IBM System P5 510 and 510Q Technical Overview and Introduction September 2006
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Front cover IBM System p5 510 and 510Q 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 Enterprise-class features for applications that require a robust environment 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 510 and 510Q 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 the IBM System p5 510 and IBM System p5 510Q (product number 9110-51A), 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. xi Chapter 1. IBM System p5 510 and System p5 510Q rack-mount servers overview . 1 1.1 General description . 2 1.2 System specifications . 2 1.3 Physical package . 3 1.4 Minimum and optional features . 4 1.4.1 Processor features . 4 1.4.2 Memory features . 5 1.4.3 Disk and media features . 5 1.4.4 USB diskette drive . 6 1.4.5 Internal tape drive . 6 1.4.6 Hardware Management Console models . 6 1.5 Express Product Offerings . 7 1.5.1 Express Product Offering requirements . 7 1.5.2 Configurator starting points for Express Product Offerings. 8 1.6 System racks. 9 1.6.1 IBM 7014 Model T00 Rack . 9 1.6.2 IBM 7014 Model T42 Rack . 10 1.6.3 IBM 7014 Model S11 Rack . 10 1.6.4 IBM 7014 Model S25 Rack . 11 1.6.5 S11 rack and S25 rack considerations . 11 1.6.6 The AC power distribution unit and rack content . 12 1.6.7 Rack-mounting rules . 14 1.6.8 Additional options for rack. 14 1.6.9 OEM rack . 17 Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview . 19 2.1 The POWER5+ processor. 20 2.2 Processor and cache . 21 2.2.1 POWER5+ single-core module . 21 2.2.2 POWER5+ dual-core module . 22 2.2.3 p5-510Q quad-core module . 22 2.2.4 Available processor speeds . 23 2.3 Memory subsystem . 24 2.3.1 Memory placement rules. 24 2.3.2 OEM memory . 25 2.3.3 Memory throughput. 26 2.4 GX+ bus . 27 2.5 Internal I/O subsystem . 27 2.6 64-bit and 32-bit adapters . 27 2.6.1 LAN adapters . 27 2.6.2 SCSI adapters. 28 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006. All rights reserved. iii 2.6.3 Internal RAID option . 28 2.6.4 iSCSI. 29 2.6.5 Fibre Channel adapter . 30 2.6.6 Graphic accelerators. 31 2.6.7 Asynchronous PCI-X adapters . 31 2.6.8 Additional support for owned PCI-X adapters. 31 2.6.9 System ports . 31 2.6.10 Ethernet ports . 32 2.7 Internal storage . 32 2.7.1 Internal media devices . 32 2.7.2 Internal hot-swappable SCSI disks . 32 2.8 External disk subsystems . 34 2.8.1 IBM TotalStorage EXP24 Expandable Storage . 34 2.8.2 IBM System Storage N3000 and N5000. 34 2.8.3 IBM TotalStorage Storage DS4000 Series . 34 2.8.4 IBM TotalStorage DS6000 and DS8000 Series . 35 2.9 Logical partitioning . 35 2.9.1 Dynamic logical partitioning . 35 2.10 Virtualization . 36 2.10.1 POWER Hypervisor . 36 2.11 Advanced POWER Virtualization feature . 38 2.11.1 Micro-Partitioning technology . 39 2.11.2 Logical, virtual, and physical processor mapping . 39 2.11.3 Virtual I/O Server . ..