server snapshots: IBNp570 power6

The IBM POWER6 processor-based System p570 is a midrange server that aims to deliver outstanding price/performance while providing mainframe-like reliability and availability. This 19-inch rack-mount system, which can handle up to 16 POWER6 cores, is best-suited to database and application serving, as well as server consolidation."The first server to use the new POWER6 processor is the System p570," said Jeff Howard, director of System p offering management for IBM (Armonk, N.Y.). "The p570 leverages the chip's many breakthroughs in energy conservation and virtualization technology."POWER6 Packs a PunchThe modular p570 takes over from its predecessor, the IBM POWER5+ processor-based System p5 570 server. POWER6 processors can run 64-bit applications while concurrently supporting 32-bit applications. They feature simultaneous multithreading, allowing two application threads to be run at the same time."At 4.7 GHz, the dual-core POWER6 processor doubles the speed of the previous generation, POWER5, while using the same amount of electricity to run and cool it," said Howard. "This means customers can use the new processor to either increase their performance by 100 percent or cut their power consumption in half."Dan Olds, principal of Oregon-based Gabriel Consulting Group, believes the p570/POWER6 combo is an impressive one. The new processors come in 3.5 GHz, 4.2 GHz and 4.7 GHz flavors. IBM has effectively doubled the frequency over its predecessor without increasing the number of cores on the chip.p570 close upThe POWER6 [processor] has two cores, each of which can simultaneously execute two threads, an approach known as simultaneous multithreading (SMT)," said Gordon Haff, an analyst at Illuminata (Nashua, N.H.). "POWER6 processors also have integrated memory controllers in order to improve memory access times and thereby application performance."He pointed out that changes in the way POWER6 processors connect to each other and to the rest of the system flatten latency differences. There are also new specialized execution units and reliability features. Compute power is able to double largely because POWER6 has more than 790 million transistors compared to 276 million in the POWER5+. The amount of Level 2 Cache has gone up to 8 MB from just under 2 MB.More to ComeWhile POWER6 has been released and is functioning currently in data centers, it is not quite a finished article. IBM is introducing more features later this year, such as Live Partition Mobility and Live Partition Migration. Live Partition Mobility, for example, will move a running Logical Partition (LPAR) from one physical server to another. It functions below the level of the operating system, at the hypervisor level; works only with the upcoming AIX 6 (currently in beta), AIX 5.3, and Linux; and the servers must all be on the same network subnet.Haff said AIX 6 contains several major new features, including role-based access controls, a Trusted installation option and new "Workload Partitions" (WPAR). WPAR are resource groups similar to Solaris Containers or virtual servers that can be migrated from one server to another."I think that enhancements to the overall system, particularly the Live Partition Mobility feature, are big news and will provide the most business value to customers," said Olds. "With Live Partition Mobility, IBM users can move active workloads from one physical server to another — with no application interruption, no loss of transactions, and no user impact."Gaining GroundWith such functions added to the already impressive POWER6, Olds believes the IBM p570 will gain major ground in the marketplace."This arguably means the end of planned application downtime and can eliminate perhaps half of overall application downtime, which is a big deal," said Olds. "This is much more sophisticated than VMware's VMotion and is a feature that their competitors will need to address."Howard of IBM boasted that the POWER6 chip is nearly three times faster than the latest HP Itanium processor that runs much of HP's midrange server line. Thus, it will likely reinforce IBM's lead in the Unix servers market. According to research firm IDC (Framingham, Mass.), the company has a 29.6 percent revenue share in Unix."The p570 is the first server to hold all four major benchmark speed records for business and technical performance," said Howard. "In fact, the System p 570 now holds more than 20 benchmark records."The p570 currently supports AIX 5L (v5.2 or later), the upcoming AIX 6, as well as Linux distributions from Red Hat (RHEL 4 Update 5 or later) and SUSE Linux (v10 SP1 or later).

