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IBM pSeries 590 Hardware Specifications



Minimum configurations

Microprocessors: Eight POWER5 1.65GHz processors in a single MCM (16-way system with eight processors inactive)
L2 cache: 7.6MB per MCM
L3 cache: 144MB per MCM
RAM (memory): 8GB
Disk bays: 16 hot-swappable via one I/O drawer
I/O drawers: One
Expansion slots: 20 hot-plug/blind-swap PCI-X via one I/O drawer
PCI bus width: 32- and 64-bit

Standard features

I/O adapters: Two integrated dual Ultra3 dual SCSI controllers
Ports: Two serial ports for connecting Hardware Management Console

System expansion

SMP configurations: 16- or 32-way SMP (two- or four MCMs); 1.65GHz POWER5
RAM: Up to 1TB DDR1 266MHz; up to 128GB DDR2 533MHz
PCI-X expansion slots: Up to 160 adapters via eight I/O drawers
Connectivity support: 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel
Disk bay expansion: Up to 128 hot-swappable disk bays via eight I/O drawers; up to 9.3TB of total disk storage (36.4GB and 73.4GB 15K rpm disk drives available)
Logical partitioning support: Dynamic LPAR
IBM Virtualization Engine technology: Micro-Partitioning
Shared processor pool
Virtual LAN
Virtual I/O
Battery backup: Up to two (optional)
RAS features: Copper, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) microprocessors
Dynamic firmware updates (planned for 1Q2005)
IBM Chipkill™ ECC, bit-steering memory
ECC L2 cache, L3 cache
Service processor
Redundant service processor (planned for 1H2005)
Redundant system clock requiring system reboot
Hot-swappable disk bays
Hot-plug/blind-swap PCI-X slots
Hot-plug power supplies and cooling fans
Dynamic Processor Deallocation
Dynamic deallocation of logical partitions and PCI bus 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
BackUp CoD (planned for 1Q2005)
Operating systems: AIX 5L Versions 5.2/5.3
i5/OS V5.3
Linux
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for POWER™
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 for POWER Update 3
Power requirements: 200v to 240v; 380v to 415v; 480v AC
System dimensions: One frame: 79.2" H x 30.9" W x 66.2" D (2,025mm x 785mm x 1,681mm)
Weight: 2,887 lb (1,310 kg)
Two frames: 79.2" H x 62.0" W x 66.2" D (2,025mm x 1,575mm x 1,681mm)
Weight: 4,956 lb (2,248 kg)