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Chapter 5. Compute nodes
This chapter describes the IBM Flex System servers or compute nodes. The applications
installed on the compute nodes can run natively on a dedicated physical server. Or they can
be virtualized in a virtual machine managed by a hypervisor layer.
The IBM Flex System portfolio of compute nodes includes Intel Xeon processors and IBM
POWER7 processors. Depending on the compute node design, nodes can come in one of
these form factors:
Half-wide node: Occupies one chassis bay, half the width of the chassis (approximately
215 mm or 8.5”). An example is the IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node.
Full-wide node: Occupies two chassis bays side-by-side, the full width of the chassis
(approximately 435 mm or 17”). An example is the IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node.
This chapter includes the following sections:
IBM Flex System Manager
IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node
IBM Flex System x220 Compute Node
IBM Flex System p260 and p24L Compute Nodes
IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node
I/O adapters
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