changing WPAR property & starting in it verbose mode

1 To modify the host name of the workload partition called roy, enter the following command:chwpar -h roy.com roy2 To remove a network address from the workload partition called dale, enter the following command:chwpar -K -N address=219.81.45.65 dale3 To disable resource controls in the workload partition called wayne while retaining the settings for future use, enter the following command:chwpar -R active=no wayne4 To remove the device /dev/foo, exported by default through the devexportsFile, from a workload partition, enter the following command:chwpar -D globaldev=/dev/foo export=no moore5 To export the device /dev/bar, permitted by the devexportsFile but not exported, enter the following command:chwpar -D globaldev=/dev/bar export=yes moore6 To rename the workload partition from moore to hart, enter the following command:

To remove WPAR from commond line

par47p682e_pub[/] > rmwpar TestWpar3rmwpar: Removing file system /wpars/TestWpar3/var.rmlv: Logical volume fslv15 is removed.rmwpar: Removing file system /wpars/TestWpar3/usr.rmwpar: Removing file system /wpars/TestWpar3/tmp.rmlv: Logical volume fslv14 is removed.rmwpar: Removing file system /wpars/TestWpar3/proc.rmwpar: Removing file system /wpars/TestWpar3/opt.rmwpar: Removing file system /wpars/TestWpar3/home.rmlv: Logical volume fslv13 is removed.rmwpar: Removing file system /wpars/TestWpar3.rmlv: Logical volume fslv12 is removed.To remove WPAR first we need to stop WPAR in order to remove it.After removing WPAR all filesystem related to that WPAR gets deleted.

creating WPAR on commond line

1 To create a workload partition called roy, enter the following command:mkwpar -n roy -N address=192.168.0.51All values that are not specified are generated or discovered from the global system's settings.2 To create a workload partition based on an existing specification file, enter the following command:mkwpar -f /tmp/wpar1.spec3 To create a modified copy of a specification file with a new IP address, host name, and workload partition name (without creating a workloadpartition), enter the following command:mkwpar -f /tmp/wpar1.spec -N address=219.168.45.132 -h www.flowers.com -n wpar2-o /tmp/wpar2.spec -w4 To create a new specification file based on an existing workload partition, enter the following command:mkwpar -e wpar1 -o /tmp/wpar2.spec -w5 To recreate a workload partition that was previously removed with the rmwpar -p command, enter the following command:mkwpar -p wparname

console login to WPAR

par47p682e_pub[/] > lswparName State Type Hostname Directory ----------------------------------------------------------MyTestWpar1 A S MyTestWpar1 /wpars/MyTestWpar1MyTestWpar2 A S MyTestWpar2 /wpars/MyTestWpar2TestWpar3 A S TestWpar3 /wpars/TestWpar4 lpar47p682e_pub[/] > clogin MyTestWpar4******************************************************************************** ** ** Welcome to AIX Version 6.1! ** ** ** Please see the README file in /usr/lpp/bos for information pertinent to ** this release of the AIX Operating System. ** ** ********************************************************************************#You can also connect to WPAR via ssh. It will have its own user id for authentication.lsvg, lspv commands wont work as all filesystem alocated to WPAR has been created in AIX 6. global environment.# df -kFilesystem 1024-blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on/dev/fslv12 131072 104404 21% 2109 9% //dev/fslv13 131072 128640 2% 7 1% /home/opt 262144 119808 55% 3048 11% /opt/proc - - - - - /proc/dev/fslv14 131072 128424 3% 9 1% /tmp/usr 3538944 158320 96% 91414 69% /usr/dev/fslv15 131072 116816 11% 372 2% /varTo do changes in above mentioned file system . We need to do in global environment. Not frow WPAR. All system adminstartion task of increasing , decreasing, adding, deleting File system are to be done from AIX global environment.

