Shopricom supplies you with high quality IBM 8203-E4A System Server P520 ideal for small and medium or distributed large enterprise businesses. The  IBM 8203-E4A System Server P520 is available in one, two, or four 4.2 GHz POWER6 or two and four 4.7 GHz POWER6+ processor card configurations, but you can use Capacity on Demand to activate an unactivated processor core, because the processors are soldered onto the planar, there is no processor upgrade capability. Each processor card contains 64 KB I-cache (instruction cache), 64 KB D-cache (data cache), and 4 MB of Level 2 cache per core.

The IBM 8203-E4A System Server P520 server supports single- or dual-core POWER6 modules on a single- or dual-chip planar. Each POWER6 2-core module has 8 MB of L2 cache (4 MB per core). A 2- and 4-corePOWER6+ option is also available. The IBM 8203 Server offers DDR2 SDRAM memory capacity starts at 1 GB up to 16 GB (1-core configuration), up to 32 GB (2-core configuration) and up to 64 GB (4-core configuration). 64 GB of memory is achieved using eight DDR2 memory DIMM slots.  The 1 Gb or 10 Gb Integrated Virtual Ethernet adapter, included with each server configuration, provides native hardware virtualization.

IBM 8203-E4A System Server P520 Standard Configurations:

Processor cores: One, two or four 64-bit 4.2 or 4.7 GHz POWER6 with AltiVec™ SIMD and Hardware Decimal Floating-Point acceleration

Level 2 (L2) cache: 4 MB per processor core (8 MB on 1-core systems)

Level 3 (L3) cache: 32MB on 4.7 GHz

RAM (memory): 2 GB to 64 GB of DDR2 SDRAM

Internal drive options: Six 3.5" SAS (146.8 GB, 300 GB, 450 GB 15K rpm)orEight 2.5” SAS (73.4 GB 15K rpm; 146.8 GB 10k rpm)orEight Solid State Drives (69 GB)

Internal SAS disk storage: Up to 2.7 TB

Media bays: One slimline and one half-high

Adapter slots: Two PCI-X (266 MHz (DDR)), Three PCI Express 8x   

Standard I/O adapters   

Integrated Virtual Ethernet: Two Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports, orFour Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports, (option), orTwo 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (option)

Integrated disk: 3G SAS controller (internal; RAID optional)

Other ports: Three USB, two HMC, two system ports   

Expansion features (optional)   

High-performance PCI adapters: 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet

GX adapters: RIO-2, 12x GX

GX slots: Two (first shares space with and replaces a PCI Express 8x slot)

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What type of warranty do you offer?
Our warranties range from 30 days to one year depending on the manufacturer.  We offer certified extended warranty programs on most equipment through the manufacturer.

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With nearly 20 years experience working with the enterprise IT reseller channel, RICOM delivers systems configurations, customer support, emerging technologies, managed services, logistics, and distribution.  RICOM works to meet IT budget constraints and understands its customers data center challenges.  The company is a distributor for new, as well as discontinued in-demand IT products.  RICOM works with businesses of all sizes, from small, to enterprise, as well as government departments, and education.  We carry enterprise IT certifications

RICOM’s reach out to a vast international global inventory allows the company to sell to customers at a reduced cost. We quote RFQ’s without delay, ship quickly, and resolve questions in a hurry. We offer straightforward financing options, and our staff is dedicated to your satisfaction.