IBM IntelliStation

IntelliStation
Developer	IBM
Type	Workstation
Release date	1997 (IntelliStation) ; 2002 (IntelliStation POWER)
Discontinued	Jan 2009
CPU	x86 (IntelliStation) ; IBM POWER or PowerPC (IntelliStation POWER)
Predecessor	x86: 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.

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-based
2	High-end					Z 6894
Power-based
1 OR 2	Midrange										185 (7047)
1 OR 2	High-end							275 (9114)			285 (9111)
2	High-end						265 (9112)

IntelliStation Pro

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

IntelliStation A Pro

Type 6224 (March 2004 to July 2005)

Dual AMD Opteron Models 244, 246, 248, 250 and 256 (no dual-core support)
Up to 16 GB PC3200 memory
Ultra320 SCSI or SATA150 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
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)

Dual AMD Opteron Models 250, 252, 254, 256 or dual-core Model 275, 280 or 285
Up to 16 GB PC3200 memory
Ultra320 SCSI or SATA150 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
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

Type 6893 (June 1998 to June 1999)

Intel Pentium II at 350, 400 or 450 MHz (100 MHz FSB)
Up to 384 MB PC100 memory
Ultra Wide SCSI or ATA HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium II
- Matrox Millennium G200
- 3DLabs Permedia 2A

Type 6893 (March 1999 to June 2000)

Intel Pentium III at 450, 500, 550 or 600 MHz (100 MHz FSB)
Up to 768 MB PC100 memory
Ultra Wide SCSI or ATA HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G200
- Matrox Millennium G400
- IBM/Diamond Fire GL1 graphics adapter
- Appian J Pro

Type 6867 (November 1999 to November 2000)

Intel Pentium III at 600, 667, 733, 866 or 933 MHz (133 MHz FSB)
Up to 512 MB RDRAM
Ultra-2 SCSI or ATA66 HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G400
- ELSA GLoria II
- Appian Gemini
- IBM/Diamond Fire GL1

Type 6836–6846 (October 2000 to January 2002)

Intel Pentium III at 800, 866, 933 MHz, or 1 GHz (133 MHz FSB)
Up to 1.5 GB PC133 memory
Ultra160 SCSI or ATA66 HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G450
- Nvidia GeForce 2 MX

Type 6204–6214 (September 2001 to September 2002)

Intel Pentium 4 at 1.6, 1.8, 2.0 or 2.2 GHz
Up to 1.5 GB PC133 memory
Ultra160 SCSI or ATA100 HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G450
- Nvidia Vanta
- Nvidia GeForce2 EX
- Nvidia GeForce2 Pro
- Nvidia Quadro 4 200NVS
- ATI FireGL 8800

Type 6216–6226 (July 2002 to October 2003)

Intel Pentium 4 at 2.0, 2.26, 2.4, 2.67 or 2.8 GHz
Up to 2 GB PC2100 memory
Ultra160 SCSI or ATA100 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G450
- Nvidia Quadro 4 200NVS
- Nvidia Quadro 4 280NVS
- Nvidia Quadro 4 580XGL
- ATI FireGL 8800

IntelliStation M Pro

Type 6888 (May 1997 to July 1998)

Intel Pentium II at 266 or 300 MHz
Up to 512 MB EDO memory
Ultra Wide SCSI HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Intergraph Intense3D Pro1000/T video adapter

Type 6898 (October 1997 to October 1998)

Dual Intel Pentium II at 233, 266, 300 or 333 MHz
Up to 512 MB SDRAM
Ultra Wide SCSI or ATA33 HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Intergraph Intense3D Pro2200/4T
- Intergraph Intense3D Pro2200/GA
- 3DLabs Permedia 2

Type 6889 (July 1998 to June 1999)

Dual Intel Pentium II at 350, 400 or 450 MHz (100 MHz FSB)
Up to 1 GB SDRAM
Ultra Wide SCSI or ATA HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium II
- Matrox Millennium G200
- 3DLabs Permedia 2A
- Intergraph Intense3D Pro3400
- Intergraph Intense3D Pro3400/GA

Type 6889 (March 1999 to June 2000)

