IBM POWER5 Systems

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7037-A50 (p5 185)

Microprocessors: One or two 64-bit 2.5 GHz PowerPC 970 processors
Level 2 cache: 1MB per processor
RAM (memory): 512MB to 8GB of 333 MHz DDR SDRAM; ECC
Internal disk storage: Up to 1.2TB Ultra320 SCSI
Internal SCSI disk bays: Three (10K rpm disks)
Media bays: Two half-high; one for optical device, one for a disk or tape drive
Adapter slots: Four PCI-X: two 64-bit 133 MHz, two 64-bit 100 MHz; One PCI: 32-bit 33 MHz
I/O ports:
- Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller
- Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller
- Four USB (two front, two rear); two serial
Connectivity support (optional): 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel; 4x InfiniBand
Graphics support (optional):
- 2D graphics: GXT135P
- 3D graphics: GXT4500P and GXT6500P (AIX 5L only)
Operating systems:
- AIX 5L Edition: AIX 5L V5.2 or later
- OpenPower Edition: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for POWER (SLES 9 SP3) or later
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 for POWER (RHEL AS 4.3) or later
Supported Hard Drives
- 73.4GB 10K Ultra320 SCSI Disk Drive
- 146.8GB 10K Ultra320 SCSI Disk Drive
- 300GB 10K Ultra320 SCSI Disk Drive

Rack-mount (2U) configuration
1-way and 2-way SMP design (one processor card)
1.5 or 1.65 GHz POWER5 64-bit processor:
- 1-way 1.65 GHz with 36 MB L3 cache
- 2-way 1.65 GHz with 36 MB L3 cache
512 MB of DDR-I 266 MHz ECC memory:
- Expandable to 32 GB
Four hot-swap disk drive bays
One slimline media bay:
- One DVD-ROM (optional - default)
- One DVD-RAM (optional)
Three PCI-X slots:
- 64-bit, 3.3 volt, 133 MHz (long)
Integrated:
- Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet
- Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI controller
- One external SCSI port
- Service Processor
- Hot-swap and redundant fans
- Two USB ports
- Two limited purpose serial ports
- Two HMC ports
700 watt power supply, base (redundant power optional)
AIX 5L V5.2 or V5.3, or later, operating system, or SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for POWER, or later, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS for POWER Version 3, or later.