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IBM System p 570 server

IBM POWER5+™ processor-based System p5™ 570 server, for resource optimization, secure and dependable performance and the flexibility to change with business needs. Clients have the ability to upgrade their current p5-570 servers and know that their investment in IBM Power Architecture™ technology has again been rewarded.

The p570 is the first server designed with POWER6 processors, resulting in

p570 modular building blocks performance and price/performance advantages while ushering in a new era The IBM POWER6 processor-based in the virtualization and availability of Highlights System p™ 570 mid-range server deliv­ UNIX® and Linux® data centers. ers outstanding price/performance, POWER6 processors can run 64-bit ■ Advanced IBM POWER6™ mainframe-inspired reliability and avail­ applications, while concurrently sup­ processor cores for enhanced ability features, flexible capacity porting 32-bit applications to enhance performance and reliability upgrades and innovative virtualization flexibility. They feature simultaneous technologies. This powerful 19-inch multithreading,1 allowing two application ■ Building block architecture rack-mount system, which can handle “threads” to be run at the same time, delivers flexible scalability and up to 16 POWER6 cores, can be used which can significantly reduce the time modular growth for database and application serving, as to complete tasks. well as server consolidation. The modu­ ■ Advanced virtualization features lar p570 is designed to continue the The p570 system is more than an evo­ facilitate highly efficient sys­ tradition of its predecessor, the lution of technology wrapped into a tems utilization familiar package; it is the result of