starting & stopping WPAR commond output

NOTE :- All IP shown in the command has been altered as displaying IP on net is invitation to problem.To reboot test wpar 2 command is /usr/bin/stopwpar -r MyTestWpar2 Flag r stands for reboot.outputStopping workload partition MyTestWpar2stopwpar: 0960-261 Waiting up to 600 seconds for workload partition to halt.Stopping workload partition MyTestWpar2.Stopping workload partition subsystem cor_MyTestWpar2.0513-044 The cor_MyTestWpar2 Subsystem was requested to stop.stopwpar: 0960-261 Waiting up to 600 seconds for workload partition to halt.Shutting down all workload partition processes.Unmounting all workload partition file systems.Starting workload partition MyTestWpar2.Mounting all workload partition file systems.Loading workload partition.Exporting workload partition devices.Starting workload partition subsystem cor_MyTestWpar2.0513-059 The cor_MyTestWpar2 Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 696392.Verifying workload partition startup.

server consists of three test of WPAR

To list All WPAR lswpar comamnd is used.lpar47p682e_pub[/] > lswpar --helpUsage:Tabular: lswpar [-D -M -N] [-a fieldname[,...]][-q] [-s state] [-t type] [wparname ...]Paragraph: lswpar {-G -L -R -S -T}[-s state] [-t type] [wparname ...]Delimited: lswpar {-c -d delim} [-a fieldname[,...] -G {-D-M-N} [-a fieldName[,...]] -R -S -T][-q] [-s state] [-t type] [wparname ...]Flags:-a = Comma-separated list of field names to print.-c = Colon delimited output (equivalent to -d:).-d = Output delimited by specified delimiter.-D = Print device exports.-G = Print general information (paragraph format).-L = Long format.-M = File systems or file system dependencies.-N = Print network information.-q = Suppress output header.-R = Print resource information (paragraph format).-S = Print security information (paragraph format).-s = Only print information about workload partitions in agiven state. Valid states are D (Defined), L (Loaded),A (Active), F (Frozen), P (Paused), T (Transitional)and B (Broken).-T = Print operation information.-t = Only print information about workload partitions of a given type. Validtypes are S (System), A (Application) and C (Checkpointable).To have detail inormation of WPAR Use -L flag.

configuration of etherchannel in AIX

EtherChannelEtherChannel is a network port aggregation technology that allows several Ethernet adapters to be aggregated together to form a virtual Ethernet adapter. The adapters that belong to an EtherChannel are cabled to the same EtherChannel-enabled network switch, which must be manually configured to identify the ports that belong to the EtherChannel.The system sees the EtherChannel as any other Ethernet adapter. For this reason, IP is configured over an EtherChannel adapter as over any Ethernet adapter. Furthermore, all the adapters in the EtherChannel are automatically configured with the same hardware (MAC) address, so they are treated by remote systems as if they were one adapter.EtherChannel's main benefit is that its interface has the aggregated network bandwidth of all its adapters. Traffic is distributed across the adapters in either the standard way (where the adapter over which the packets are sent is chosen depending on the destination address) or on a round-robin basis (where packets are sent evenly across all adapters). If an adapter fails, the packets are automatically sent on the next available adapter in the EtherChannel without disruption to existing user connections. Once the adapter failure has been corrected, the adapter can be used for network traffic once again.In AIX, users can configure multiple EtherChannels per system, but it is required that all the links in one EtherChannel are attached to a single switch. Because the EtherChannel cannot be spread across two switches, the entire EtherChannel is lost if the switch is unplugged or fails. To solve this problem, a new backup option added in AIX 5.2 keeps the service running when the main EtherChannel fails. The backup and EtherChannel adapters should be attached to different network switches. In the event that all of the adapters in the EtherChannel fail, the IP and MAC addresses will be automatically moved to the backup adapter. When any link in the EtherChannel is restored, the service is moved back to the EtherChannel.Network Interface Backup, a mode of operation for EtherChannel, protects against a single point of Ethernet network failure. In Network Interface Backup mode, only one adapter at a time is actively used for network traffic. The EtherChannel tests the currently-active adapter and, optionally, the network path to a user-specified node. When a failure is detected, the MAC and IP addresses are moved to the next adapter, which will be used until it fails. Network Interface Backup provides rapid detection and failover with no disruption to user connections. Network Interface Backup was originally implemented as a mode in the EtherChannel SMIT menu. In AIX 5.2, the backup adapter provides the equivalent function, so the mode was eliminated from the SMIT menu. To use network interface backup in AIX 5.2, see Configure Network Interface Backup.

