The IBM Power™ 550 server is an ideal departmental-level server for applications, medium-sized databases, or Linux consolidation. It features a high-performance IBM POWER6™ processor that supports innovative applications and database services. It reduces energy costs through IBM EnergyScale™ technology and improves server utilization and energy efficiency with browser-based intuitive virtualization software.
The IBM Power 550 server is a high‑performance, energy‑efficient system built on POWER6 processors. It offers flexible configurations, advanced virtualization with PowerVM, and robust RAS features for continuous availability.
Designed for both rack‑mount and desk‑side installations, the server supports up to eight POWER6 cores, extensive memory and storage options, and a variety of networking and I/O adapters, making it suitable for enterprise applications, databases and mixed UNIX/X86 workloads. This manual is written in Chinese.
| Processor cores | 2, 4, 6 or 8 64‑bit POWER6 cores |
|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.5 GHz or 4.2 GHz |
| L2 cache | 8 MB per processor card |
| L3 cache | 32 MB per processor card |
| Memory (DDR2 SDRAM) | 1 GB‑128 GB (3.5 GHz) or 1 GB‑256 GB (4.2 GHz) |
| Internal SAS disk trays | 6 × 3.5" SAS (73.4 GB, 146.8 GB, 300 GB 15K rpm) |
| Maximum internal storage | Up to 1.8 TB |
| Expandable storage (using 7311‑D20 modules) | Up to 30.6 TB |
| Ethernet ports | 2 × 10/100/1000 Mbps (standard) or optional 4 × 10/100/1000 Mbps or 2 × 10 GbE |
| PCI slots | 3 × PCI‑Express 8×, 2 × PCI‑X (266 MHz DDR) |
| USB ports | 3 |
| Power requirements | 100‑127 V or 200‑240 V AC |
The server supports AIX V5.3 or later, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for POWER (or later), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER version 4.5 or later.
The system can be configured with 2, 4, 6, or 8 POWER6 processor cores.
The server can operate on either 100‑127 V AC or 200‑240 V AC.