Highlights
- Up to eight-core scalability using Quad-Core Module (QCM) technology
- Point, click and consolidate for even greater levels of individual system utilisation with optional low-cost virtualisation features
- Proven fifth generation IBM POWER5 technology ideal for branch office application and database serving.
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Save time, money and space when you consolidate on System p5 550 and 550Q Express servers. Get up to eight-core scalability, outstanding price/performance, exceptional reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features and a three-year warranty - all standard - at an affordable price. Powered by IBM's most advanced 64-bit processor core, POWER5+, these systems have simultaneous multi-threading1 for increased system utilisation 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 (OS) simultaneously. The new browser-based Integrated Virtualization Manager makes it easier than ever before to achieve increased utilisation when adding low-cost Advanced POWER Virtualization features to your system.
The System p5 550 Express platform is a two- or four-core database server with 2.1GHz 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 HPC workloads.
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Product features
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| · 19-inch rack-mount or deskside packaging |
| · 2-core symmetric multi-processing (SMP) design |
| · 64-bit POWER5+ technology |
| · Mainframe-inspired reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features |
| · Dynamic Logical Partioning (LPAR) support |
| · APV1 (option): IBM Micro-Partitioning (up to 20 micro-partitions), Shared processor pool, VIOS with IVM, Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L only) |
| · Up to eight optional I/O drawers |
| · IBM High Availability Cluster Multi-processing (HACMP) software support for near continuous operation (Available as separately-priced software product) |
· OS support via AIX 5L (V5.2 or later) and Linux distributions from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AS 4 or later and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 or later.
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Hardware summary
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| · Deskside or 4U 19-inch rack-mount packaging |
| · Two or four 64-bit 2.1 GHz POWER5+ processor cores |
| · 1.9 Megabyte (MB) Level 2 (L2) and 36MB Level 3 (L3) cache per processor pair |
| · 1GB to 64GB of Double Data Rate (DDR) 2 SDRAM |
| · Five PCI-X adapter slots (4 - 133MHz; 1 - 266MHz (DDR)) |
| · Four standard and four optional hot-swappable small computer systems interface (SCSI) disk bays for up to 2.4TB of internal storage |
| · Maximum I/O drawers add an additional 54 PCI-X slots and 96 disk bays (28.8TB) |
| · Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal; RAID optional) |
| · Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Megabits per second (Mbps) controller |
| · Optional 4GB Fibre Channel (FC), ten Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 4x GX adapters |
| · Two USB, two hardware management console (HMC), two system ports |
· Two slimline and one half-high media bays.
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