IBM IntelliStation Power 285 Express

Business use
The IntelliStation® 285 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. Or using 2D graphics accelerators, it can be used for less demanding applications such as software development.
Processor (Max)
One or two 1.9 or 2.1 GHz POWER5+™ processors
Memory (Min/Max)
1 GB to 32 GB of DDR2 SDRAM; ECC Chipkill™
Internal storage (Max)
Up to 1.2 TB
Overview
The IBM IntelliStation Power 185 and IBM IntelliStation Power 285 have been announced as a hardware withdrawal from marketing with an effective date of January 2, 2009. On or after the effective date of withdrawal, you can no longer order these products directly from IBM. You may obtain the products on an as-available basis through IBM Business Partners.
Highlights

• Exceptional performance for high-end design and analysis applications
• Quiet operation allows users to focus on their work in comfort
• Designed for 64-bit CATIA V5 to solve complex engineering problems
• Variety of memory and storage options for demanding engineering environments

The IBM IntelliStation™ POWER™ 285 Express workstation combines excellent performance and capacity features in a flexible, affordable deskside package. 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. Or using 2D graphics accelerators, it can be used for less demanding applications such as software development.

With leading-edge IBM POWER5+™ processor technology, the affordable 64-bit symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) POWER 285 Express workstation offers significant price/performance benefits. It is the first UNIX® engineering design workstation available supporting 64-bit CATIA V5 for large engineering assemblies. For CATIA MCAD workloads, the POWER 285 Express provides much higher performance than its predecessor ¹ , the IBM IntelliStation POWER 275, while generating much less noise. By extending performance of high-end design and analysis, the POWER 285 Express raises the bar for single-seat MCAD design and analysis solutions.

The POWER 285 Express supports the latest evolution of IBM 3D graphics technology: the POWER GXT4500P and GXT6500P Graphics Accelerators. These high-performance graphics accelerators operate even faster on the POWER 285 Express because of the low latency PCI Double Data Rate (DDR) slot included as standard on this workstation.

The POWER 285 Express workstation supports a full range of graphics input/output devices including the new USB SpaceBall Plus 3D, USB SpaceMouse Plus 3D and USB SpacePilot input devices, the T120 20-inch TFT flat panel monitor, and other keyboard and mouse devices.

Common features · Deskside workstation packaging · 2-core SMP design · 64-bit POWER5+ technology · Mainframe-inspired RAS features · Choice of 2D graphics adapter or 3D graphics accelerators · Supported by AIX 5L™ V5.2 and V5.3

Hardware summary · Deskside packaging · One or two 64-bit 1.9 or 2.1 GHz POWER5+ processors · 1.9MB L2 and 36MB L3 cache · 1GB to 32GB of DDR2 SDRAM running at 528 MHz · Six PCI-X adapter slots (2 - 66 MHz; 3 - 133 MHz; 1 - 266 MHz (DDR)) · Four hot-swappable SCSI disk bays for up to 1.2TB of internal storage · Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal only; RAID optional) · Dual-ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller · Two USB, two HMC, two system ports · Two slimline and one half-high media bays · 3D graphics choices from GXT4500P and GXT6500P · 3D graphics input devices—SpaceBall, SpaceMouse and SpacePilot · 2D graphics using GXT135P