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IBM System P5 520 and 520Q Technical Overview and Introduction September 2006 Front cover IBM System p5 520 and 520Q Technical Overview and Introduction Finer system granulation using Micro-Partitioning technology to help lower TCO Support for versions of AIX 5L and Linux operating systems From Web servers to integrated cluster solutions Giuliano Anselmi Charlie Cler Carlo Costantini Bernard Filhol SahngShin Kim Gregor Linzmeier Ondrej Plachy ibm.com/redbooks Redpaper International Technical Support Organization IBM System p5 520 and 520Q Technical Overview and Introduction September 2006 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page vii. Second Edition (September 2006) This edition applies to IBM System p5 520 (product number 9131-52A), Linux, and IBM AIX 5L Version 5.3, product number 5765-G03. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2006. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . vii Trademarks . viii Preface . ix The team that wrote this Redpaper . ix Become a published author . .x Comments welcome. .x Chapter 1. General description . 1 1.1 System specifications . 3 1.2 Physical package . 3 1.2.1 Deskside model . 3 1.2.2 Rack-mount model . 5 1.3 Minimum and optional features . 6 1.3.1 Processor features . 6 1.3.2 Memory features . 7 1.3.3 Disk and media features . 7 1.3.4 USB diskette drive . 8 1.3.5 I/O drawers . 8 1.3.6 Hardware Management Console models . 10 1.4 Express Product Offerings . 11 1.4.1 Express Product Offerings requirements . 11 1.4.2 Configurator starting points for Express Product Offerings. 11 1.5 System racks. 12 1.5.1 IBM 7014 Model T00 rack. 13 1.5.2 IBM 7014 Model T42 rack. 13 1.5.3 IBM 7014 Model S11 rack. 14 1.5.4 IBM 7014 Model S25 rack. 14 1.5.5 S11 rack and S25 rack considerations . 15 1.5.6 The ac power distribution unit and rack content . 16 1.5.7 Rack-mounting rules . 18 1.5.8 Additional options for the rack. 18 1.5.9 OEM rack . 21 Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview . 25 2.1 The POWER5+ processor. 26 2.2 Processor and cache . 27 2.2.1 POWER5+ single-core module . 27 2.2.2 The p5-520 POWER5+ dual-core module . 28 2.2.3 The p5-520Q quad-core module. 29 2.2.4 Available processor speeds . 30 2.3 Memory subsystem . 30 2.3.1 Memory placement rules. 31 2.3.2 OEM memory . 32 2.3.3 Memory throughput. 32 2.4 I/O buses. 33 2.5 Internal I/O subsystem . 34 2.6 64-bit and 32-bit adapters . 35 2.6.1 LAN adapters . 35 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006. All rights reserved. iii 2.6.2 SCSI adapters. 35 2.6.3 Integrated RAID options . 36 2.6.4 iSCSI. 36 2.6.5 Fibre Channel adapter . 38 2.6.6 Graphic accelerators. 39 2.6.7 InfiniBand Host Channel adapter . 39 2.6.8 Asynchronous PCI-X adapters . 39 2.6.9 PCI-X Cryptographic Coprocessor . 40 2.6.10 Additional support for PCI-X adapters you own . 40 2.6.11 Internal system ports. 40 2.6.12 Ethernet ports . 41 2.7 Internal storage . 41 2.7.1 Internal media devices . 41 2.7.2 Internal hot-swappable SCSI disks . 41 2.8 External I/O subsystem . 43 2.8.1 I/O drawers . 43 2.8.2 7311 I/O drawer RIO-2 cabling . 44 2.8.3 7311 Model D20 I/O drawer SPCN cabling. 45 2.9 External disk subsystems . 46 2.9.1 IBM TotalStorage EXP24 Expandable Storage . 46 2.9.2 IBM System Storage N3000 and N5000. 47 2.9.3 IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Series. 47 2.9.4 IBM TotalStorage DS6000 and DS8000 Series . 47 2.10 Logical partitioning . ..
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