IBM System P5 520 and 520Q Technical Overview and Introduction
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Front cover Draft Document for Review February 27, 2006 8:01 pm REDP-4137-00 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 Bernard Filhol SahngShin Kim Gregor Linzmeier Ondrej Plachy ibm.com/redbooks Redpaper Draft Document for Review February 27, 2006 8:01 pm 4137edno.fm International Technical Support Organization IBM System p5 520 and 520Q Technical Overview and Introduction March 2006 4137edno.fm Draft Document for Review February 27, 2006 8:01 pm Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page vii. First Edition (March 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. Draft Document for Review February 27, 2006 8:01 pm 4137TOC.fm 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 . 4 1.3 Minimum and optional features . 5 1.3.1 Processor features . 6 1.3.2 Memory features . 6 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 . 9 1.4 Express Edition product offerings . 10 1.4.1 Express Editions . 10 1.4.2 Configurator starting points for Express Edition . 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 rack. 18 1.5.9 OEM rack . 20 Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview . 23 2.1 The POWER5+ chip . 24 2.2 Processor and cache . 25 2.2.1 p5-520Q Quad-Core Module . 25 2.2.2 p5-520 POWER5+ Dual-Core Module . 26 2.2.3 p5-520 Single-Core Module . 26 2.2.4 Available processor speeds . 27 2.3 Memory subsystem . 27 2.3.1 Memory placement rules. 27 2.3.2 OEM memory . 29 2.3.3 Memory throughput. 30 2.4 I/O Buses . 30 2.4.1 RIO-2 buses and GX+ buses . 30 2.5 Internal I/O subsystem . 31 2.6 64-bit and 32-bit adapters . 32 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006. All rights reserved. iii 4137TOC.fm Draft Document for Review February 27, 2006 8:01 pm 2.6.1 LAN adapters . 32 2.6.2 SCSI adapters. 32 2.6.3 Integrated RAID options . 33 2.6.4 iSCSI. 33 2.6.5 Fibre Channel adapter . 35 2.6.6 Graphic accelerators. 35 2.6.7 InfiniBand Host Channel adapter . 36 2.6.8 Asynchronous PCI-X adapters . 36 2.6.9 Additional support for owned PCI-X adapters. 36 2.6.10 Internal system ports. 36 2.7 Internal storage . 37 2.7.1 Internal media devices . 37 2.7.2 Internal hot-swappable SCSI disks . 37 2.8 External I/O subsystem . 38 2.8.1 I/O drawers . 38 2.8.2 7311 I/O drawer RIO-2 cabling . 40 2.8.3 7311 Model D20 I/O drawer SPCN cabling. 41 2.9 External disk subsystems . 42 2.9.1 IBM TotalStorage EXP24 Expandable Storage . 42 2.9.2 IBM System Storage N3000 and N5000. 42 2.9.3 IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Series. 42 2.9.4 IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server . ..