■ Enhanced RAS features enable improved application availability “thinking outside the box.” IBM’s modu­ with additional building blocks without Modular building blocks provide increased lar symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) taking the system down. In addition, capacity and easy scalability architecture means that the system is cold-node repair2 will allow building The p570 server is packaged as 4U constructed using 4-core building blocks that have been deactivated due (EIA units) building block modules (also blocks. This design allows clients to to component failure to be repaired and referred to as nodes), each supporting start with what they need and grow by reintegrated without disruption to the four POWER6 3.5, 4.2 or 4.7 GHz adding additional building blocks, all system or applications. processor cores along with cache, without disruption to the base system.2 memory, media, disks, I/O adapters, Optional Capacity on Demand features Additional features taking advantage of power and cooling to create a bal­ allow the activation of dormant proces­ Power Architecture technology help anced, extremely high-performance sor power for times as short as one make system operations more produc­ rack-mount system. Up to four modules minute. Clients may start small and tive. A new HMC (Hardware can be configured in a 19-inch rack as grow with systems designed for contin­ Management Console) graphical user a single SMP server. A fully configured uous application availability. interface offers enhanced systems con­ p570 server may consist of 16 proces­ trol. Hardware decimal floating-point sor cores, 768 GB of DDR2 buffered POWER6 enhancements support is designed into the POWER6 memory, four media bays, integrated With the introduction of POWER6 processor, helping to improve the per­ ports for attaching communications processor-based technology to the formance of the basic mathematical devices, 24 mixed PCI-X and PCI System p product line, exciting calculations of financial transactions Express adapter slots and 24 internal advances in performance, RAS (reliabil­ that occur daily on today’s business SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) drives ity, availability, serviceability) and virtual­ computers. accommodating up to 7.2 TB of inter­ ization bring new perspectives to the nal disk storage. In addition, up to world of IT compute efficiency. A new It is anticipated that System p virtualiza­ 32 optional I/O drawers may be Integrated Virtual Ethernet adapter tion will be enhanced with Partition attached, significantly adding to the comes standard with every system, Mobility2 to be offered as part of the adapter slot and disk storage capacity. paving the way to easier virtualization of optionally available Advanced A fully configured 16-core p570 server high-speed Ethernet connections. POWER™ Virtualization feature. This with six optional IBM 7311-D20 I/O function is designed to move running drawers may be installed in a single To enhance application availability, a partitions from one POWER6 server to 42U 19-inch rack. This configuration new Processor Instruction Retry feature another with no downtime. POWER6 offers 66 adapter slots and 28.8 TB of will automatically monitor the POWER6 processor-based systems will be able disk storage in the footprint of a single processor and, if needed, restart the to work together to help optimize sys­ rack. processor workload without disruption tem utilization, improve application to the application. Hot-node add2 will availability, balance critical workloads Clients can cost-effectively build allow p570 systems to be upgraded across multiple systems and respond to systems sized specifically for their ever-changing business demands. processing needs by providing the infrastructure, such as power, room partitions without rebooting, simplifying to the most critical applications to cooling and rack space, to support the overall systems administration and provide consistent service levels for number of building blocks and I/O workload balancing and enhancing mission-critical applications. drawers required. As computing availability. demands increase, up to three addi­ The p570 system can be attached to tional p570 building blocks and multiple Optionally available on the p570 server an HMC, a dedicated system unit that I/O drawers can be added to a base is Advanced POWER Virtualization,1 provides the systems administrator an system without taking the system including IBM Micro-Partitioning™ interface for configuring and managing down. The p570 system provides and Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) capabili­ the resources of the server. For redun­ tremendous capacity and flexibility for ties, which are designed to allow busi­ dancy, connection of two HMCs is sup­ seamless application growth. The build­ nesses to increase system utilization ported. Among the leading-edge ing block approach to systems design while helping to ensure applications functions controlled using the HMC are ensures that as a client grows, the sys­ continue to get the resources they virtualization technologies and Capacity tem can easily grow—memory, I/O need. Micro-Partitioning technology on Demand. The HMC also provides capacity, processing power and band­ helps lower costs by allowing the sys­ tools for problem determination and width. The scalability of p570 building tem to be finely tuned to consolidate service support. Its use allows server blocks keeps the system in balance. multiple independent workloads. resources to be readjusted dynamically Micro-partitions can be defined as small so that companies can respond more Virtualization technologies drive utilization as 1/10th of a processor and changed readily to changes in requirements. The and improve productivity in increments as small as 1/100th of a enhanced graphical user interface of The p570 server can utilize logical parti­ processor. the HMC, along with the integration of tioning (LPAR) technology implemented capacity planning tools, allows for eas­ via System p virtualization technologies VIOS allows the sharing of expensive ier administration and planning of and the operating system (OS). Logical disk drives as well as communications systems growth. partitions allow clients to run separate and Fibre Channel adapters to help workloads in different partitions on the simplify system administration and IBM System Storage™ technology same server, thereby helping lower reduce expenses. A shared processor offers additional virtualization and parti­ costs. p570 partitions are designed to pool can allow automatic non-disruptive tioning capabilities within the storage be shielded from each other to provide balancing of processing power between infrastructure for the p570 server. a high level of data security and partitions assigned to the shared pool— Storage virtualization via the IBM SAN increased application availability. The resulting in increased throughput and Volume Controller complements and supported operating systems also utilization. The priority scheme used in provides flexibility within the storage implement dynamic LPAR, which managing the pool is designed to backbone allowing clients to move allows clients to dynamically allocate instantly allocate the processing power physical devices, create storage pools many system resources to application across multiple devices and provide a central point-of-control. Growth on demand Flexibility and security features IBM and ISV fee-based Linux applica­ Several types of Capacity on Demand The System p 570 server is designed to tions to meet their requirements.3 IBM is (CoD) are optionally available on the give clients the flexibility to run the firmly committed to Linux on POWER p570 server to help meet changing AIX 5L™ and Linux operating systems and has enabled many of the unique resource requirements in an on demand concurrently in micro-partitions. The Power Architecture technologies into environment by using resources AIX 5L OS, IBM’s industrial-strength the Linux kernel. installed on the system but not acti­ UNIX environment, is built on a tradition vated at the time of the original of reliability, availability, security and Security is no longer just desirable; it is purchase: open standards and is tuned for an absolute requirement. That is why business-critical applications. It delivers the p570 micro-partition environment is

