Workstations family by IBM
TheIntelliStation is a family ofworkstations developed byIBM and first released in March 1997 as the follow-on to thePC Series 360 and 365. Certain IntelliStation M Pro Series were near hardware identical to low end IBM Netfinity 1000 Series network servers (with variants in included video cards and SCSI options).[ 1] In February 2002,POWER processor-based workstations, previously sold directly under theeServer pSeries brand, were also placed under the IntelliStation umbrella.
The last IntelliStation models were discontinued in January 2009, ending the product line.[ 2]
IBM IntelliStation models list Sockets Position 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 x86-based 1 Entry E 6893 E 6893;E 6867
E 6836–6846;E 6204–6214
E 6216–6226 Midrange M 6888 M 6849;M 6231;
M 6233
M 6229;M 6219
M 6220–6230;M 6218
M 6225;M 9229
Rackmount R 8654 R 6851 2 Midrange M 6898 M 6889 M 6889 M 6850 AMD-based A 6224 A 6217 High-end Z 6899 Z 6865 Z 6866 Z 6221 Z 6223;Z 9228
Itanium -based2 High-end Z 6894 Power-based 1 OR 2 Midrange 185 (7047) High-end 275 (9114) 285 (9111) 2 265 (9112)
Intel or AMD processor based workstations, discontinued in March 2008.
IntelliStation A Pro [ edit ] Type 6224 (March 2004 to July 2005)
DualAMD Opteron Models 244, 246, 248, 250 and 256 (no dual-core support) Up to 16 GBPC3200 memory Ultra320 SCSI orSATA 150 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet Graphic adapter options:Nvidia Quadro NVS 280 Nvidia Quadro FX 1100 Nvidia Quadro FX 3000 Nvidia Quadro FX 4000 Type 6217 (April 2005 to April 2007)
DualAMD Opteron Models 250, 252, 254, 256 or dual-core Model 275, 280 or 285 Up to 16 GBPC3200 memory Ultra320 SCSI orSATA 150 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet Graphic adapter options:Nvidia Quadro NVS 280 Nvidia Quadro NVS 285 Nvidia Quadro FX 1400 Nvidia Quadro FX 1500 Nvidia Quadro FX 3400 Nvidia Quadro FX 3500 Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 X2 3DLabs Wildcat Realizm 800 IntelliStation E Pro [ edit ] Type 6893 (June 1998 to June 1999)
Type 6893 (March 1999 to June 2000)
Type 6867 (November 1999 to November 2000)
Type 6836–6846 (October 2000 to January 2002)
Type 6204–6214 (September 2001 to September 2002)
Type 6216–6226 (July 2002 to October 2003)
Intel Pentium 4 at 2.0, 2.26, 2.4, 2.67 or 2.8 GHzUp to 2 GBPC2100 memory Ultra160 SCSI orATA100 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet Graphic adapter options:Matrox Millennium G450 Nvidia Quadro 4 200NVS Nvidia Quadro 4 280NVS Nvidia Quadro 4 580XGL ATI FireGL 8800 IntelliStation M Pro [ edit ] Type 6888 (May 1997 to July 1998)
Type 6898 (October 1997 to October 1998)
Type 6889 (July 1998 to June 1999)
Type 6889 (March 1999 to June 2000)
Type 6889 (October 1999 to June 2000)
Type 6849 (November 2000 to June 2002)
Intel Pentium 4 at 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 2.0 or 2.2 GHzUltra160 SCSI orATA100 HDDUp to 2 GBRDRAM 10/100 MbitEthernet Graphic adapter options:Matrox Millennium G450 IBM/DiamondFire GL2 IBM/Diamond Fire GL4 Nvidia Quadro2 MXR Nvidia Quadro2 Pro Nvidia Quadro4 200NVS ATI FireGL 8800 3Dlabs Wildcat III 6110 Type 6850 (July 2001 to January 2003)
IBM 6850 M-Pro Dual IntelXeon at 1.5, 1.7, 2.0 or 2.8 GHz Ultra160 SCSI orATA100 HDDUp to 4 GBRDRAM 10/100 MbitEthernet Graphic adapter options:Matrox Millennium G450 IBM/DiamondFire GL4 Nvidia Quadro2 Pro Nvidia Quadro4 200NVS ATI FireGL 8800 3DLabs Wildcat III 6110 Type 6231 (November 2001 to July 2002)
Type 6233 (November 2001 to July 2002)
Type 6229 (May 2002 to February 2003)
IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6219 Type 6219 (November 2002 to October 2003)
Intel Pentium 4 at 2.4, 2.67, 2.8 or 3.06 GHzUp to 4 GBPC2100 memory Ultra320 SCSI orATA100 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet Graphic adapter options:Matrox Millennium G450 Nvidia Quadro4 280NVS Nvidia Quadro4 580XGL Nvidia Quadro4 980XGL 3DLabs Wildcat4 7110 Type 6220–6230 (July 2003 to March 2005)
Intel Pentium 4 at 2.8, 3.0, 3.06, 3.2 or 3.4 GHzUp to 4 GBPC2700 memory Ultra320 SCSI ,ATA100 orSATA 150 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet graphic adapter options:NVIDIA Quadro4 280NVS NVIDIA Quadro4 580XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 980XGL NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Type 6225 (October 2004 to March 2006)
Intel Pentium 4 withIntel 64 (formerly EM64T) at 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6 or 3.8 GHzUp to 4 GBPC2-3200 memory Ultra320 SCSI orSATA 150 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet graphic adapter options:NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 ATI FireGL V3100 ATI FireGL V7100 3DLabs Realizm 800 Type 6218 (August 2005)
Intel Pentium 4 withIntel 64 (formerly EM64T) at 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6 and 3.8 GHz or dual-core 3.2 or 3.4 GHzUp to 8 GBPC2-4200 memory Ultra320 SCSI orSATA 300 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet graphic adapter options:NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 ATI FireGL V3100 ATI FireGL V7100 3DLabs Realizm 800 Type 9229 (September 2006)
Intel Core 2 Duo with E6300, E6400, E6600, E6700 or Q6600 processorUp to 8 GBPC2-5300 memory 3Gbit SAS orSATA 300 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet graphic adapter options:NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 IntelliStation R Pro [ edit ] RelabeledIBM eServer xSeries 330 1Urackmount servers.
