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Draft Document for Review March 26, 2009 5:10 pm 4405pref.fm

Preface

This IBM® Redpaper is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power™ 570 server

supporting AIX, IBM i, and Linux for Power operating systems. The goal of this paper is to

introduce the major innovative Power 570 offerings and their prominent functions, including

the following.

򐂰 Unique modular server packaging

򐂰 New POWER6™ processors available at frequencies of 4.2, 4.4, and 5.0 GHz.

򐂰 The POWER6 processor available at frequencies of 3.5, 4.2, and 4.7 GHz.

򐂰 The specialized POWER6 DDR2 memory that provides greater bandwidth, capacity, and

reliability.

򐂰 The 1 Gb or 10 Gb Integrated Virtual Ethernet adapter that brings native hardware

virtualization to this server

򐂰 PowerVM™ virtualization including PowerVM Live Partition Mobility

򐂰 Redundant service processors to achieve continuous availability

Professionals wishing to acquire a better understanding of IBM System p products should

read this Redpaper. The intended audience includes:

򐂰 Clients

򐂰 Sales and marketing professionals

򐂰 Technical support professionals

򐂰 IBM Business Partners

򐂰 Independent software vendors

This Redpaper expands the current set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a

desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the 570 system.

This Redpaper does not replace the latest marketing materials and tools. It is intended as an

additional source of information that, together with existing materials, may be used to

enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions.

The team that wrote this paper

This paper was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the

International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center.

Giuliano Anselmi works with passion for IBM devoted to RS/6000® and pSeries® systems

since 15 years, having a very deep knowledge of the related hardware, and solutions. He

used to be a pSeries Systems Product Engineer for 7 years, supporting Web Server Sales

Organization, IBM Sales, Business Partners, Technical Support Organizations. In 2004, he

joined Field Technical Sales Support group and has been accredited as IT specialist in 2007.

Currently he plays the role of system architect in IBM STG and supporting the General

Business division.

YoungHoon Cho is a System p Product Engineer at the pSeries post-sales Technical

Support Team in IBM Korea. He has seven years of experience working on RS/6000 and

IBM Power 570 User Manual

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