Server incorporates 16-way 1.5 GHz system planar.
Press Release Summary:
Packaged in 2U form factor, IBM p5 575 is offered with 16-way, 1.5 GHz POWER5(TM) system planar. It features up to 12 nodes installed in 42U tall, 24 in. rack, and up to 128 p5-575 nodes may be clustered together for total of 2,048 processors. In addition to 256 Gb memory, 1,468 Gb internal disk storage, and 18 hot-swap disk bays, product features 24 hot-swap PCI-X slots, up to 6 independent I/O buses, and dynamic logical partitioning.
Original Press Release:
Preview: IBM p5-575 with a 16-way 1.5 GHz POWER5 System Planar
At a glance
IBM plans to offer a 16-way 1.5 GHz system planar for the IBM p5 575 in addition to the available 8-way 1.9 GHz POWER5 processor in a typical configuration.
2U rack-mount design
Up to 256 GB of memory
Up to 1,468 GB of internal disk storage
Up to 18 hot-swap disk bays and 24 hot-swap PCI-X slots
Up to six independent I/O buses
36 MB of low-latency cache per CPU
Redundant rack power subsystem
Dynamic logical partitioning (DLPAR)
Advanced POWER Virtualization
Cluster 1600 includes pSeries CSM support for the p5-575.
Overview
IBM plans to offer the IBM p5 575 (9118-575) with a 16-way 1.5 GHz POWER5(TM) system planar, which will enable configurations of 16-way 1.5 GHz POWER5 p5-575 cluster nodes - ideal for many high-performance computing (HPC) applications.
The 16-way 1.5 GHz POWER5 p5-575 systems are planned to be packaged in the standard p5-575 2U form factor, with up to 12 nodes installed in a 42U-tall, 24-inch rack. Multiple racks of p5-575 nodes are planned to be combined to provide a broad range of powerful cluster solutions. Up to 128 p5-575 nodes may be clustered together for a total of 2,048 processors.
Currently available 8-way 1.9 GHz planars and the planned 16-way 1.5 GHz planars may coexist within a p5-575 rack configuration.
Plans are for the 16-way 1.5 GHz planar to use innovative, 64-bit, copper-based, dual-core POWER5 microprocessors in a 16-way configuration. Also planned is for each dual core module to be supported by 36 MB of Level 3 cache and up to eight memory DIMMs with point-to-point memory to processor connections.
Each 16-way node will include 64 slots for memory DIMMs. The p5-575 memory sizes are offered from 1 GB up to 256 GB. With the optional I/O Assembly with PCI-X and RIO-2, along with a system I/O drawer, up to twenty-four PCI-X cards and up to eighteen 15,000 rpm disk drives per node are available.
Other available, standard p5-575 features include:
Integrated service processor
Four 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports per node
Two HMC ports per node
Two integrated Ultra3 SCSI controllers
Battery backup option for the rack
DLPAR with optional Advanced POWER(TM) Virtualization
The 16-way 1.5 GHz POWER5 p5-575 is planned to support AIX® 5L V5.2 and V5.3 and Linux(TM) operating systems. These operating systems can run simultaneously in different partitions within the p5-575 node.
The 16-way 1.5 GHz POWER5 p5-575 is planned to be supported with the IBM pSeries® Cluster 1600 running Cluster Systems Management (CSM) V1.4 (for both AIX 5L V5.2 and V5.3 and SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9).
Key prerequisites
One or more of the following operating systems:
AIX 5L for POWER V5.2 with the 5200-04 Recommended Maintenance Package (APAR IY56722), or later, plus APAR IY60347
AIX 5L for POWER V5.3 with APAR IY60349, or later
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for POWER systems, or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS for POWER Version 3
Planned availability
Fourth quarter 2005
