IBM eServer p5 520

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Novell Technology Partner

product details

As a member of the IBM® p5 Express family with proven IBM POWER5™technology, the p5-520 Express server sets a new standard for value in an entry POWER5-based system. It offers on demand computing without compromising availability, flexibility or security — at the value price of an entry-level system. Its technological and operational features and extremely affordable price make the p5-520 Express server an exceptional choice for smaller companies.

Common features
  • Rack-mount or deskside packaging


  • 2-way SMP design


  • 64-bit POWER5 technology


  • Mainframe-proven RAS including dynamic firmware updates


  • Dynamic LPAR support


  • IBM Virtualization Engine support (optional)
    • Micro-Partitioning
    • Shared processor pool
    • Virtual I/O
    • Virtual LAN

  • Up to 4 optional I/O drawers


  • HACMP support for near continuous operation


  • Supported by AIX 5L and Linux distributions from Red Hat, Inc. and SUSE LINUX

Hardware summary

  • One- or two-way 64-bit 1.5GHz POWER5 processors


  • 1.9MB L2 and 36MB L3 cache (L3 on two-way systems)


  • 512MB to 32GB ECC DDR1 SDRAM


  • 8.2TB internal storage (with optional I/O drawers)


  • Four standard disk bays plus four optional (36.4/73.4/146.8GB 10K rpm or 36.4GB/73.4GB 15K rpm disks)


  • Two slimline and one standard media bays


  • Six hot-plug 3.3v PCI-X adapter slots (2 - 32-bit/66MHz; 4 - 64-bit/133MHz)


  • Dual-ported integrated internal Ultra320 SCSI controllers(RAID optional); two Ethernet 10/100/1000 controllers


  • Two serial, two USB, two HMC ports, keyboard and mouse


  • Up to four optional 7311-D20 I/O drawers, each providing seven 3.3v 64-bit PCI-X slots and up to 12 disk bays (36.4/73.4/146.8GB 10K rpm or 36.4/73.4GB 15K rpm disks)


  • 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel; 10 Gigabit Ethernet

product compatibility

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

system requirements/details

CPU:  64-bit POWER5

Memory:  1.9MB L2, 36MB L3 Cache and 512MB to 32MB ECC DDR1 SDRAM

architecture

  • IBM System p

regional availability

  • Asia Pacific
  • Europe, Middle East & Africa
  • Japan
  • Latin America
  • North America

language availability

  • Chinese
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Spanish

warranty information

Please call IBM.

certification

This product has demonstrated compatibility by successfully completing Novell's stringent product certification requirements.

 

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