Dual Intel Pentium III at 450, 500, 550 or 600 MHz (100 MHz FSB)
Up to 1 GB SDRAM
Ultra Wide SCSI or ATA HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G200
- Matrox Millennium G400
- IBM/Diamond Fire GL1 graphics adapter
- Appian J Pro

Type 6889 (October 1999 to June 2000)

Dual Intel Pentium III at 600, 667, 733, 933 MHz or 1 GHz (133 MHz FSB)
Up to 2 GB RDRAM
Ultra Wide SCSI or ATA66 HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G400
- ELSA GLoria II
- Appian Gemini
- 3DLabs Intense 3D Wildcat 4110
- Nvidia GeForce2 MX

Type 6849 (November 2000 to June 2002)

Intel Pentium 4 at 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 2.0 or 2.2 GHz
Ultra160 SCSI or ATA100 HDD
Up to 2 GB RDRAM
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G450
- IBM/Diamond Fire 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)

Dual Intel Xeon at 1.5, 1.7, 2.0 or 2.8 GHz
Ultra160 SCSI or ATA100 HDD
Up to 4 GB RDRAM
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G450
- IBM/Diamond Fire GL4
- Nvidia Quadro2 Pro
- Nvidia Quadro4 200NVS
- ATI FireGL 8800
- 3DLabs Wildcat III 6110

Type 6231 (November 2001 to July 2002)

Intel Pentium 4 at 1.8 GHz
Up to 4 GB RDRAM
ATA100 HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G450
- IBM/Diamond Fire GL4
- Nvidia Quadro2 Pro

Type 6233 (November 2001 to July 2002)

Intel Xeon at 1.7 GHz
Up to 4 GB RDRAM
Ultra160 SCSI or ATA100 HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G450
- IBM/Diamond Fire GL4
- Nvidia Quadro2 Pro

Type 6229 (May 2002 to February 2003)

Intel Pentium 4 at 2.4, 2.67 or 2.8 GHz
Ultra160 SCSI or ATA100 HDD
Up to 2 GB RDRAM
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G450
- Nvidia Quadro4 200NVS
- Nvidia Quadro4 900XGL
- ATI FireGL 8800
- 3DLabs Wildcat III 6110

Type 6219 (November 2002 to October 2003)

Intel Pentium 4 at 2.4, 2.67, 2.8 or 3.06 GHz
Up to 4 GB PC2100 memory
Ultra320 SCSI or ATA100 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
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 GHz
Up to 4 GB PC2700 memory
Ultra320 SCSI, ATA100 or SATA150 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
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 with Intel 64 (formerly EM64T) at 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6 or 3.8 GHz
Up to 4 GB PC2-3200 memory
Ultra320 SCSI or SATA150 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
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 with Intel 64 (formerly EM64T) at 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6 and 3.8 GHz or dual-core 3.2 or 3.4 GHz
Up to 8 GB PC2-4200 memory
Ultra320 SCSI or SATA300 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
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 processor
Up to 8 GB PC2-5300 memory
3Gbit SAS or SATA300 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
graphic adapter options:
- NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

IntelliStation R Pro

Relabeled IBM eServer xSeries 330 1U rackmount servers.

Type 8654 (March 2001 to September 2001)

Intel Pentium III at 1.0 GHz
Up to 4 GB ECC SDRAM
Ultra160 SCSI or ATA HDD
Dual 10/100 Mbit Ethernet
PCI Quad-port Matrox G200 MMS videocard
PCI Audio adapter

Type 6851 (August 2001 to July 2002)

Intel Pentium III at 1.13 or 1.26 GHz
Up to 4 GB ECC SDRAM
Ultra160 SCSI or ATA HDD
Dual 10/100 Mbit Ethernet
PCI quad-port Matrox G200 MMS videocard
PCI audio adapter

IntelliStation Z Pro

Type 6899 (March 1997 to ??)