● Capacity Upgrade on Demand enhancements to Java™ technology, designed to protect security and pri­ (CUoD) allows clients to purchase Web performance and scalability for vacy policies across partition bound­ additional permanent processor or managing systems of all sizes—from aries. Micro-partitions are certified with memory capacity and dynamically single servers to large, complex EAL4 compliance to ensure that virtual­ activate them when needed. e-business installations. Web-based ization implementations do not compro­ ● On/Off CoD enables processors or remote management tools give admin­ mise system integrity. memory to be temporarily activated istrators centralized control of the sys­ in full day increments as needed. tem, enabling them to monitor key RAS features Charges are based on usage report­ resources, including adapter and net­ The p570 server features mainframe- ing collected monthly. work availability, file system status and inspired reliability, availability and serv­ ● Utility CoD automatically provides processor workload. iceability (RAS) features that deliver additional processor capacity on a outstanding application availability for temporary basis within the shared The Linux OS is known for its extensive mission-critical workloads. Among the processor pool. Usage is measured set of available open source applica­ world-class RAS capabilities provided in processor minute increments and tions, the ability to rapidly deploy new are a sophisticated service processor is reported via a Web interface. or customized solutions and the ability with a second redundant service Billing is based on the reported to run on many different platforms from processor for multiple building block usage. This capability will be avail­ different hardware vendors. Red Hat systems;4 hot-plug, hot-swappable, able during the third quarter of and Novell/SUSE Linux on POWER blind-swap and redundant compo­ 2007. may be ordered from IBM and select nents; IBM Chipkill™ ECC and bit- ● Trial CoD offers a one-time, no Linux distributors and include many steering memory; and dynamic additional charge 30-day trial to open source applications, tools and util­ deallocation of system components. allow clients to explore the uses of ities. As a result, Linux on POWER may The resulting increase in system inactive processor and memory be less expensive to license than many capacity on their server. proprietary operating systems. Businesses have a wide choice of availability allows more work to be And in certain select cases where the provide integrated SAN solutions with processed with less operational system has deactivated a module due multi-protocol local, campus, metropoli­ disruption. For enhanced server avail­ to component failure, a planned tan and global storage networking. ability, the p570 can be clustered firmware update, cold-node repair,2 will Tape products, network attached stor­ with IBM High Availability Cluster be designed to enable repair and age and a variety of software offerings Multiprocessing (HACMP™) software replacement of components within the are also available to meet business and designed to provide near continuous inactive module without disruption to end user requirements. availability. existing applications in the system. When the repair is complete, the mod­ IBM Tivoli® offers a variety of software Additional RAS capabilities, Processor ule can be brought back online and the products to enhance the effectiveness Instruction Retry and Concurrent new resources made immediately avail­ and efficiency of managing the p570 Maintenance2 (hot-node add and cold- able for assignment to new or existing system. These products help ensure node repair), are designed to enhance application environments. maximum system performance and application availability and improve the availability and assist clients with func­ quality of the service provided. Complementary offerings tions such as asset management; Processor Instruction Retry comes System p 570 servers can be enhanced resource accounting; and security, data standard with all POWER6 processors by including complementary offerings and information management. Tivoli and provides for the continuous moni­ from IBM and IBM partners. These offers special versions of two prod- toring of processor status with the include IBM System Storage I/O prod­ ucts—one monitoring product capability to restart a processor if cer­ ucts, Licensed Program Products (IBM Tivoli Monitoring Systems Edition tain errors are detected. If required, (LPPs) and Global Services (IGS) con­ for System p) and one security product workloads can be redirected to alter­ sulting and services. A large portfolio of (IBM Tivoli Access Manager for nate processors, all without disruption products from Independent Software System p)—at no additional charge to to application execution. Vendors (ISVs) is also supported on the System p clients. IBM also offers lead­ p570 server. ing database and Web commerce The attachment of additional building software. block modules to existing p570 sys­ IBM storage products are comple­ tems will not require powering the mented by a full range of capabilities IBM combines these offerings with ISV system down. Planned as a firmware like advanced copy services, manage­ offerings and services from IGS to help update, the hot-node add2 capability ment tools and virtualization services to clients tailor their environments with will be designed to enable clients to help protect data and provide infra­ tested integrated solution offerings. grow their systems with additional structure flexibility. IBM Storage Area With support across the entire building blocks without causing disrup­ Network (SAN) products and solutions System p portfolio, these offerings tion to existing users of the system. include recommended configurations to cover a range of user requirements and of IT efficiency, flexibility and application requirements, consolidate applications guidelines on how to design, set-up, availability is something else. Introduced from multiple servers and perform install and deploy an enhanced infra­ with the IBM System p 570 server, upgrades and maintenance, all while structure for common IT and industry- POWER6 technology changes the way keeping applications up and running. All specific tasks. UNIX servers are deployed. No longer is of this occurs while leveraging state-of virtualization confined to a single physi­ the art hardware and software, in a IBM System p 570: Modular growth, cal server. With the new Partition secure environment, just the way clients application availability and IT efficiency Mobility2 and enhanced RAS functions, want it. With the availability of the Designing systems for performance is IT departments can redistribute work­ System p 570 server, IBM continues to one thing. Delivering revolutionary per­ loads to match changing capacity be a leader in advanced computing. formance while pushing the boundaries p570 at a glance

