IBM eServer p5 Model 185 Express

A surprising price for IBM Power Architecture™ in entry-level packaging

Ideal for application serving in distributed environments, the IBM System p5 Model 185 is the lowest-priced system that delivers POWER processing, and the ability to run UNIX or Linux® applications.

POWERPC technology

Choose between one or two 64-bit POWERPC 970 microprocessors. These cost-effective 2.5GHz, CPUs feature 1MB L2 cache.

Features

• memory can scale from 512MB - 8GB
• dual-port 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet controller
• dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI controller
• four USB ports
• three internal disk bays to scale up to 900GB internally

Reliability, Availability, Security (RAS)

The p5 185 support many of the same RAS features included in the System p5 midrange and enterprise-class servers. Some of the RAS features include:

• PCI bus parity
• ECC memory
• included service processor
• systems management alerts
• processor & ambient temperature monitoring
• auto reboot on power loss

p505Q Express	CPU	Main Memory	Packaging
7037-1D4	2.5 GHz POWERPC 2-core	2GB	Rack-mount
7037-1D3	2.5 GHz POWERPC 2-core	2GB	Deskside
7037-1D2	2.5 GHz POWERPC 1-core	1GB	Rack-mount
7037-1D1	2.5 GHz POWERPC 1-core	1GB	Deskside

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