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5.1 IBM Flex System Manager

The IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is a high performance scalable system management

appliance based on the IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node. The FSM hardware comes

preinstalled with systems management software that enables you to configure, monitor, and

manage IBM Flex System resources in up to four chassis.

For more information about the hardware and software of the FSM, see 3.5, “IBM Flex

System Manager” on page 46.

5.2 IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node

The IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node, available as machine type 8737 with a three-year

warranty, is a half-wide, two-socket server. It runs the latest Intel Xeon processor E5-2600

family (formerly code named

Sandy Bridge-EP) processors. It is ideal for infrastructure,

virtualization, and enterprise business applications, and is compatible with the IBM Flex

System Enterprise Chassis.

5.2.1 Introduction

The x240 supports the following equipment:

򐂰 Up to two Intel Xeon E5-2600 series multi-core processors

򐂰 24 dual inline memory module (DIMM) modules

򐂰 Two hot-swap drives

򐂰 Two PCI Express I/O adapters

򐂰 Two optional internal USB connectors

Figure 5-1 shows the x240.

Figure 5-1 The x240 type 8737

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Figure 5-2 shows the location of the controls, LEDs, and connectors on the front of the x240.

Figure 5-2 The front of the x240 showing the location of the controls, LEDs, and connectors

Figure 5-3 shows the internal layout and major components of the x240.

Figure 5-3 Exploded view of the x240, showing the major components

USB port

Console Breakout

Cable port

Power button / LED

Hard disk drive

activity LED

Hard disk drive

status LED

LED panel

NMI control

Cover

Air baffle

Heat sink

Hot-swap

storage backplane

Microprocessor

heat sink filler

I/O expansion

adapter

Air baffle

DIMM

Storage

drive filler

Hot-swap

storage drive

Hot-swap

storage

cage

Microprocessor

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Table 5-1 lists the features of the x240.

Table 5-1 Features of the x240 type 8737

Component Specification

Form factor Half-wide compute node

Chassis support IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis

Processor Up to two Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 product family processors. These

processors can be eight-core (up to 2.9 GHz), six-core (up to 2.9 GHz),

quad-core (up to 3.3 GHz), or dual-core (up to 3.0 GHz). Two QPI links up to

8.0 GT/s each. Up to 1600 MHz memory speed. Up to 20 MB L3 cache.

Chipset Intel C600 series.

Memory Up to 24 DIMM sockets (12 DIMMs per processor) using Low Profile (LP)

DDR3 DIMMs. RDIMMs, UDIMMs, and LRDIMMs supported. 1.5V and

low-voltage 1.35V DIMMs supported. Support for up to 1600 MHz memory

speed, depending on the processor. Four memory channels per processor,

with three DIMMs per channel.

Memory maximums With LRDIMMs: Up to 768 GB with 24x 32 GB LRDIMMs and two processors

With RDIMMs: Up to 384 GB with 24x 16 GB RDIMMs and two processors

With UDIMMs: Up to 64 GB with 16x 4 GB UDIMMs and two processors

Memory protection ECC, optional memory mirroring, and memory rank sparing.

Disk drive bays Two 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays that support SAS, SATA, and SSD

drives. Optional eXFlash support for up to eight 1.8” SSDs.

Maximum internal

storage

With two 2.5” hot-swap drives:

򐂰 Up to 2 TB with 1 TB 2.5" NL SAS HDDs

򐂰 Up to 1.8 TB with 900 GB 2.5" SAS HDDs

򐂰 Up to 2 TB with 1 TB 2.5" SATA HDDs

򐂰 Up to 512 GB with 256 GB 2.5" SATA SSDs.

An intermix of SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs is supported. With eXFlash

1.8” SSDs and ServeRAID M5115 RAID adapter, up to 1.6 TB with eight 200

GB 1.8” SSDs.

RAID support RAID 0, 1, 1E, and 10 with integrated LSI SAS2004 controller. Optional

ServeRAID M5115 RAID controller with RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, or 50 support and

1 GB cache. Supports up to eight 1.8” SSD with expansion kits. Optional

flash-backup for cache, RAID 6/60, and SSD performance enabler.

Network interfaces x2x models: Two 10 Gb Ethernet ports with Embedded 10 Gb Virtual Fabric

Ethernet LAN on motherboard (LOM) controller; Emulex BladeEngine 3

based.

x1x models: None standard; optional 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet adapters

PCI Expansion slots Two I/O connectors for adapters. PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface.

Ports USB ports: one external. Two internal for embedded hypervisor with optional

USB Enablement Kit. Console breakout cable port that provides local

keyboard video mouse (KVM) and serial ports (cable standard with chassis;

additional cables optional)

Systems

management

UEFI, IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) with Renesas SH7757

controller, Predictive Failure Analysis, light path diagnostics panel, automatic

server restart, remote presence. Support for IBM Flex System Manager, IBM

Systems Director, and Active Energy Manager, IBM ServerGuide.

Security features Power-on password, administrator's password, Trusted Platform Module 1.2