IBM System p5 560Q Express

The IBM System p5 560Q Express server has been withdrawn from the market, effective January 2, 2009. The learn more links provide information on the p5 560Q Express.

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Highlights

  • 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:


Common features

  • 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*

Hardware configurations

  • 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 drawers 2 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

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