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IBM System p5 550 Express

  
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IBM System p5 550 Express
9133-1ED OpenPower Edition
$14,379.00 (IBM US list price)*
$451.50/mo. for 36 months**
2-core 2.1 GHz POWER5+ System p5 550 Express server with a rack-mount package including 4GB of memory, two 73.4GB hot-swappable disk drives and dual 10/100/1000Mbps integrated Ethernet ports.

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Form factor
Base rack-mount package
   
  (includes Rack-mount Drawer Rail Kit)
Operating system
The options listed below for your AIX Edition or OpenPower Edition has the discounted operating system (OS) prices for which you are entitled. You have the option to select your operating system or you may choose "none" to get a base Express Edition. If you need more than one OS for your environment please click the call me button to talk to an IBM operator or contact your IBM representative or Business Partner.
(accepts purchase orders and lease option)


Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER (RHEL)***
Red Hat subscription and
IBM support
Standard license




Premium license




Media (required)


IBM Linux Support Line***** (required)





(accepts purchase orders and lease option)


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Red Hat subscription with
Red Hat support included
Standard license




Premium license




Media (required)



(accepts purchase orders and lease option)


Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for POWER (SLES 9) / Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for POWER (SLES 10)****
SUSE Linux subscription and
optional IBM support
Standard license (1-32 processors)




Media (required)

IBM Linux Support Line***** (required)





(accepts purchase orders and lease option)


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SUSE Linux subscription with
SUSE Linux support included
Standard license (1-32 processors)




Premium license (1-32 processors)




Media (required)


(accepts purchase orders and lease option)
General
Configuration   9133-1ED
Architecture
Form factor   Rack-mount server
Processor
Processor (CPU)   2-core 2.1 GHz POWER5+
L3 cache   36MB
Memory
Memory (RAM)   4GB
Hard disk
Hot-swappable disks   2 x 73.4GB Ultra320 10K rpm
Media   DVD-ROM
Operating system
Supported on this configuration   Linux
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* Price does not include tax and is subject to change without notice. Price indicated applies to specific model which may not have all available features and functions and includes system hardware only. Different configurations have higher prices. Operating system is available for an additional charge.

** The IBM Financing Advantage program is for commercial clients with more than 25 employees for acquisitions up to $300,000. Actual rates are based on a client's credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment type and options. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice. IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States, IBM Canada Ltd. in Canada, and other IBM subsidiaries and division worldwide to qualified commercial and government customers. Lease options for businesses with less than 25 employees are offered and administered in the United States and Canada by third party providers and are not affiliated with IBM Credit LLC or IBM Canada Ltd offerings or programs. Minimum transaction size is $5,000 for businesses with fewer than 25 employees. All terms and conditions are provided by the third party providers and are not part of IBM Canada Ltd. offerings or programs.

*** Red Hat licensing now entitles use of both version 4 and new RHEL version 5 and is now per server versus per install. This change allows clients using a virtualized environment to use a single Red Hat license for multiple partitions. It comes in two types: One for one- to two-socket systems that can have up to four LPARs and the other for unlimited socket systems with up to 25 LPARs. Configurations supported by the optional IBM Advanced POWER Virtualization exceeding the Red Hat license limit will need to order additional licenses.

Premium support refers to support coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Premium Red Hat license features are required when ordering Premium IBM support.

Red Hat, Inc. requires all Red Hat licenses to include the purchase of a Linux operating system support agreement with RHEL or assure that a Linux operating system support agreement is already in place for any system that will run RHEL. The requirement can be met with either ordering optional IBM Linux SupportLine or RHEL features which bundle Red Hat-delivered support.

**** The SLES 9 and SLES 10 license charge unit is per server up to 32 Sockets regardless of the number of logical partitions (LPARs) that may be defined on those processors.

***** IBM Support Line for Linux is licensed on a per server basis. Only one license is required for a server.


 
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