Common features
· 64-bit POWER5™ technology
· Simultaneous multi-threading
· Copper and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip
· MCM (multichip module) packaging
· Advanced symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) 8- to 32-way
· Mainframe-proven RAS including dynamic firmware updates (1Q05),
redundant system clock, Chipkill™ memory, redundant service processor
(1H05), First Failure Data Capture and Dynamic Processor Deallocation
· IBM Virtualization Engine support standard
· Micro-Partitioning™
· Shared processor pool
· Virtual I/O
· Virtual LAN
· Up to 254 dynamic LPARs
· 24-inch system frame packaging with up to 8 I/O drawers
· Hot-swappable disk bays, hot-plug PCI-X slots, redundant power
subsystem with optional redundant battery backup
· On demand capabilities for processors and memory—Permanent, On/Off,
Reserve (processors only) and Trial activations available
· AIX 5L™ V5.2 and V5.3, i5/OS™, and Linux® distributions from SUSE
LINUX and Red Hat, Inc.
· Cluster 1600 support with Cluster Systems Management for AIX 5L and
Linux (1Q05)
Hardware summary
· 1.65GHz POWER5 processors
· Up to 1TB of DDR1 or up to 128GB of DDR2 ECC Chipkill system memory
· Up to 9.3TB of internal 15K rpm disk storage (with optional I/O
drawers)
· 8- to 32-way 24-inch system frame configurations
· 16 hot-swappable disk bays (up to 128 with optional I/O drawers)
· 20 hot-plug PCI-X slots (up to 160 with optional I/O drawers)
