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The IBM System p is a high-end line of
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)/
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-based servers. It was the successor of the
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line, and predecessor of the
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server series.


History

The previous
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line was originally a line of workstations and servers. The first System p server line was named the ''e''Server pSeries in 2000 as part of the e-Server branding initiative. In 2004, with the advent of the POWER5 processor, the server family was rebranded the ''e''Server p5. In 2005, following IBM's move to streamline its server and storage brands worldwide, and incorporating the "System" brand with the Systems Agenda, the family was again renamed to System p5. The System p5 now encompassed the IBM OpenPower product line. In 2007, after the introduction of the
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processor models, the last rename under the System p brand dropped the p (numbered) designation. In April 2008, IBM announced a rebranding of the System p and its unification with the mid-range System i platform. The resulting product line was called
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.


Hardware and software


Processors

Whereas the previous RS/6000 line used a mix of early
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and
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processors, when pSeries came along, this had evolved into RS64-III and
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across the board—POWER3 for its excellent floating-point performance and RS64 for its scalability, throughput, and integer performance. IBM developed the
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processor to replace both POWER3 and the RS64 line in 2001. After that, the differences between throughput and number crunching-optimized systems no longer existed. Since then, System p machines evolved to use the POWER5 but also the
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for the low-end and blade systems. The last System p systems used the
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processor, such as the POWER6-based System p 570 and the JS22 blade. In addition, during the SuperComputing 2007 (SC07) conference in Reno, IBM introduced a new POWER6-based System p 575 with 32 POWER6 cores at 4.7 GHz and up to 256 GB of RAM with water cooling.


Features

All IBM System p5 and IBM ''e''Server p5 machines support DLPAR (Dynamic Logical Partitioning) with Virtual I/O and Micro-partitioning. System p generally uses the
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and, more recently,
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versions of the
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operating system.


Models


BladeCenter

* IBM BladeCenter JS12 (POWER6) * IBM BladeCenter JS22 (POWER6) * IBM BladeCenter JS23 (POWER6) * IBM BladeCenter JS43 (POWER6)


Main line


eServer pSeries

* IBM eServer pSeries 610 (7028-6C1 & 6E1) * IBM eServer pSeries 615 (7029-6C3, 7029-6E3) (1~2-core POWER4+ CPU) * IBM eServer pSeries 620 (7025-F80, 6F0 & 6F1) (1~3 2-core RS64-IV CPUs) * IBM eServer pSeries 630 (7028-6C4, 7028-6E4) (1 1-core POWER4 CPU or 1~2 2-core POWER4 CPUs) * IBM eServer pSeries 640 (7026-B80) 1-4 POWER3-II CPUs * IBM eServer pSeries 650 (7038-6M2) 2-8 POWER4 CPUs * IBM eServer pSeries 655 (7039-651) 4-8 POWER4 CPUs * IBM eServer pSeries 660 (7026-H80, 6H0, 6H1, M80 & 6M1) * IBM eServer pSeries 670 (7040-671) 4-16 POWER4 CPUs * IBM eServer pSeries 680 (7017 range) * IBM eServer pSeries 690 (7040-681) 8-32 POWER4 CPUs The IBM p690 was, at the time of its release in late 2001, the flagship of IBM's high-end
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servers during the
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era of processors. It was built to run IBM
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Unix, although it is possible to run a version of
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minus some POWER4-specific features. It could support up to 32 (1.5, 1.7 or 1.9 GHz) POWER4+ processors and 1 TB of
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, which weighs well over 1000 kg. It was used in a
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at
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in 2004, and was discontinued in late 2005.


