|
|
 The IBM System i™ 570 is designed for the challenges
faced by mid-sized and large enterprises that need a powerful and highly
versatile system for enterprise business processes and applications. Based on
scalable POWER6 processor technology and featuring the highly efficient i5/OS
operating environment, the System i 570 platform is ideally suited for the
deployment of your most critical applications. It offers exceptional business
resiliency, high security and low operations costs—a combination that can help
you focus your IT staff on supporting new business initiatives and growth. The
i570 also features advanced virtualization technologies designed to promote high
systems utilization and efficient power usage.
Modular, scalable system architecture to support business growth
The System i 570 offers a scalable, modular hardware architecture and helps
support balanced growth from a 1- to 4-way configuration up to a full 16-way
system. The i570 server is packaged in 4-way, 4U building block nodes or
modules. Each node supports four POWER6 4.7 GHz processor cores along with
cache, memory, media, I/O adapters, efficient power and cooling to create a
balanced, extremely high-performance rack-mount system. Up to four nodes can be
configured in a 19-inch rack as a single SMP server. This building block
approach is designed to allow the i570 to scale in a way that balances memory,
I/O capacity, processing power and bandwidth.
Flexible deployment options for production and business resilience
systems
The System i 570 with POWER6 processors is packaged in two simple Editions:
i5/OS Edition ideal for production applications, and a Capacity BackUp (CBU)
Edition that adds multiple business resilience options.
The i5/OS Edition is designed to perform as a primary production system and is
offered in a 1/4-way, 2/8-way or 4/16-way configuration. It also includes
valuable Optimum Care services and education vouchers, including a new onsite
Availability Assessment offer on 4/16-way 570 configurations.
The Capacity BackUp Edition is designed as a secondary system to support various
business resilience solutions and is offered in a 1/4-way, 1/8-way and 2/16-way
configuration.
| Edition |
|
1/4-way i5/OS Edition
1/4-way CBU Edition |
|
2/8-way i5/OS Edition
1/8-way CBU Edition |
|
4/16-way i5/OS Edition
2/16-way CBU Edition |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Processor |
|
4.7 GHz POWER6 |
|
4.7 GHz POWER6 |
|
4.7 GHz POWER6 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Processor CPW i5/OS Edition |
|
5500 – 21200 |
|
10800 – 40100 |
|
20100 – 76900 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Processor CPW CBU Edition |
|
5500 – 21200 |
|
5500 – 40100 |
|
10800 – 76900 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| 5250 OLTP CPW |
|
0 to maximum |
|
0 to maximum |
|
0 to maximum |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Memory (max) |
|
192 GB |
|
384 GB |
|
768 GB |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Disk capacity (max) |
|
154 TB |
|
232 TB |
|
387 TB |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Disk drives (max) |
|
546 |
|
822 |
|
1374 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| i5/OS |
|
Included2 |
|
Included2 |
|
Included2 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Software tier |
|
P30 |
|
P30 |
|
P30 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Windows Server®3, Linux, IBM AIX®
capable |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| iSCSI adapters (max) |
|
42 |
|
84 |
|
168 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Integrated xSeries® Servers (max)
|
|
36 |
|
48 |
|
48 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Integrated xSeries Adapters (max)
|
|
16 |
|
32 |
|
57 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Rack-optimized design |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Micro-partitions (max LPARS –
i5/OS, AIX, Linux) |
|
40 |
|
80 |
|
160 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| High speed link (HSL) or 12X loops
(max) |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
8 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| I/O towers/drawers (max) |
|
12 |
|
24 |
|
48 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| PCI card slots (max) |
|
173 |
|
346 |
|
692 |
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| LAN ports (max) |
|
96 |
|
128 |
|
128 |
|
|
|