IBM System p5™ servers are part of the versatile range of 64-bit Linux® servers that IBM offers telecommunications service providers. These servers reflect IBM's decades of work with telecommunications clients, leadership in developing next-generation network standards and protocols, and long-recognized stature in advancing server technology. IBM System p5™ servers are capable of supporting the demands of your next-generation network infrastructures, with select platforms being fully NEBS compliant and featuring rich telecommunications functionality.
IBM System p5 servers feature our most advanced IBM Power Architecture™ technology-based 64-bit IBM POWER5™ processor. System p5 severs are tuned for Linux, AIX 5L™ or both. Autonomic computing technologies are designed to sense impending failures and correct them before they can have an impact on your next-generation network infrastructures. Virtualization features enable telecommunications service providers to add, remove and share resources across multiple partitions on a single physical server — enabling greater network infrastructure scalability, improved resource utilization and helping to potentially lower operational costs.
New 64-bit servers help service providers boost on demand performance (115KB)
Key benefits
The opportunities offered by combining 64-bit servers and carrier-grade Linux distribution could not have come at a better time for telecommunications companies.
Become more responsive
Target services to individual customer preferences. System p5 servers support Linux, AIX 5L or both. They also support 64-bit technology, including extensive data-mining and automated up- and cross-sell initiatives. System p5 servers enable service providers to respond rapidly to the accelerating requirements for new, next-generation network applications by accommodating new solutions quickly, offering major strategic advantages.
Respond to new opportunities and stay on top of the growth curves. IBM System p5 architectures scale internally as well as externally, allowing you to run and manage multiple applications on the same system, while reducing the need to install new hardware, cabling, utilities and additional infrastructure.
IBM System p5 servers afford service providers additional flexibility in implementing next-generation network solutions. System p5 servers may be implemented in the data center, or in the network infrastructure, through select platforms being fully NEBS compliant.
Increase resiliency
System p5 servers can help service providers avoid costly, if not devastating, network infrastructure service disruptions through built-in redundancies, memory mirroring and other high-availability design elements. They can also adjust and adapt to change using self-configuring, self-optimizing, self-protecting and self-healing features, improving resource utilization.
Some System p5 platforms offer optional Capacity on Demand capabilities that enable service providers to adjust workloads and increase capacity dynamically - even automatically - to meet constantly shifting demands and priorities of the next-generation network. And through IBM's end-to-end availability services, service providers can further reduce downtime to further protect revenue streams, helping to improve customer satisfaction, loyalty and retention.
Sharpen your business focus
Ease demands on your resources. System p5 servers are compatible with 32-bit technology. Their extensive management tools, autonomic features and virtualization solutions can help greatly simplify complex next-generation network infrastructures through consolidation, management and utilization of multiple, disparate network management resources.