server snapshots: IBNp570 power 6

The IBM POWER6 processor-based System p570 is a midrange server that aims to deliver outstanding price/performance while providing mainframe-like reliability and availability. This 19-inch rack-mount system, which can handle up to 16 POWER6 cores, is best-suited to database and application serving, as well as server consolidation."The first server to use the new POWER6 processor is the System p570," said Jeff Howard, director of System p offering management for IBM (Armonk, N.Y.). "The p570 leverages the chip's many breakthroughs in energy conservation and virtualization technology."POWER6 Packs a PunchThe modular p570 takes over from its predecessor, the IBM POWER5+ processor-based System p5 570 server. POWER6 processors can run 64-bit applications while concurrently supporting 32-bit applications. They feature simultaneous multithreading, allowing two application threads to be run at the same time."At 4.7 GHz, the dual-core POWER6 processor doubles the speed of the previous generation, POWER5, while using the same amount of electricity to run and cool it," said Howard. "This means customers can use the new processor to either increase their performance by 100 percent or cut their power consumption in half."Dan Olds, principal of Oregon-based Gabriel Consulting Group, believes the p570/POWER6 combo is an impressive one. The new processors come in 3.5 GHz, 4.2 GHz and 4.7 GHz flavors. IBM has effectively doubled the frequency over its predecessor without increasing the number of cores on the chip.

virtualization VIO basics

The Virtual I/O Server is part of the IBM System p Advanced Power Virtualization hardware feature. Virtual I/O Server allows sharing of physical resources between LPARs including virtual SCSI and virtual networking. This allows more efficient utilization of physical resources through sharing between LPARs and facilitates server consolidation.The Virtual I/O Server is software that is located in a logical partition. This software facilitates the sharing of physical I/O resources between AIX® and Linux® client logical partitions within the server. The Virtual I/O Server provides virtual SCSI target and Shared Ethernet Adapter capability to client logical partitions within the system, allowing the client logical partitions to share SCSI devices and Ethernet adapters. The Virtual I/O Server software requires that the logical partition be dedicated solely for its use.The Virtual I/O Server is available as part of the Advanced POWER™ Virtualization hardware feature.Using the Virtual I/O Server facilitates the following functions:-->Sharing of physical resources between logical partitions on the system-->Creating logical partitions without requiring additional physical I/O resources-->Creating more logical partitions than there are I/O slots or physical devices available with the ability for partitions to have dedicated I/O, virtual I/O, or both-->Maximizing use of physical resources on the system-->Helping to reduce the Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructureThe Virtual I/O Server supports client logical partitions running the following operating systems:-->AIX 5.3 or later-->SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for POWER (or later)-->Red Hat® Enterprise Linux AS for POWER Version 3 (update 2 or later)-->Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS for POWER Version 4 (or later)For the most recent information about devices that are supported on the Virtual I/O Server, to download Virtual I/O Server fixes and updates, and to find additional information about the Virtual I/O Server, see the Virtual I/O Server Web site.The Virtual I/O Server comprises the following primary components:-->Virtual SCSI-->Virtual Networking-->Integrated Virtualization ManagerThe following sections provide a brief overview of each of these

