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IBM System p5 560Q Express


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Configurations options Express models Standard model
Microprocessors One or two QCMs (4- or 8-core) in a single building block with 64-bit, 1.5 GHz or 1.8 GHz POWER5+ processors Four QCMs (16-core) in two building blocks with 64-bit, 1.5 GHz or 1.8 GHz POWER5+ processors
Level 3 (L3) cache 72MB per QCM 288MB
RAM (memory) 2GB to 64GB of DDR2 SDRAM 8GB to 128GB of DDR2 SDRAM
Processor-to-memory bandwidth (peak) 42.2 GBps 84.4 GBps
L2-to-L3 cache bandwidth (peak) 115.2 GBps 230.4 GBps
GX+ I/O subsystem bandwidth (peak) 9.6 GBps 19.2 GBps
Internal disk bays Six on a split backplane (3+3) 12 (two split backplanes)
Internal disk storage Up to 1.8TB (16.2TB with optional I/O drawers) Up to 3.6TB (32.4TB with optional I/O drawers)
Media bays Two hot-plug slimline Four hot-plug slimline
PCI-X adapter slots Six hot-plug 64-bit 133 MHz (34 with optional I/O drawers) 12 hot-plug 64-bit 133 MHz (68 with optional I/O drawers)
Standard features
Integrated I/O adapters One 2-port 10/100/1000 Ethernet; Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller; One 2-port USB, two HMC, two system ports Two 2-port 10/100/1000 Ethernet; Two dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controllers; Two 2-port USB, two HMC, two system ports
Expansion features
I/O expansion (optional)1 Up to four I/O drawers (combination of 7311-D11 and 7311-D20) Up to eight I/O drawers (combination of 7311-D11 and 7311-D20)
Connectivity support (optional) 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel; 10 Gigabit Ethernet; 4x InfiniBand
System p virtualization
technologies
POWER Hypervisor Dynamic LPAR; Virtual LAN2
Advanced POWER Virtualization2 (optional) Micro-Partitioning; Shared processor pool; VIOS with IVM; Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L only)
Operating systems AIX 5L V5.2 or later3
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for POWER (SLES 9) or later3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 for POWER (RHEL AS 4) or later3
Power requirements 200v to 240v AC
System dimensions Building block: 6.85"H (4U) x 19.0"W x 31.1"D (174.1mm x 485mm x 790mm); weight 140.0 lb (63.6 kg)4
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 Supported on 1.8 GHz models only
2 Not supported on AIX 5L V5.2
3 Available as Express Editions on 4- and 8-core models
4 Weight will vary when disks, adapters and peripherals are installed

  
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