IBM eServer p5 550

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product details

Common features
  • Rack-mount or deskside packaging


  • 2- or 4-way SMP design


  • 64-bit POWER5 technology


  • Mainframe-inspired RAS including dynamic firmware updates


  • Dynamic LPAR support


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

  • Up to 8 optional I/O drawers


  • HACMP support for near continuous operation


  • AIX 5L V5.2, AIX 5L V5.3 and Linux distributions from Red Hat, Inc. and SUSE LINUX


  • Cluster 1600 support with Cluster Systems Management

Hardware summary
  • Two 1.65GHz 64-bit POWER5 processors


  • 1GB to 64GB of memory


  • Four standard and four optional hot-swappable disk drive bays provide up to 1.1TB of internal storage


  • Five hot-plug PCI-X adapter slots


  • I/O drawers add a maximum of 56 PCI-X slots and 96 disk drive bays (14.0TB additional)


  • Integrated dual-port internal Ultra320 SCSI controller (RAID optional)


  • Two integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports


  • 2 serial, 2 USB and 2 systems management ports


  • Optional 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters


  • Three media bays

product compatibility

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

system requirements/details

CPU:  64-bit POWER 5 Technology

Memory:  1GB to 64GB

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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