into to VIO

Prior to the introduction of POWER5 systems, it was only possible to create as many separate logical partitions (LPARs) on an IBM system as there were physical processors. Given that the largest IBM eServer pSeries POWER4 server, the p690, had 32 processors, 32 partitions were the most anyone could create. A customer could order a system with enough physical disks and network adapter cards to so that each LPAR would have enough disks to contain operating systems and enough network cards to allow users to communicate with each partition.The Advanced POWER Virtualization™ feature of POWER5 platforms1 makes it possible to allocate fractions of a physical CPU to a POWER5 LPAR. Using virtual CPU's and virtual I/O a user can create many more LPARs on a p5 system than there are CPU's or I/O slots. The Advanced POWER Virtualization feature accounts for this by allowing users to create shared network adapters and virtual SCSI disks. Customers can use these virtual resources to provide disk space and network adapters for each LPAR they create on their POWER5 system(see Figure ).
There are three components of the Advanced POWER Virtualization feature: Micro-Partitioning™, shared Ethernet adapters, and virtual SCSI. In addition, AIX 5L Version5.3 allows users to define virtual Ethernet adapters permitting inter-LPAR communication. This paper provides an overview of how each of these components works and then shows the details of how to set up a simple three-partition system where one partition is a Virtual I/O Server and the other two partitions use virtual Ethernet and virtual SCSI to differing degrees. What follows is a practical guide to help a new POWER5 customer set up simple systems where high availability is not a concern, but becoming familiar with this new technology in a development environment is the primary goal.

virtual I/O server overview

What is Advanced POWER Virtualization (APV)
APV – the hardware feature code for POWER5 servers that enables:– Micro-partitioning – fractional CPU entitlements from a shared pool ofprocessors, beginning at one-tenth of a CPU– Partition Load Manager (PLM) – a policy-based, dynamic CPU andmemory reallocation tool– Physical disks can be shared as virtual disks to client partitions– Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA) – A physical adapter or EtherChannel ina VIO Server can be shared by client partitions. Clients use virtualEthernet adapters
Virtual Ethernet – a LPAR-to-LPAR Virtual LAN within a POWER5 Server– Does not require the APV feature code

virtual I/O server installation & administration

The Virtual I/O Server The Virtual I/O Server is a dedicated partition that runs a special operating system called IOS. This special type of partition has physical resources assigned to it in its HMC profile. The administrator issues server partition IOS commands to create virtual resources which present virtual LAN, virtual SCSI adapters, and virtual disk drives client partitions. The client partition’s operating systems recognize these resources as physical devices. The Virtual I/O Server is responsible for managing the interaction between the client LPAR and the physical device supporting the virtualized service. Once the administrator logs in to the Virtual I/O Server as the user padmin, he or she has access to a restricted Korn shell session. The administrator uses IOS commands to create, change, and remove these physical and virtual devices as well as to configure and manage the VIO server. Executing the help command on the VIO server command line lists the commands that are available in padmin’s restricted Korn Shell session

VIO server setup example

Virtual I/O ExampleA user who currently runs applications on a POWER4 system may want to upgrade to a POWER5 system running AIX 5.3 in order to take advantage of virtual I/O. If so, do these three things:y Create a Virtual I/O Server. y Add virtual LANs. y Define virtual SCSI devices.In our example, we had an IBM eServer p5 550 Express with four CPUs that was running one AIX 5.3 database server LPAR, and we needed to create a second application server LPAR that uses a virtual SCSI disk as its boot disk. We wanted to share one Ethernet adapter between the database and application server LPARs and use this shared adapter to access an external network. Finally, we needed a private network between the two LPARs and we decided to implement it using virtual Ethernet devices (see Figure 3). We followed these steps to set up our system:
1. Enabled the Advanced POWER Virtualization feature. 2.Installed the Virtual I/

virtualization features

Enabling the Advanced POWER
Before we could use the virtual I/O, we had to determine whether the machine was enabled to use the feature. To do this, we right-clicked on the name of the target server in the HMC’s ‘Server and Partition’ view and looked at that server’s properties. Figure 4 shows it did not have the feature enabled. Users can enable this feature by obtaining a key code from their IBM sales representative using information that the HMC gathers about their machine when the user navigates to Show Code Information in the HMC. Figure 5 shows how to navigate there as well as how to get to the HMC dialog box used to enter the activation code which renders the system VIO-capable. We obtained an access code and entered it in the dialog box in Figur

