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Chapter 1.
General description
The IBM IntelliStation POWER 285 workstation (9111-285) combines excellent performance
and capacity in a flexible, affordable package. When used with the IBM POWER GXT4500P
or GXT6500P 3D graphics accelerator, it is an outstanding choice for high-end Mechanical
Computer Aided Design (MCAD), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), graphic processing,
and other floating-point intensive business and technical applications. Using a 2D graphics
accelerator, it can be used for less demanding applications such as software development.
With leading-edge IBM ™ processor technology, the affordable 64-bit symmetric
multiprocessing (SMP) IntelliStation POWER 285 workstation offers significant price and
performance benefits. For MCAD workloads, it provides much greater performance than its
predecessor, the IntelliStation POWER 275. By extending the performance of high-end
design and analysis, the IntelliStation POWER 285 raises the bar for single-seat MCAD
design and analysis solutions.
The IntelliStation POWER 285 is available in a 1-core or 2-core configuration using
state-of-the-art, 64-bit, copper-based microprocessors running at 1.9 or 2.1GHz,
with 36 MB of L3 cache. The base 1 GB of main memory can be expanded to 32 GB for
improved performance and exploitation of 64-bit addressing used in large computational
applications.
The IntelliStation POWER 285 contains seven bays, four of the bays are front-accessible and
hot-swap-capable DASD bays. These four DASD bays can accommodate up to 1.2 TB of disk
storage. Two of the remaining three bays are used for a DVD-ROM and a DVD-RAM, and the
last bay can contain a tape drive.
The IntelliStation POWER 285 workstation supports a full range of graphic input and output
devices including the USB IBM SpacePilot, SpaceBall Plus 3D, and USB SpaceMouse Plus
3D input devices, flat panel monitors, and other keyboard and mouse devices.
Additional reliability and availability features include redundant hot-plug cooling fans. Along
with these hot-plug components, the IntelliStation POWER 285 is designed to provide an
extensive set of reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features that include improved
fault isolation, recovery from errors without stopping the system, avoidance of recurring
failures, and predictive failure analysis.
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