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Chapter 1. Technical description

The IBM ^xSeries 440 is the latest IBM top-of-the-range server and is the first full implementation of the 32-bit IBM XA-32 chipset, code named “Summit” as part of the Enterprise X-Architecture strategy. The x440 provides new levels of high availability and price performance, and offers scalability beyond a single server.

The following are the key features of the x440:

￿Two-way Intel Xeon processor MP models, upgradable to four-way and eight-way

￿Two-way Intel Xeon processor DP models, upgradable to four-way Xeon DP or four-way (and beyond) Xeon MP

￿Ability to connect two x440s together to form a single eight-way (4+4), 12-way (4+8) or 16-way (8+8) SMP system image

￿Physical system partitioning, controlled by IBM Director and the Remote Supervisor Adapter, to consolidate servers or set up high-speed clustering configurations

￿4U rack-dense design

￿32 MB XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache providing an extra level of cache

￿2 GB or 4 GB RAM standard, up to 64 GB total using 2 GB ECC SDRAM DIMMs

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