IBM 10 SP1 EAL4 manual System p hardware overview, System p hardware architecture

In this mode, applications may access:

•64-bit flat linear addressing

•8 new general-purpose registers (GPRs)

•8 new registers for streaming Single Instruction/Multiple Data (SIMD) extensions (SSE, SSE2 and SSE3)

•64-bit-wide GPRs and instruction pointers

•uniform byte-register addressing

•fast interrupt-prioritization mechanism

•a new instruction-pointer relative-addressing mode.

For architectural details about all System x models, and for detailed information about individual components such as memory, cache, and chipset, refer to the “Accessories & Upgrades” section at http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/

USB (except keyboard and mouse), PCMCIA, and IEEE 1394 (Firewire) devices are not supported in the evaluated configuration.

3.2System p

The IBM System p systems are PowerPC, POWER5 and POWER5+ processor-based systems that provide high availability, scalability, and powerful 64-bit computing performance.

For more detailed information about the System p hardware, refer to the System p hardware website at http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/.

3.2.1System p hardware overview

The IBM System p servers offer a range of systems, from entry level to enterprise class. The high-end systems offer support for gigabytes of memory, large RAID configurations of SCSI and fiber channel disks, and options for high-speed networking. The IBM System p servers are equipped with a real-time hardware clock. The clock is powered by a small battery, and continues to tick even when the system is switched off. The real-time clock maintains reliable time for the system. For the specification of each of the System p servers, refer to the corresponding data sheets on the System p literature website: http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/library/index_lit.html.

For a detailed look at various peripherals such as storage devices, communications interfaces, storage interfaces, and display devices supported on these System p models, refer to the Linux on POWER website.

http://www.ibm.com/systems/linux/power/.

3.2.2System p hardware architecture

The IBM System p servers are powered by PowerPC™, POWER5™ and POWER5+™ processors. For detailed specification information for each of these processors, refer to the PowerPC processor documentation at http://www.ibm.com/chips/power/powerpc/ and POWER documentation at http://www.ibm.com/chips/power/aboutpower/.

For architectural details about all System p models, and for detailed information about individual components such as memory, cache, and chipset, refer to the IBM System p technical documentation at

http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/infocenter/base/hardware.htm or

http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/library/.

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