listing LPAR information from HMC commond line interface

To list managed system (CEC) managed by HMC# lssyscfg -r sys -F nameTo list number of LPAR defined on the Managed system (CEC)# lssyscfg -m SYSTEM(CEC) -r lpar -F name,lpar_id,stateTo list LPAR created in your system use lsyscfg command as mentioned below.# lssyscfg -r prof -m SYSTEM(CEC) --filter "lpar_ids=X, profiles_names=normal"Flagsm-> Managed System namelpar_ids -> Lpar ID (numeric Id for each LPAR created in the Managed system (CEC)profile_name -> To choose profile of LPARTo start console of LPAR from HMC# mkvterm -m SYSTEM(CEC) --id Xm- > managed system (ex -p5-570_xyz)id - > LPAR IDTo finish a VTERM, simply press ~ followed by a dot .!To disconnect console of LPAR from HMC# rmvterm -m SYSTEM(CEC) --id xTo access LPAR console for diffrent Managed system from HMC

creatingLPR from commond line from HMC

Create new LPAR using command linemksyscfg -r lpar -m MACHINE -i name=LPARNAME, profile_name=normal, lpar_env=aixlinux, shared_proc_pool_util_auth=1,min_mem=512, desired_mem=2048, max_mem=4096, proc_mode=shared, min_proc_units=0.2, desired_proc_units=0.5,max_proc_units=2.0, min_procs=1, desired_procs=2, max_procs=2, sharing_mode=uncap, uncap_weight=128,boot_mode=norm, conn_monitoring=1, shared_proc_pool_util_auth=1Note :- Use man mksyscfg command for all flag information.Onother method of creating LPAR through configuration file we need to create more than one lPAR at same timeHere is an example for 2 LPARs, each definition starting at new line:name=LPAR1,profile_name=normal,lpar_env=aixlinux,all_resources=0,min_mem=1024,desired_mem=9216,max_mem=9216,proc_mode=shared,min_proc_units=0.3,desired_proc_units=1.0,max_proc_units=3.0,min_procs=1,desired_procs=3,max_procs=3,sharing_mode=uncap,uncap_weight=128,lpar_io_pool_ids=none,max_virtual_slots=10,"virtual_scsi_adapters=6/client/4/vio1a/11/1,7/client/9/vio2a/11/1","virtual_eth_adapters=4/0/3//0/1,5/0/4//0/1",boot_mode=norm,conn_monitoring=1,auto_start=0,power_ctrl_lpar_ids=none,work_group_id=none,shared_proc_pool_util_auth=1name=LPAR2,profile_name=normal,lpar_env=aixlinux,all_resources=0,min_mem=1024,desired_mem=9216,max_mem=9216,proc_mode=shared,min_proc_units=0.3,desired_proc_units=1.0,max_proc_units=3.0,min_procs=1,desired_procs=3,max_procs=3,sharing_mode=uncap,uncap_weight=128,lpar_io_pool_ids=none,max_virtual_slots=10,"virtual_scsi_adapters=6/client/4/vio1a/12/1,7/client/9/vio2a/12/1","virtual_eth_adapters=4/0/3//0/1,5/0/4//0/1",boot_mode=norm,conn_monitoring=1,auto_start=0,power_ctrl_lpar_ids=none,work_group_id=none,shared_proc_pool_util_auth=1Copy this file to HMC and run:mksyscfg -r lpar -m SERVERNAME -f /tmp/profiles.txtwhere profiles.txt contains all LPAR informations as mentioned above.To change setting of your Lpar use chsyscfg command as mentioned below.Virtual scsi creation & Mapping Slots#chsyscfg -m Server-9117-MMA-SNXXXXX -r prof -i 'name=server_name,lpar_id=xx,"virtual_scsi_adapters=301/client/4/vio01_server/301/0,303/client/4/vio02/303/0,305/client/4/vio01_server/305/0,307/client/4/vio02_server/307/0"'IN Above mentioned command we are creating Virtual scsi adapter for client LPAR & doing Slot mapping with VIO servers. In above scenario there is two VIO servers for redundancy.Slot MappingVio01_server ( VSCSI server slot) Client ( Vscsi client Slot)Slot 301 Slot 301Slot 303 Slot 303VIO02_server (VSCSI sever Slot) Client ( VSCSI client Slot)Slot 305 Slot 305Slot 307 Slot 307These Slot are mapped in such a way if Any disk or logical volume are mapped to Virtuals scsi adapter through VIO command "mkvdev".Syntax for Virtual scsi adaptervirtual-slot-number/client-or-server/supports-HMC/remote-lpar-ID/remote-lpar-name/remote-slot-number/is-requiredAs in command above mentioned command mksyscfg "virtual_scsi_adapters=301/client/4/vio01_server/301/0"means301 - virtual-slot-numberclient-or-server - client (Aix_client)4 -- Partiotion Id ov VIO_01 server (remote-lpar-ID)vio01_server - remote-lpar-name301 -- remote-slot-number (VIO server_slot means virtual server scsi slot)1 -- Required slot in LPAR ( It cannot be removed from DLPAR operations )0 --means desired ( it can be removed by DLPAR operations)To add Virtual ethernet adapter & slot mapping for above created profile#chsyscfg -m Server-9117-MMA-SNxxxxx -r prof -i 'name=server_name,lpar_id=xx,"virtual_eth_adapters=596/1/596//0/1,506/1/506//0/1,"'Syntax for Virtual ethernet adapterslot_number/is_ieee/port_vlan_id/"additional_vlan_id,additional_vlan_id"/is_trunk(number=priority)/is_requiredmeansSo the adapter with this setting 596/1/596//0/1 would say it is in slot_number 596, Its is ieee, the port_vlan_id is 1, it has no

