IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System Products and Technology

22 IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System Products and Technology

2.3.3 Top of rack SAN switch

If more than one chassis is configured, a top of rack SAN switch must be added to the

configuration. If only one chassis is configured, the top of rack switch is optional.Table 2-17

lists the switch components for a SAN switch.

Table 2-17 Components of the top of rack SAN switch

2.3.4 Compute nodes

The PureFlex System Standard requires one of the following compute nodes:

򐂰 IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node (IBM POWER7 based)

򐂰 IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node (Intel Xeon based)

Table 2-18 lists the major components of the IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node.

Table 2-18 Components of IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node

Table 2-19 lists the major components of the IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node.

Table 2-19 Components of IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node

AAS feature

code

XCC feature

code

Description Minimum

quantity

2498-B24 2498-B24 24-port SAN Switch 0

5605 5605 5m optic cable 1

2808 2808 8 Gb SFP transceivers (eight pack) 1

AAS feature

code

Description Minimum

quantity

7895-42x IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node 1

1764 IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8 Gb FC Adapter 2

1762 IBM Flex System EN4054 4-port 10 Gb Ethernet Adapter 2

Base Processor 1 Required, select only one, minimum 1, maximum 1

EPR2 16 Cores, (4 x 4 core), 3.3 GHz + 4-socket system board 1

EPR4 32 Cores, (4 x 8 core), 3.2 GHz + 4-socket system board

EPR6 32 Cores, (4 x 8 core), 3.55 GHz + 4-socket system board

Memory - 8 GB per core minimum with all DIMM slots filled with same memory type

8145 32 GB (2 x 16 GB), 1066 MHz, LP RDIMMs (1.35V)

8199 16 GB (2 x 8 GB), 1066 MHz, VLP RDIMMs (1.35V)

AAS feature

code

XCC feature

code

Description Minimum

quantity

7863-10X 8737AC1 IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node

EN20

EN21

A1BC

A1BD

x240 with embedded 10 Gb Virtual Fabric

x240 without embedded 10 Gb Virtual Fabric

(select one of these base features)

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