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amounts of adapter expansion and internal disk storage is required or anticipated
in the future.
4.3 IBM Netfinity 5000
The IBM Netfinity 5000 delivers the perfect blend of power, manageability,
expandability, and serviceability to satisfy the requirements of
small-to-large-sized businesses looking for an affordable general purpose
network server. These servers fit right into business environments where rack or
tower configurations are desired.
For e-business applications, they are an excellent choice as Lotus Domino Server
R5 or Domino Intranet servers. For your J.D. Edwards’ OneWorld solution, the
Netfinity 5000 is the recommended entry server to support OneWorld deployment
services. In addition, they offer 500 MHz Pentium III power with synchronized 100
MHz operations to memory so that the distribution, updates and upgrades of
OneWorld software over the network are quick and efficient. To keep a OneWorld
deployment site running, the Netfinity 5000 has various cost-effective,
high-availability features such as hot-swap hard disk drives, Predictive Failure
Analysis (PFA), and redundant power supplies. Each value-priced Netfinity 5000
is backed by the same world-class service and support found with our larger
systems.
Using the integrated Netfinity Advanced Systems Management processor in
conjunction with IBM award-winning Netfinity Manager and award-winning
Lightpath diagnostics, it is the total solution for proactive control of your
networked business systems, seamlessly integrating with key workgroup and
enterprise management platforms.
The Netfinity 5000 is for customers interested in greater processing subsystem
performance, disk capacity, rack-drawer capability, and high-availability functions
than that of the Netfinity 3000. Customers requiring a higher level of availability
and greater disk storage capacity will still want the Netfinity 5500. The Netfinity
5000 is for customers who want a very affordable general-purpose server that
has excellent performance capability, manageability, serviceability, and moderate
amounts of high-availability features.
The Netfinity 5000 is a completely new mechanical package engineered for the
compactness of a 5 U rack drawer. Potential users of the IBM Netfinity 5000
server may have the following requirements:
• 500/100 MHz Pentium III processors with 512 KB ECC L2 cache.
• Ready for two-way symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) applications with
optional second processo.r
• Innovative 350-watt power supply - standard redundant capability.
• 128 MB high-speed system memory - 2 GB maximum.
• Integrated Netfinity Advanced Systems Management processor.
• Five full-length adapter card slots - three PCI and two PCI/ISA slots.
• Eight drive bays -
• Five 3.5-inch slim-high, hot-swap drive bays, two 5.25/3.5-inch half-high
device bays, and one 3.5-inch slim-high drive bay.