IBM pSeries 595 Hardware Specifications



Minimum configurations

Microprocessors: 16-way SMP (two eight-way MCMs); 1.65GHz or 1.90GHz POWER5 microprocessor)
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: 32-, 48- and 64-way SMP (four-, six- or eight MCMs); 1.65GHz or 1.90GHz POWER5
RAM: Up to 2TB of DDR11 memory; up to 256GB of DDR2
PCI-X expansion slots: Up to 240 adapters via 12 I/O drawers
Connectivity support: 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel
Disk bay expansion: Up to 192 hot-swappable disk bays via 12 I/O drawers; up to 14TB of total disk storage (36.4 GB 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: 5,420 lb (2,458 kg)