IBM IntelliStation

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IntelliStation
IntelliStation.svg
Developer IBM
Type Workstation
Release date1997 (1997) (IntelliStation)
2002 (IntelliStation POWER)
DiscontinuedJan 2009 (Jan 2009)
CPU x86 (IntelliStation)
IBM POWER or PowerPC (IntelliStation POWER)
Predecessorx86: IBM PC Series
POWER: IBM RS/6000 PowerStation
Successor Lenovo ThinkStation

The IntelliStation is a family of workstations developed by IBM and first released in March 1997 as the follow-on to the PC 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 the eServer pSeries brand, were also placed under the IntelliStation umbrella.

Contents

The last IntelliStation models were discontinued in January 2009, ending the product line. [2]

IBM IntelliStation models list
SocketsPosition1997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
x86-based
1EntryE 6893E 6893;

E 6867

E 6836–6846;

E 6204–6214

E 6216–6226
MidrangeM 6888M 6849;

M 6231;

M 6233

M 6229;

M 6219

M 6220–6230;

M 6218

M 6225;

M 9229

RackmountR 8654R 6851
2MidrangeM 6898M 6889M 6889M 6850
AMD-basedA 6224A 6217
High-endZ 6899Z 6865Z 6866Z 6221Z 6223;

Z 9228

Itanium-based
2High-endZ 6894
Power-based
1 OR 2Midrange185 (7047)
High-end275 (9114)285 (9111)
2265 (9112)

IntelliStation Pro

Intel or AMD processor based workstations, discontinued in March 2008.

IntelliStation A Pro

Type 6224 (March 2004 to July 2005)

Type 6217 (April 2005 to April 2007)

IntelliStation E Pro

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)

IntelliStation M Pro

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)

Type 6850 (July 2001 to January 2003)

IBM 6850 M-Pro IBM6850MPro.jpg
IBM 6850 M-Pro

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 IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6219-23U.jpg
IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6219

Type 6219 (November 2002 to October 2003)

Type 6220–6230 (July 2003 to March 2005)

Type 6225 (October 2004 to March 2006)

Type 6218 (August 2005)

Type 9229 (September 2006)

IntelliStation R Pro

Relabeled IBM eServer xSeries 330 1U rackmount servers.

Type 8654 (March 2001 to September 2001)

Type 6851 (August 2001 to July 2002)

IntelliStation Z Pro

Type 6899 (March 1997 to ??)

IntelliStation Z pro 6899 - based on a IBM Aptiva desktop. IBM IntelliStation z 6899 pro - front.jpg
IntelliStation Z pro 6899 - based on a IBM Aptiva desktop.

Type 6865 (October 1998 to April 2000)

Type 6866 (January 2000 to March 2002)

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 a SGI 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 a IBM xSeries tower servers IBM IntelliStation Z Pro 6221-49U 20100926.jpg
IBM Z Pro 6221 - based on a IBM xSeries tower servers

Type 6223 (August 2004 to March 2007)

Type 9228 (June 2006)

IntelliStation POWER

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

Type 9112-265 (February 2002 to September 2003)

IntelliStation POWER 275

Type 9114-275 (June 2003 to February 2006)

IntelliStation POWER 285

Type 9111-285 (October 2005 to January 2009)

IntelliStation POWER 185

IBM IntelliStation POWER 185 IntelliStation POWER 185.png
IBM IntelliStation POWER 185

Type 7047-185 (February 2006 to January 2009)

See also

Preceded by
IBM RS/6000 PowerStation
IBM IntelliStation
1997–2009
Succeeded by
Lenovo ThinkStation
Preceded by

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