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Standard configurations
Processor cores 16 POWER5+ 2.1 or 2.3 GHz (two 8-core MCMs)
L2 cache 7.6MB/MCM
L3 cache 144MB/MCM
RAM (memory) 8GB
Processor-to-memory bandwidth (peak) 811.0 GBps
L2 to L3 cache bandwidth (peak) 1177.6 GBps
GX+ I/O subsystem bandwidth (peak) 196.2 GBps
I/O drawers One
SCSI disk bays 16 via one I/O drawer (73.4/146.8GB 15K rpm disks)
Internal disk storage 2.3TB with I/O drawer
Adapter slots 20 PCI-X (64-bit/133 MHz) via one I/O drawer


Standard features
I/O ports Two integrated dual Ultra3 SCSI controllers
Two Hardware Management Console ports
POWER Hypervisor LPAR
Dynamic LPAR
Virtual LAN 2
Advanced POWER Virtualization 2 Micro-Partitioning
Shared processor pool
Virtual I/O Server
Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L only)


System expansion
CoD configurations 16 to 64 processor cores in increments of one (via one to eight MCMs); 2.1 or 2.3 GHz POWER5+ processor cores
RAM Up to 2TB of DDR2 SDRAM running at 400 MHz or up to 1TB of DDR2 SDRAM running at 533 MHz
I/O expansion Up to eleven additional I/O drawers, each providing 20 64-bit PCI-X slots and up to 16 disk bays (73.4/146.8GB 15K rpm disks)
Media bays Three via media drawer
Connectivity support 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel; 10 Gigabit Ethernet; 12x InfiniBand Switch


Battery backup Up to two (optional)


RAS features Copper and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) processor cores
Selective dynamic firmware updates
IBM Chipkill™ ECC, bit-steering memory
ECC L2 cache, L3 cache
Standard and redundant service processor with automatic failover
Redundant system clock requiring system reboot
Hot-swappable disk bays
Hot-plug/blind-swap PCI-X slots
Hot-add I/O drawers
Hot-plug power supplies and cooling fans
Dynamic Processor Deallocation
Dynamic deallocation of logical partitions and PCI bus slots
Extended error handling on PCI-X slots
Redundant power supplies and cooling fans
Battery backup and redundant battery backup (optional)


Capacity on Demand features (optional) Processor CUoD
Memory CUoD
Reserve CoD
On/Off Processor CoD
On/Off Memory CoD
Trial CoD


Capacity BackUp (optional) Special configurations with predominantly inactive processor cores which can be temporarily activated in disaster recovery situations


Operating systems AIX 5L V5.2 or later
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 200v to 240v; 380v to 415v; 480v AC


System dimensions One frame: 79.7"H x 30.9"W x 66.2"D (2,025mm x 785mm x 1,681mm); weight: 2,735 lb (1,241 kg)*
Two frames: 79.7"H x 62.0"W x 66.2"D (2,025mm x 1,575mm x 1,681mm); weight: 5,420 lb (2,458 kg)*


Warranty 24x7, same day service for one year (limited) at no additional cost; on-site for selected components; CRU (customer replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country).

2 Not supported on AIX 5L V5.2

* With acoustic door and integrated battery backup. Weight will vary when disks, adapters and other peripherals are installed.

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