IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node 4939H49 User Manual

Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Flex Systems and IBM PureSystems offerings 

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Configurator tool may be made to establish specific power requirements for a given 
configuration. 

Power configurator can be found at:

The IBM Flex System portfolio of compute nodes include those with Intel Xeon processors or 
with IBM POWER7® processors. Depending on the compute node design, it may come in 
one of two different form factors:

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Half-wide node -- occupies one chassis bay, half the width of the chassis (approximately 
215 mm or 8.5”).

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Full-wide node -- occupies two chassis bays side-by-side, the full width of the chassis 
(approximately 435 mm (17”).

The applications installed on the compute nodes may be running on an operating system run 
natively on a dedicated physical server or may be virtualized in a virtual machine managed by 
a hypervisor layer. Here we provide the summary of the compute nodes, and for further 
detailed information on these, refer to IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and 
Implementation Guide, SG24-7989 and IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System Products 
and Technology, SG24-7984.

The IBM Flex System x440 Compute Node (machine type 7917) is a high-density four socket 
server, optimized for high-end virtualization, mainstream database deployments, 
memory-intensive and high performance environments.

IBM Flex System x440 Compute Node is a double-wide compute node providing scalability to 
support up to four Intel Xeon E5-4600 processors and the node’s width allows fora significant 
I/O capability.

Figure 1-6 on page 16 shows the front of the compute node, showing the location of the 
controls, LEDs, and connectors. The light path diagnostic panel is located on the upper edge 
of the front panel bezel, in the same place as the x220 and x240.