eServer p5

Released in 2004. * IBM eServer p5 510 Express (9111-510) (1~2-core 1.5GHz POWER5 CPU) * IBM eServer p5 510 (9111-510) (1~2-core 1.65GHz POWER5 CPU) * IBM eServer p5 520 Express (9111-520) (1~2-core 1.5GHz POWER5 CPU) * IBM eServer p5 520 (9111-520) (2-core 1.65GHz POWER5 CPU) * IBM eServer p5 550 Express (9113-550) (1~2 1~2-core 1.5GHz POWER5 CPUs) * IBM eServer p5 550 (9113-550) (1~2 2-core 1.65GHz POWER5 CPUs) * IBM eServer p5 570 Express (9117-570) (1~8 2-core 1.5GHz POWER5 CPUs) * IBM eServer p5 570 (9117-570) (1~8 2-core 1.65GHz or 1.9GHz POWER5 CPUs) * IBM eServer p5 590 (9119-590) (1~4 8-core 1.65GHz POWER5 MCMs) * IBM eServer p5 595 (9119-595) (2, 4, 6 or 8 8-core 1.65GHz or 1.9GHz POWER5 MCMs)


System p5

* IBM System p5 185 (7037-A50) (1~2-core PowerPC 970 CPU) * IBM System p5 505 (9115-505) (1~2-core POWER5 or POWER5+ CPU) * IBM System p5 505Q (9115-505) (4-core POWER5+ CPU) * IBM System p5 510 (9110-51A) (1~2 1~2-core POWER5 or POWER5+ CPUs) * IBM System p5 510Q (9110-51A) (1~2 4-core POWER5+ CPUs) * IBM System p5 520 (9131-52A) (1~2-core POWER5+ CPU) * IBM System p5 520Q (9131-52A) (4-core POWER5+ CPU) * IBM System p5 550 (9133-55A) (1~2 2-core POWER5+ CPUs) * IBM System p5 550Q (9133-55A) (1~2 4-core POWER5+ CPUs) * IBM System p5 560Q (9116-561) (1, 2 or 4 4-core POWER5+ CPUs) * IBM System p5 570 (9117-570) (1~8 2-core POWER5+ CPUs) * IBM System p5 575 (9118-575) (8 1~2-core POWER5+ CPUs) * IBM System p5 590 (9119-590) (1~2 16-core POWER5 or POWER5+ processor books) * IBM System p5 595 (9119-595) (1~4 16-core POWER5 or POWER5+ processor books)


System p

* IBM System p 520 Express (1, 2 or 4-core POWER6 CPU) * IBM System p 550 Express (1~4 2-core POWER6 CPUs) * IBM System p 560 Express (POWER6) * IBM System p 570 (POWER6) * IBM System p 575 (POWER6) * IBM System p 595 (9119-FHA) (1~8 8-core POWER6 processor books) System p was rebranded to
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in 2008.


OpenPower

OpenPower was the name of a range of servers in the System p line from IBM. They featured IBM's POWER5
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and run only 64-bit versions of
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. IBM's own
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variant,
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is not supported since the OpenPower servers are not licensed for this
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. There were two models available, with a variety of configurations. Before 2005, OpenPower belonged to the
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product line but were eventually rolled into the IBM's
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product portfolio. * IBM eServer OpenPower 710 (9123-710) (1~2-core POWER5 CPU) * IBM eServer OpenPower 720 (9124-720) 1-4 POWER5 CPUs


IntelliStation POWER

* IBM IntelliStation POWER 265 * IBM IntelliStation POWER 275 * IBM IntelliStation POWER 185 (PowerPC 970) * IBM IntelliStation POWER 285


BladeCenter

* IBM BladeCenter JS20 (PowerPC 970) * IBM BladeCenter JS21 (PowerPC 970)


See also

*
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, an
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management software *
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, a management appliance *
Dynamic Logical Partitioning Dynamic Logical Partitioning (DLPAR), is the capability of a logical partition (LPAR) to be reconfigured dynamically, without having to shut down the operating system that runs in the LPAR. DLPAR enables memory, CPU capacity, and I/O interfaces to ...
*
Linux on Power PowerLinux is the combination of a Linux-based operating system (OS) running on PowerPC- or Power ISA-based computers from IBM. It is often used in reference along with ''Linux on Power'', and is also the name of several Linux-only IBM Power Sys ...
* IBM IntelliStation POWER *
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*
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References


External links


IBM Power Systems product pageIBM's System AgendaVirtualizing an Infrastructure with System p and Linux
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