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IBM System p5™ 590 server is designed to deliver outstanding performance at a
price-point that will transform IT economics. Equipped with advanced 64-bit IBM
POWER5+™ processor cores in up to 32-core symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)
configurations, this server is built to provide the processing power for a wide
range of complex, mission-critical applications with demanding processing
requirements—from database services to enterprise resource planning (ERP) and
transaction processing.
With advanced System p™ virtualization technologies such as Advanced POWER™
Virtualization1 standard plus Capacity on Demand (CoD) options, the p5-590 can
scale rapidly and seamlessly to address changing needs, making it an excellent
server platform for server consolidation. It can execute the IBM AIX 5L™ and
Linux operating systems simultaneously, providing the flexibility to run the
applications businesses need to achieve their goals. And, extensive
mainframe-inspired reliability, availability and serviceability features can
help ensure that the system will be ready for business, 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
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| Processor cores |
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Eight POWER5+ 2.1 GHz in a single
MCM (16-core system with eight processor cores inactive) |
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| L2 cache |
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7.6MB/MCM |
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| L3 cache |
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144MB/MCM |
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| RAM (memory) |
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8GB |
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| Processor-to-memory bandwidth
(peak) |
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405.5 GBps |
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| L2 to L3 cache bandwidth (peak)
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537.6 GBps |
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| GX+ I/O subsystem bandwidth (peak)
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89.6 GBps |
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| I/O drawers |
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One |
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| SCSI disk bays |
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16 via one I/O drawer (73.4/146.8GB
15K rpm disks) |
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| Internal disk storage |
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2.3TB with I/O drawer |
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| Adapter slots |
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20 PCI-X (64-bit/133 MHz) via one
I/O drawer |
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| Standard
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| I/O ports |
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Two integrated dual Ultra3 SCSI
controllers (per I/O drawer)
Two Hardware Management Console ports |
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| POWER Hypervisor |
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Dynamic LPAR
Virtual LAN1 |
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| Advanced POWER Virtualization1 |
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Micro-Partitioning
Shared processor pool
Virtual I/O Server
Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L only) |
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| System
expansion |
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| CoD configurations |
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8 to 32 processor cores in
increments of one (via one to four MCMs); 2.1 GHz POWER5+
processor cores |
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| RAM (memory) |
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Up to 1TB of DDR2 SDRAM running at
400 MHz or up to 512GB of DDR2 SDRAM running at 533 MHz |
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| I/O expansion |
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Up to seven additional I/O drawers,
each providing 20 64-bit PCI-X slots and up to 16 disk bays
(73.4/146.8GB 15K rpm disks) |
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| Media bays |
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Three via media drawer |
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| Connectivity support |
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4 Gigabit Fibre Channel; 10 Gigabit
Ethernet; 12x InfiniBand Switch |
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| Battery backup |
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Up to two (optional) |
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| RAS features |
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Copper and silicon-on-insulator
(SOI) processor cores
Selective dynamic firmware updates
IBM Chipkill™ ECC, bit-steering memory
ECC L2 cache, L3 cache
Standard and redundant service processor with automatic failover
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-X bus slots
Extended error handling on PCI-X slots
Redundant power supplies and cooling fans
Battery backup and redundant battery backup (optional) |
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| Capacity on Demand features
(optional) |
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Processor CUoD
Memory CUoD
Reserve CoD
On/Off Processor CoD
On/Off Memory CoD
Trial CoD |
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| Capacity BackUp (optional) |
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Special configuration with
predominantly inactive processor cores which can be temporarily
activated in disaster recovery situations |
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| Operating systems |
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AIX 5L V5.2 or later
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 |
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200v to 240v; 380v to 415v; 480v AC
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| System dimensions |
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One frame: 79.7"H x 30.9"W x 66.2"D
(2,025mm x 785mm x 1,681mm); weight: 2,735 lb (1,241 kg)*
Two frames: 79.7"H x 62.0"W x 66.2"D (2,025mm x 1,575mm x
1,681mm); weight: 4,956 lb (2,248 kg)* |
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