Type 8654 (March 2001 to September 2001)
Type 6851 (August 2001 to July 2002)
IntelliStation Z Pro [ edit ] Type 6899 (March 1997 to ??)
IntelliStation Z pro 6899 - based on aIBM Aptiva desktop. Type 6865 (October 1998 to April 2000)
DualIntel Pentium II Xeon at 400, 450, 500 or 550 MHz (100 MHz FSB) Up to 2 GB SDRAM Ultra-2 SCSI HDD10/100 MbitEthernet Graphic adapter options:Matrox Millennium G200 Matrox Millennium G400 Intergraph Intense3D Pro3400Intergraph Intense3D Pro3400/GA IBM/DiamondFire GL1 3DLabs Intense 3D Wildcat 4000 (RA and GA) Type 6866 (January 2000 to March 2002)
DualIntel Pentium III Xeon at 677, 733, 800, 866, 933 MHz, or 1 GHz (133 MHz FSB) Up to 2 GBRDRAM Ultra160 SCSI HDD10/100 MbitEthernet Graphic adapter options:Matrox Millennium G400 Matrox Millennium G450 IBM/DiamondFire GL1 IBM/Diamond Fire GL2 ELSA GLoria II3DLabs Intense 3D Wildcat 4110 3Dlabs Intense 3D Wildcat 4210 NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR Type 6894 (May 2001 to June 2002)
The only Itanium-equipped model, with the same platform as an identical Dell, Fujitsu or HP workstations, and based on aSGI reference design;[ 3] the main difference between vendor variants was only a hardware support, software options and case colors.
Type 6221 (November 2002 to February 2005)
IBM Z Pro 6221 - based on aIBM xSeries tower servers Dual IntelXeon at 2.4, 2.67, 2.8 or 3.2 GHz Up to 8 GBPC2100 memory Ultra320 SCSI orATA100 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet Graphic options (AGP-based):Matrox Millennium G450 NVIDIA Quadro4 280NVS NVIDIA Quadro4 980XGL NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 3DLabs Wildcat4 7110 Type 6223 (August 2004 to March 2007)
Dual IntelXeon withIntel 64 (formerly EM64T) at 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6 or 3.8 GHz Up to 16 GBPC2-3200 memory Ultra320 SCSI orATA100 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet Graphic options (PCI-e based):NVIDIA Quadro4 NVS280 NVIDIA Quadro4 NVS285 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 ATI FireGL V7100 3DLabs Wildcat Realizm 800 Type 9228 (June 2006)
Dual IntelXeon Model 5130, 5140, 5150 or 5160 Up to 32 GBPC2-5300 memory 3Gbit SAS orSATA 300 HDD10/100/1000 MbitEthernet graphic options (PCI-e based):NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 IntelliStation POWER [ edit ] IBM POWER processor based workstations. The POWER 185 and 285 models were the last Power-based workstations from IBM, having been discontinued on 2 January 2009.[ 2]
IntelliStation POWER 265 [ edit ] Type 9112-265 (February 2002 to September 2003)
DualPOWER3-II processors at 450 MHz Up to 8 GB of memory Ultra160SCSI HDD 10/100 MbitEthernet Graphic adapter options:GXT135P (PCI-based Matrox G450 with 32 MB) GXT4500P GXT6500P IntelliStation POWER 275 [ edit ] Type 9114-275 (June 2003 to February 2006)
Single or Dual CorePOWER4+ processors at 1.0 or 1.45 GHz Up to 16 GB of memory Ultra320SCSI HDD 2Ethernet ports; one 10/100 Mbit, one 10/100/1000 Mbit Graphic adapter options: IntelliStation POWER 285 [ edit ] Type 9111-285 (October 2005 to January 2009)
Single or Dual CorePOWER5+ processor at 1.9 or 2.1 GHz Up to 32 GB of memory Ultra320SCSI HDD Dual 10/100/1000 MbitEthernet Graphic adapter options: IntelliStation POWER 185 [ edit ] IBM IntelliStation POWER 185 Type 7047-185 (February 2006 to January 2009)
Single or DualPowerPC 970 processors at 2.5 GHz Up to 8 GB of memory Ultra320SCSI HDD Dual 10/100/1000 MbitEthernet Sound Card option with Feature Code 8244 graphic adapter options: Preceded by IBM IntelliStation 1997–2009Succeeded by Preceded by
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