Dual Intel Pentium Pro at 200 MHz 256kB/512kB L2 cache (66 MHz FSB), Pentium II Overdrive P6T ready
Intel 440FX/82371SB chipset with DEC PCI-to-PCI bridge (spec. 2.1) and APM 1.1
Up to 1 GB EDO memory (4 DIMM, 168 pins)
Ultra Wide SCSI HDD (with Adaptec AHA-2940 adapter in PCI slot)
10/100 Mbit Ethernet (with Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 adapter in PCI slot)
Onboard audio Crystal Semiconductor (single chip)
1 shared ISA/PCI connector, 2 dedicated ISA connectors, and 4 dedicated PCI connectors; via Riser
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium II (up to 8MB WRAM)
- Intergraph Intense3D Pro1000/T video adapter (16MB + 4MB)

Type 6865 (October 1998 to April 2000)

Dual Intel Pentium II Xeon at 400, 450, 500 or 550 MHz (100 MHz FSB)
Up to 2 GB SDRAM
Ultra-2 SCSI HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G200
- Matrox Millennium G400
- Intergraph Intense3D Pro3400
- Intergraph Intense3D Pro3400/GA
- IBM/Diamond Fire GL1
- 3DLabs Intense 3D Wildcat 4000 (RA and GA)

Type 6866 (January 2000 to March 2002)

Dual Intel Pentium III Xeon at 677, 733, 800, 866, 933 MHz, or 1 GHz (133 MHz FSB)
Up to 2 GB RDRAM
Ultra160 SCSI HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- Matrox Millennium G400
- Matrox Millennium G450
- IBM/Diamond Fire GL1
- IBM/Diamond Fire GL2
- ELSA GLoria II
- 3DLabs 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 a SGI reference design;^[3] the main difference between vendor variants was only a hardware support, software options and case colors.

Dual Intel Itanium at 800 MHz
Up to 16 GB SDRAM
Ultra160 SCSI HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic options:
- Matrox Millennium G450
- Nvidia Quadro2 Pro

Type 6221 (November 2002 to February 2005)

Dual Intel Xeon at 2.4, 2.67, 2.8 or 3.2 GHz
Up to 8 GB PC2100 memory
Ultra320 SCSI or ATA100 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
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 Intel Xeon with Intel 64 (formerly EM64T) at 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6 or 3.8 GHz
Up to 16 GB PC2-3200 memory
Ultra320 SCSI or ATA100 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
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 Intel Xeon Model 5130, 5140, 5150 or 5160
Up to 32 GB PC2-5300 memory
3Gbit SAS or SATA300 HDD
10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
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

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)

Dual POWER3-II processors at 450 MHz
Up to 8 GB of memory
Ultra160 SCSI HDD
10/100 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- GXT135P (PCI-based Matrox G450 with 32 MB)
- GXT4500P
- GXT6500P

IntelliStation POWER 275

Type 9114-275 (June 2003 to February 2006)

Single or Dual Core POWER4+ processors at 1.0 or 1.45 GHz
Up to 16 GB of memory
Ultra320 SCSI HDD
2 Ethernet ports; one 10/100 Mbit, one 10/100/1000 Mbit
Graphic adapter options:
- GXT135P
- GXT4500P
- GXT6500P

IntelliStation POWER 285

Type 9111-285 (October 2005 to January 2009)

Single or Dual Core POWER5+ processor at 1.9 or 2.1 GHz
Up to 32 GB of memory
Ultra320 SCSI HDD
Dual 10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
Graphic adapter options:
- GXT135P
- GXT4500P
- GXT6500P

IntelliStation POWER 185

Type 7047-185 (February 2006 to January 2009)

Single or Dual PowerPC 970 processors at 2.5 GHz
Up to 8 GB of memory
Ultra320 SCSI HDD
Dual 10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
Sound Card option with Feature Code 8244
graphic adapter options:
- GXT135P
- GXT4500P
- GXT6500P

External links

Preceded by IBM RS/6000 PowerStation	IBM IntelliStation 1997–2009	Succeeded by Lenovo ThinkStation
Preceded by IBM PC Series (365 and 360)

References

^ "Aptiva 2142 改造記". pinsroom.fc2web.com. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
^ ^a ^b Official IBM Hardware Withdrawal Announcement of IntelliStation POWER 185 and 285.
^ "IRIX Network Wiki | SGI 750". IRIX Network Wiki. Retrieved 2021-04-14.

[1] "Aptiva 2142 改造記". pinsroom.fc2web.com. Retrieved 2021-04-14.

[HW-2] Official IBM Hardware Withdrawal Announcement of IntelliStation POWER 185 and 285.

[3] "IRIX Network Wiki | SGI 750". IRIX Network Wiki. Retrieved 2021-04-14.

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