Intellistation Power 285 Workstation; Minimum And Optional Features - IBM IntelliStation POWER 285 Technical Overview And Introduction

1.3 IntelliStation POWER 285 workstation

Figure 1-1 shows a detailed view of the IntelliStation POWER 285 workstation, including the
locations of all components and devices. Note especially the improved front access doors and
acoustic materials used.
Figure 1-1 Front three-quarters view of IntelliStation POWER 285

1.4 Minimum and optional features

The IntelliStation POWER 285 system is based on a flexible, modular design of one
POWER5+ processor packaged in a dual-core module (DCM) and an integrated L3 cache,
soldered directly to the system board. The minimum IntelliStation POWER 285 configuration
must include a processor, a processor entitlement, memory, power supply, hard disk, a disk
drive enclosure, a media backplane, a power cord, and a 2D graphics accelerator.
The major features of the IntelliStation POWER 285 are:
1-core and 2-core configurations, both available with 1.9 GHz or 2.1GHz POWER5+
processors featuring a 36 MB L3 cache
From 1 GB to 32 GB of total system memory capacity using DDR-2 DIMM technology
Four SCSI disk drives in a minimum configuration for a total internal storage capacity of
1.2 TB using 300 GB disk drives
Chapter 1. General description
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