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IBM pSeries 520Q Hardware Specifications



Standard configurations

Microprocessors: p5-520 Express: one or two 64-bit 1.65 GHz or two 1.9 GHz POWER5+ processors p5-520Q Express: Four 64-bit 1.5 GHz POWER5+ processors
Level 2 (L2) cache: 1.9MB per processor pair
Level 3 (L3) cache: 36MB per processor pair (no L3 cache on 1-core system)
RAM (memory): 1GB to 32GB of 528 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Internal disk storage: Up to 2.4TB (16.8TB with optional disk drawers)
Processor-to-memory bandwidth (peak): 21.1 GBps
L2 to L3 cache bandwidth (peak): p5-520 Express: 30.4 GBps; p5-520Q Express: 48.0 GBps
RIO-2 I/O subsystem bandwidth (peak): p5-520 Express: 5.1 GBps; p5-520Q Express: 4.0 GBps
Internal SCSI disk bays: Four standard plus four optional (10K or 15K rpm disks)
Media bays: Two slimline and one half-high
Adapter slots: Six PCI-X (2 — 66 MHZ; 3 — 133 MHz; 1 — 266 MHz (DDR))

Standard features

I/O ports: Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal; RAID optional)
Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller
Two USB, two HMC, two system ports

Expansion features

I/O expansion: Up to four 7311-D20 I/O drawers, each providing seven 64-bit PCI-X slots and up to 12 disk bays (10K or 15K rpm disks)
Connectivity support: 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel; 10 Gigabit Ethernet; 4x InfiniBand

Advanced POWER Virtualization (option)

Micro-Partitioning
Shared processor pool
VIOS with IVM; Partition Load Manager (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) or later; Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 for POWER (RHEL AS 4) or later

Power requirements

100v to 127v or 200v to 240v AC

System dimensions

Deskside: 21.1"H x 7.5"W x 23.2"D (535mm x 190mm x 590mm); weight: 78.1 lb (35.5 kg) Rack drawer: 6.8"H (4U) x 17.4"W x 22.6"D (172mm x 442mm x 573mm); weight: 78.1 lb (35.5 kg) 7311-D20 I/O drawer: 7.0"H (4U) x 19.0"W x 24.0"D (178mm x 482mm x 610mm); weight: 101.0 lb (45.9 kg)