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IBM Power 595

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Highlights

  • For data centres supporting large-scale transaction processing and database applications
  • For large-scale server consolidation to increase flexibility and lower operational and energy cost
  • For enterprises requiring the highest levels of Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) for their mission-critical applications.

The IBM Power 595 server is designed to help enterprises deploy the most cost effective and flexible IT infrastructure while achieving among the industry’s best application performance and increasing the speed of deployment of new applications and services. As the most powerful member of the IBM Power Systems family, this server provides exceptional performance, massive scalability and energy-efficient processing for a full range of complex, mission-critical applications with the most demanding computing requirements.

Equipped with ultra-high frequency IBM POWER6 processors in up to 64-core, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) configurations, the Power 595 server can scale rapidly and seamlessly to address the changing needs of today’s data centre. With advanced PowerVM virtualiation, EnergyScale technology and Capacity on Demand (CoD) options, the the Power 595 helps businesses take control of their IT infrastructure and confidently consolidate multiple UNIX®, IBM i and Linux® application workloads onto a single system.

Extensive mainframe-inspired RAS features in the Power 595 help ensure that mission-critical applications run reliably around-the-clock. Clients have the ability to upgrade their POWER5 590 or 595 servers and know that their investment in IBM Power Architecture technology has again been rewarded.

The Power 595 provides a solid foundation on which to consolidate server infrastructure, reduce the complexity of systems administration and optimise computing resources. With extraordinary power, proven IBM technology and expansive growth potential, the Power 595 server is ready to take your business to the next level.


Feature Benefits
Ultra-high frequency POWER6 processors
  • Designed to provide excellent application performance
  • Includes new high reliability features such as Processor Instruction Retry (PIR), Alternate Processor Recovery and storage keys
  • Provides integrated hardware acceleration for Decimal Hardware Floating-Point operations
  • Improve response time and transaction processing efficiency
  • Designed with simultaneous multi-threading to help increase commercial system performance and processor utilisation
Extensive scalability and configuration options
  • Deliver data faster for the needs of large-scale transaction processing and memory-intensive applications
  • Allow growth of existing applications or addition of new applications without adding new servers
  • High-density 24-inch system frame enables the most efficient, large scale consolidation and maximum growth
  • Offer flexibility and built-in redundancy so the system can grow with your business
Mission-critical application availability
  • Provides around-the-clock access to enterprise applications
  • Increases IT productivity by avoiding costly downtime and recovery
  • Enables monitoring, detection and resolution of issues without disruption
PowerVM virtualisation
  • Improves system efficiency to lower operational expense
  • Provides flexibility to rapidly respond to changing business requirements, including reallocation of system resources without rebooting affected partitions
  • Provides the ability to transparently share processing power and memory between partitions and to handle unexpected workload peaks by sharing resources
  • Enables energy savings and maintains application availability
Flexibility with CoD
  • Allows standby processors and memory to be permanently added to meet long term workload growth
  • Provides temporary access to additional processors and memory to meet business spikes
  • Provides prepaid access to processors to meet intermittent or seasonal demands
  • Offers a one-time 30 day trial to test increased processor or memory capacity before permanent activation
EnergyScale technology
  • Helps lower data centre energy costs without sacrificing performance or business flexibility
  • Enables management to understand power and cooling usage and better predict peak requirements
Multiple operating system support
  • Provides the flexibility to select the right operating system and the right applications to meet needs
  • Enables enterprises to consolidate applications onto a more scalable, cost-effective system

Processor cores Eight- to 64-core POWER6 4.2 or 5.0 GHz via eight-core processor books;
L2 cache 4 MB per core
L3 cache 32 MB per chip
Random Access Memory (RAM) 16 to 32 DIMMs per processor book
Up to 4 TB of 400 MHz Double Data Rate (DDR)2 or
Up to 1 TB of 533 MHz DDR2
PCIe I/O drawers 24": 1 – 32
Internal disk bays 26 SAS SFF bays in each 24" PCIe I/O drawer
Up to 832 maximum per system
Adapter slots 20 PCIe in each 24" I/O drawer
640 maximum per system
I/O ports 4 GX adapter ports per processor book, 32 per system
Hardware Management Console ports Two pairs via redundant Ethernet hubs
POWER Hypervisor LPAR, Dynamic LPAR, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)
PowerVM Standard Edition (optional) Micro-Partitioning with up to 10 micro-partitions per processor (254 maximum); Multiple Shared Processor Pools; VIOS; Shared Dedicated Capacity; PowerVM Lx86
PowerVM Enterprise Edition1 (optional) PowerVM Standard Edition plus LPM and Active Memory Sharing
CoD configurations Eight to 64 processor cores in increments of one (via one to eight processor books); 4.2 or 5.0 GHz POWER6 processor cores
RAS features PIR
Alternate Processor Recovery
Selective dynamic firmware updates
IBM Chipkill ECC, bit-steering memory
ECC L2 cache, L3 cache
Redundant service processors with automatic failover
Redundant system clocks with dynamic failover
Hot-swappable disk bays
Hot-plug/blind-swap PCI slots
Hot-add I/O drawers
Hot-plug power supplies and cooling fans
Dynamic Processor Deallocation
Dynamic deallocation of LPARs and PCI bus slots
Extended error handling on PCI slots
Redundant power supplies and cooling fans
Battery backup and redundant battery backup (optional)
CoD features (optional) Processor CUoD (in increments of one processor), Memory CUoD (in increments of 1 GB), Reserve CoD, On/Off Processor CoD, On/Off Memory CoD, Trial CoD, Utility CoD
Operating systems AIX V5.3 or later
IBM i 5.4 or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for POWER (SLES10 SP2) or later; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 for POWER (RHEL 4.7) or later RHEL 5.2 or later
High availability PowerHA family
Power requirements 200v to 240v; 380v to 415v; 480v AC
System dimensions One frame (slimline doors): 79.3"H x 30.5"W x 58.5"D (201.4 cm x 77.5 cm x 148.6 cm); weight: 3,376 lb (1,531 kg)2;
One frame (acoustic doors): 79.3"H x 30.5"W x 71.1"D (201.4 cm x 77.5 cm x 180.6 cm); weight: 3,422 lb (1,552 kg)2
Warranty (limited) Around-the-clock, same day response for one year; on-site (varies by country). Warranty service upgrades and maintenance are available.

1 Not supported on IBM i 5.4, 6.1.
2 Weight will vary when disks, adapters, additional frames and other peripherals are installed.

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