Save time, money and space when you consolidate on
System p5 550 and 550Q Express servers. Get up to 8-core scalability,
outstanding price/performance, exceptional RAS (reliability, availability,
serviceability) features, and a 3-year warranty—all standard—at an affordable
price. Powered by IBM’s most advanced 64-bit processor core, POWER5+, these
systems have simultaneous multithreading1 for increased system utilization and
improved application performance. Like all System p5 Express servers, the System
p5 550 and 550Q Express can run the AIX 5L™ and Linux® operating systems
simultaneously. The new browser-based Integrated Virtualization Manager makes it
easier than ever before to achieve increased utilization when adding low-cost
Advanced POWER™ Virtualization features to your system.
The System p5 550 Express platform is a 2- or 4-core database server with 2.1
GHz POWER5+ dual-core processor modules. It can function as a scalable database
or versatile departmental or regional server for businesses of all sizes. The
performance, reliability and affordability features of the p5-550 Express can
make it a strategic platform for scalable database servers, e-commerce
application servers, Web servers, operations systems, and for BI and high
performance computing (HPC) workloads.
| Standard configurations |
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| Microprocessors: |
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1-way, 2-way or 4-way 1.5GHz POWER5 processors |
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| Level 2 (L2) cache: |
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1.9MB |
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| Level 3 (L3) cache: |
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36MB |
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| RAM (memory): |
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512MB to 64GB of 266MHz DDR1 SDRAM |
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| Internal disk storage: |
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31.2TB (with optional I/O drawers) |
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| Processor-to-memory bandwidth (peak): |
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20.6GBps |
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| L2 to L3 cache bandwidth (peak): |
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48.0GBps |
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| RIO-2 I/O subsystem bandwidth (peak): |
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8.8GBps |
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| Internal SCSI disk bays: |
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Four standard and four optional (73.4/146.8/300GB 10K rpm or
36.4GB/73.4/146.8GB 15K rpm disks) |
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| Media bays: |
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Two slimline and one standard |
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| Adapter slots: |
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Five PCI-X (four long, one short), 64-bit/133MHz |
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| Standard features |
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| I/O adapters: |
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Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal only; RAID
optional);
Two Ethernet 10/100/1000 ports;
Two USB, two HMC ports, two system ports |
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| I/O expansion: |
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Up to eight optional 7311-D20 I/O drawers, each providing seven
64-bit PCI-X slots and up to 12 disk bays (73.4/146.8/300GB 10K rpm or
36.4/73.4/146.8GB 15K rpm disks) |
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| Connectivity support (optional): |
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2 Gigabit Fibre Channel; 10 Gigabit Ethernet; 4x InfiniBand® |
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| POWER Hypervisor™: |
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LPAR
Dynamic LPAR
Virtual LAN |
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| Advanced POWER Virtualization (option): |
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Micro-Partitioning
Shared processor pool
Virtual I/O Server with Integrated Virtualization Manager
Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L only) |
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| RAS features: |
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Copper and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) microprocessors |
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Selective dynamic firmware updates |
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IBM Chipkill™ ECC, bit-steering memory |
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ECC L2 cache, L3 cache |
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Service processor |
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Hot-swappable disk bays |
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Hot-plug PCI-X slots (on base system and I/O drawers) |
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Blind-swap PCI-X slots on I/O drawers |
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Hot-add I/O drawers |
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Hot-plug power supplies and cooling fans |
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Dynamic Processor Deallocation (2- or 4-way) |
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Dynamic deallocation of logical partitions and PCI-X bus slots |
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Extended error handling for PCI-X slots |
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Redundant cooling fans |
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Redundant power supply (optional) |
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| Operating systems: |
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AIX 5L Versions 5.2/5.3
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for POWER (SLES 9) or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 for POWER (RHEL AS 3) or later |
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| Power requirements: |
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100v to 127v or 200v to 240v AC |
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| System dimensions: |
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Deskside: 21.1"H x
7.9"W x 30.7"D (533mm x 201mm x 779mm); weight 41.4 kg (91 lb) * |
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Rack drawer: 7.0"H x 17.2"W x 28.8"D (178mm x 437mm x 731mm); weight
41.4 kg (91 lb) * |
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7311-D20 I/O drawer: 7.0"H x 19.0"W x 24.0"D (178mm x 482mm x
610mm); weight 45.9 kg (101 lb) * |