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	IBM System p5 560Q server (66KB)

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Dense Quad-Core Module (QCM) technology for outstanding price/performance

Up to 16-core scalability with modular architecture

Excellent for large applications, mid-sized databases and departmental HPC serving

Ideal as a Linux® operating system consolidation server

The IBM System p5™ 560Q mid-range server implements outstanding price/performance, mainframe-inspired reliability and availability features, and scalability to 16-cores. Based on IBM POWER5+™ processors with simultaneous multithreading¹ and a scalable, 4U (EIA Units) building block package, the 19-inch rack-mount p5-560Q delivers performance, scalability and reliability features for commercial and technical applications. It is well-suited for large single applications, mid-sized databases and departmental high performance computing (HPC) serving. As a Linux consolidation server, it is designed to provide superior availability while reducing infrastructure costs.

The System p5 560Q platform offers a powerful one or two building block system that scales from 4- to 16-cores. The system’s modular architecture means you can start with a 4-core, single QCM system and easily add an additional QCM to upgrade to an 8-core system. A second building block with two additional QCMs can also be added when more processing power is needed to expand the server to 16-cores. With the System p5 560Q server, you have fewer management challenges because of its symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) building block technology. Additional I/O and storage capacity come standard with each building block added.

Specifically, the System p5 560Q server provides:

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19-inch rack-mount packaging 4- to 16-core SMP design with unique building block architecture 64-bit POWER5+ processors Mainframe-inspired RAS features Dynamic LPAR support IBM Advanced POWER™ Virtualization¹ (option) IBM Micro-Partitioning™ (up to 160 micro-partitions) Shared processor pool Virtual I/O Server with integrated Virtualization Manager Partition Load Manager (IBM AIX 5L™ only) Up to eight optional I/O drawers² IBM HACMP™ software support for near continuous operation* Supported by AIX 5L (V5.2 or later) and Linux distributions from Red Hat (RHEL AS 4 or later) and SUSE Linux (SLES 9 or later) operating systems System Cluster 1600 support with Cluster Systems Management software*		4U 19-inch rack-mount packaging One to two building blocks Four, eight or 16 1.5 GHz or 1.8 GHz 64-bit POWER5+ processors L2 cache: 3.8MB to 15.2MB (4- to 16-core) L3 cache: 72MB to 288MB (4- to 16-core) 2GB to 128GB of DDR2 memory (32GB maximum on 4-core system; 64GB on 8-core system) Six hot-plug PCI-X adapter slots per building block Six hot-swappable disk bays per building block provide up to 3.6TB of internal disk storage Optional I/O drawers² may add up to an additional 56 PCI-X slots (for a maximum of 68) and 96 disk bays (28.8TB additional internal disk storage) Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller per building block (internal; RAID optional) One integrated 2-port 10/100/1000 Ethernet per building block 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 4x InfiniBand adapters One 2-port USB per building block Two HMC and two system ports Two hot-plug media bays per building block

* Available as separately-priced software product
¹ Not supported on AIX 5L V5.2
² Supported on 1.8 GHz models only