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IBM System p5 505 Express

  
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Standard configurations
Processor cores One 1.9 GHz or two 1.9 or 2.1 GHz 64-bit POWER5+
Level 2 (L2) cache 1.9MB
Level 3 (L3) cache 0 or 36MB
RAM (memory) 1GB to 32GB of DDR2 SDRAM
Internal disk storage Up to 600GB
Processor-to-memory bandwidth (peak) 21.1 GBps
L2 to L3 cache bandwidth (peak) 33.6 GBps
I/O bandwidth (peak) 5.6 GBps
Internal SCSI disk bays Two (10K or 15K rpm disks)
Media bays One slimline for optical device
Adapter slots PCI-X 2.0 (two 266 MHz (DDR)); one long and one short low-profile
Standard features
I/O ports Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (external SCSI port)
Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller
Two USB, two HMC, two system ports
Expansion features (optional)
Connectivity support 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Virtualization Engine system technologies
POWER Hypervisor Dynamic LPAR, Virtual LAN 1
Advanced POWER Virtualization 1 (optional) Micro-Partitioning; Shared processor pool; VIOS with IVM; Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L only)
Operating systems AIX 5L Edition: AIX 5L Version 5.2 or later
IBM OpenPower™ Edition: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for POWER (SLES 9) or later; Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 for POWER (RHEL AS 4) or later
Power requirements 100v to 127v or 200v to 240v AC
System dimensions Rack drawer: 1.7"H x 17.3"W x 28.0"D; weight: 37.4 lb 2
Warranty 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., next-business-day for three years (limited) at no additional cost; on-site for selected components; CRU (customer replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country). Warranty service upgrades and maintenance are available.



1 Not supported on AIX 5L V5.2
2 Weight will vary when disks, adapters and peripherals are installed
 
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