Standard Per building block p570 (maximum) configurations Processor cores Two or four 64-bit, 3.5, 4.2 or 4.7 GHz POWER6 16 64-bit 3.5, 4.2 or 4.7 GHz POWER6 processor processor cores in the first building block; four cores cores in all others Cache 4 MB L2 cache per core 64 MB L2 cache per system 32 MB L3 cache shared per two cores 256 MB L3 cache per system RAM (memory)7 ● 2 GB to 48 GB of 667 MHz buffered DDR2 or ● 16 GB to 192 GB of 667 MHz buffered DDR2 or ● 16 GB to 96 GB of 533 MHz buffered DDR2 or ● 128 GB to 384 GB of 533 MHz buffered DDR2 or ● 32 GB to 192 GB of 400 MHz buffered DDR2 ● 256 GB to 768 GB of 400 MHz buffered DDR2 Internal disk bays Six SAS drives 24 SAS drives Internal disk storage Up to 1.8 TB (30.6 TB with optional I/O drawers) Up to 7.2 TB (79.2 TB with optional I/O drawers) Media bays (optional) One hot-plug slimline Four hot-plug slimline PCI adapter slots Four PCI Express 8x slots; Two PCI-X DDR @ Sixteen PCI Express 8x slots; Eight PCI-X DDR @ 266 MHz. All slots are blind-swap 266 MHz. All slots are blind-swap.

Standard I/O adapters Ethernet ● Standard: ● Standard: — One dual-port Gigabit Ethernet and two system — Four dual-port Gigabit Ethernet and two system ports or ports or ● Options: ● Options: — One quad-port Gigabit Ethernet and one — Four quad-port Gigabit Ethernet and one system port or system port or — One dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet and one — Four dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet and one system port system port Integrated disk One SAS controller Four SAS controllers Other ports Two USB; two HMC; two SPCN Eight USB; two HMC; eight SPCN p570 at a glance

Expansion features (optional) I/O expansion Up to eight I/O drawers (combination of 7311-D11, Up to 20 I/O drawers (7311-D11 and 7311-D20) or 7311-D20 and/or 7314-G30) 5 up to 32 7314-G30 5 Connectivity support 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel; 10 Gigabit Ethernet; 12x GX HCA; Ultra320 SCSI GX slots Two (second slot shares space with one PCI Express Eight 8x slot)

System p virtualization technologies POWER Hypervisor Dynamic LPAR; Virtual LAN (Memory to memory inter-partition communication)1 Advanced POWER Micro-Partitioning; Shared processor pool; Virtual I/O Server; Partition Mobility 2 Virtualization1 (optional)

Capacity on Demand Processor CUoD features (optional) Memory CUoD On/Off Processor CoD On/Off Memory CoD Utility CoD Trial Processor CoD Trial Memory CoD

Operating systems AIX 5L V5.2 or later SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for POWER (SLES 10 SP1) or later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 (RHEL 4.5) or later starting in the third quarter of 2007

Power requirements 200 v to 240 v AC

System dimensions p570 building block: 6.85"H (4U) x 19.0"W x 32.4"D (174 mm x 483 mm x 824 mm); weight 140.0 lb (63.6 kg)6 7311-D11 I/O drawer: 6.9"H (4U) x 17.5"W x 28.0"D (175 mm x 445 mm x 711 mm); weight 86.0 lb (39.1kg)6 7311-D20 I/O drawer: 7.0"H (4U) x 19.0"W x 24.0"D (178 mm x 482 mm x 610 mm); weight 101.0 lb (45.9 kg)6 7314-G30 I/O drawer: 7.0"H (4U) x 17.5"W x 24.0"D (178 mm x 445 mm x 610 mm); weight 101.0 lb (45.9 kg)6

Warranty (varies by 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., next-business-day for one year (limited) at no additional cost; on-site for selected country) components; CRU (customer replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country). Warranty service upgrades and maintenance are available. For more information To learn more about the System p 570 server, please contact your IBM repre­ sentative or IBM Business Partner, or visit the following Web sites: © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007 IBM Corporation ● ibm.com/systems/p/ Integrated Marketing Communications Systems and Technology Group ● ibm.com/servers/aix Route 100 ● ibm.com/linux/power Somers, NY 10589

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