI-X adapters
on the fly
- Provides
latest in PCI-X performance: 2 slots at 133MHz,
2 slots at 100MHz, and 2 slots at 66MHz per
chassis
|
| Hot-swap
Ultra 320 SCSI hard disk drives |
- Supports
up to two hot-swap Ultra 320 SCSI hard disk
drives per chassis
- Suits
the enterprise storage environment with up to
146GB of internal storage and terabytes of external
storage with optional RAID or Fiber FAStT storage
enclosures
- Helps
increase uptime by allowing you to easily install
hard drives internally without powering down
|
| Autonomic
computing for OnForeverT availability |
- Delivers
autonomic self-managing capabilities to extend
your IT resources
- Uses
self-healing memory, complete N+1 redundancy
and self-optimizing software while slashing
the costs of server downtime up to 30%
|
| Light
Path Diagnostics T |
- Provide
a lighted path to failed or failing components
to expedite hardware repairs and dramatically
reduce service time
- Allow
you to more easily pinpoint the component and
its location, starting with the innovative drop-down
Light Path panel, with three-level diagnostics
|
| Predictive
FailureAnalysis ® |
- Monitors
component health, enabling scheduled maintenance
on processors, power supplies, memory, hard
drives, fans and L4 cache before a failure results
in downtime
|
| Integrated
Remote Supervisor Adapter |
- Provides
standard around-the-clock remote management
capabilities standard that other companies require
you to purchase as options
- Increases
server availability by continuously monitoring
your system and notifying you of potential system
failures or changes
- Exceeds
anything the competition has to offer
|
| 3-year
on-site limited warranty for parts and labor |
- Enterprise-class,
same-business-day warranty can be upgraded to
24/7 four-hour response
|
The
System-x (xseries) 455 brings IBM's unique "pay as you grow" enterprise
scalable node technology to the Intel® Itanium® Processor
Family 64-bit market. Based on the proven Enterprise X-ArchitectureT
chipset, the x455 scales to 16-way SMP, providing the horsepower
required for large database and Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) solutions. This 4U rack-dense server also delivers impressive
floating point performance for scientific and technical applications.