ibn system p5 595

(Frame-mount)The IBM System p5 595 server uses fifth-generation 64-bit IBM POWER5 technology in up to 64-core symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) configurations with IBM Advanced POWER Virtualization and offers the performance, flexibility, scalability, manageability and security features needed for the consolidation of mission-critical AIX 5L and Linux applications on a single system to save on hardware, software, energy and space costs.
Processor cores
16 to 64 IBM POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)
2.1 / 2.3 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)
8GB / 2TB
Internal storage (Std/Max)
146.8GB / 28.1TB (using optional I/O drawers)
Performance (rPerf range)*
80.96 to 393.55

ibn system p5 570

(Rack-mount)Easily scale from 2- to 16-cores with the IBM System p5™ 570. Unique IBM modular SMP architecture lets you add more powerful IBM POWER5+™ processing capability exactly when needed.
Processor cores
2, 4, 8, 12, 16 POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)
1.9 GHz / 2.2 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)
2GB / 512GB
Internal disk storage (Std/Max)
73.4GB / 79.2TB (with optional I/O drawers)
Performance (rPerf range)*
12.27 / 95.96
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IBM System p5 595
(Frame-mount)The IBM System p5 595 server uses fifth-generation 64-bit IBM POWER5 technology in up to 64-core symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) configurations with IBM Advanced POWER Virtualization and offers the performance, flexibility, scalability, manageability and security features needed for the consolidation of mission-critical AIX 5L and Linux applications on a single system to save on hardware, software, energy and space costs.
Processor cores
16 to 64 IBM POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)
2.1 / 2.3 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)
8GB / 2TB
Internal storage (Std/Max)
146.8GB / 28.1TB (using optional I/O drawers)
Performance (rPerf range)*
80.96 to 393.55

ibn system p 570

nt) Easily scale from 2- to 16-cores with the IBM System p™ 570. Unique IBM modular SMP architecture lets you add more powerful IBM POWER6™ 3.5, 4.2 or 4.7 GHz processing capability exactly when needed. Innovative RAS features and leadership virtualization capabilities make the p570 well suited as a mid-range application or database server, or for server consolidation. And the flexibility to use both the leading-edge AIX® and Linux® operating systems broadens the application offerings available and increases the ways clients can manage growth, complexity and risk.
Processor cores
2, 4, 8, 12, 16 POWER6
Clock rates (Min/Max)
3.5 GHz / 4.7 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)
2 GB / 768 GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)
73.4 GB / 79.2 TB (with optional I/O drawers)
Performance (rPerf range)*
15.85 / 134.35
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