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IBM PureSystems Tom Linhart
Systems Architect
IBM PureFlex System Overview tlinhart@us.ibm.com

© 2012 IBM Corporation

IT has felt the impact of the new economic conditions
 Organizations have had to change their IT strategy.

 They must do more with less, fully utilize every
resource and automate wherever possible.
 Management & Administration costs yield
largest area for reduction opportunities
New
WW Spending on Servers, Power and Cooling, and Management/Administration

Customer Spending ($M)
thinking!
# Installed Servers
35,000,000
$200,000
Power & Cooling
$175,000 30,000,000
Mgmt & Administration
New Server Spending
Servers
$150,000 25,000,000
$125,000
20,000,000
$100,000
15,000,000
$75,000
10,000,000
$50,000

$25,000 5,000,000

$0 0
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Transformative management
The industry’s first truly integrated approach

Benefits
Pain Points
• Simplified made in a
Decisions setup
• vacuum / Navigate
Visualize
• physical and virtual
Management not based
Networking on relationship
relationships of
Integrated • resources automation
Next level
server, • to reduce administrative
Disaggregated system
networking,
Isolated and capacity
burden planning
and storage
Disjointed
Integrated Management
Compute • End-to-end user tasks
Mastering different tools
management
Management
capabilities
Silos • to be of integratedsingle
Lack done with a view
tool
of both the physical and
in a single
system • Integrated server,
virtual
Storage storage and network
provisioning and
mobility


Building custom systems is not sustainable
Up & Running

Specify/Design
Takes 30 days Ongoing Effort
Procure Customize/Tune
Separate software and hardware orders Required to meet SLAs
Integrate
Scale
Components are “bag of parts”
Lack of dynamic elasticity
Deploy
Can take weeks to months Manage
Managing and monitoring with multiple
tools is time consuming

Maintain
Separate fixes require separate testing

Upgrade
Months to plan, procure and test; days of
Development Operations downtime

Provision
Repetitive From Development to Test to Production
Configure
Repetitive and error prone


The time has come for a new breed of systems
Systems with integrated expertise and built for cloud

Built-in Expertise Integration by Design
Capturing and automating Deeply integrating and
what experts do – from tuning hardware and
infrastructure patterns to software – in a ready-to-go
application patterns workload optimized system

Simplified Experience
Making every part of the IT lifecycle easier -
with integrated management of the entire
system and a broad open ecosystem of
5 optimized solutions © 2012 IBM Corporation

Announcing the first two members of the IBM PureSystems family

Infrastructure System: Platform System:
Expert at sensing and Expert at optimally
anticipating resource deploying and running
needs to optimize applications for rapid
your infrastructure time-to-value
 Factory integrated  Expert designed,
and optimized system integrated and
infrastructure optimized application
 Integrated aware platform
management  Platform patterns
 Automation and of expertise
optimization expertise  Simplified management
with a single console

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Integration yields simplicity and flexibility

Open tools and easy app access through Application Store


IBM PureFlex System is Integrated by design

Networking

Storage Virtualization

Compute Management

Tools Applications

Flexible and open choice in a fully integrated system


Simplified experience
Reduce time, effort and risk throughout the solution lifecycle Expert
Integrated
Systems

Starts at Acquisition: A continuum of value from building blocks to systems
IBM Flex System IBM PureFlex System IBM PureApplication System

Pre-configured, pre-integrated Pre-configured, pre-integrated
Chassis infrastructure systems with compute, platform systems with
14 half-wide bays
for nodes storage, networking, physical and middleware designed for
virtual management, and entry cloud transactional web applications
Compute management with and enabled for cloud with
Nodes integrated expertise. integrated expertise.
Power 2S/4S*
x86 2S/4S

Storage Node
V7000
Expansion inside
or outside chassis

Management
Appliance
Optional

Networking
10/40GbE, FCoE, IB
8/16Gb FC

Expansion
PCIe
Storage


Enterprise Chassis Design
Chassis IBM Flex System Chassis
Fans CMM Standard Node bays
14 Node
Bays
(7 Full Wide)

Infrastructure to support the
compute, storage and
System infrastructure

networking components
Power
◊ Supplies (6X)
10 U
Energy efficient cooling
REAR
and power system Integrated
FRONT

◊ Scalable Switch Bays Storwize V7000

Easy to use with integrated • 4 scalable switch bays
single-point management • 10U Chassis, 14 bays
◊ • Standard and Full width node support
Designed to support future
advancements in I/O, • Up to 6 2500W power supplies N+N or N+1
processors, memory, and configurations
storage • Up to 8 cooling fans (scalable)
• Integrated chassis management through CME

IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Front View

Flex System Mgr IBM Flex System x240

Filler Filler

Filler
Filler
Size: 10 U
19” Rack
IBM Flex System p260 IBM Flex System p260

14 Node Bays
(7 Full Wide) IBM Flex System p460 ( Full Width )

Nodes: Filler Filler
 Power
 Intel
 Flex System Mgr IBM Flex System x240 Filler


IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Rear View
Fans

CMM

10 U

Power Supplies
(6X)
High Speed
Switch (4X)

Diverse offerings to match the diverse workloads
Compute IBM Flex System x240

IBM Flex System x220

System Portfolio tuned to IBM Flex System p260
workloads
◊

IBM Flex System p460
Reduce acquisition costs
through virtualization
consolidation IBM Flex System p24L
◊
Maximum platform capability
provides deployment
flexibility


IBM Flex System x240 - Enterprise Class

Uncompromised Compute, IO, and Storage
performance, designed for mainstream
Standard Width compute virtualization, and a broad range of workloads
node
2x IO Mezzanine Cards 2x Intel E5 2600
◊

Processors
2-socket Sandy Bridge-EP
◊
24 LP DDR3 DIMMs /
1333MHz / 1600MHz
◊ 24 LP
10Gb Converged LOM
DIMMs
◊
2 hot swap 2.5” SAS/SATA Keyboard, Mouse,
SSDs or HDDs Video Dongle
◊ connector
Dual Enabled Hypervisor –
ESXi on Flash Key Option 2x Hot Swap, Small
Release latch Form Factor HDDs

IBM Flex System x220 - Value Class
Compute IBM 2S EN Compute Node

Entry cost optimized compute, designed for
energy-efficiency, ideal for native and point
application workloads
Standard Width compute
node
◊

2-socket Sandy Bridge-EN 12x LP DIMMs
◊
12 LP DDR3 DIMMs /
1333MHz / 1600MHz
◊
1G Ethernet LOM
◊
2 hot swap 2.5” SAS/SATA 2x IO Mezzanine
SSDs or HDDs Cards
2x Hot Swap, Small 2x Intel E5 2400 (2)
Form Factor HDDs E5 1400 (1)
Processors


Compute IBM Flex System p260

Power is Performance Redefined
Delivers over 30% greater performance with
similar density and energy use of the previous
Standard Width compute POWER7 blades
node
Mezz 1
◊ DIMMs

DIMMs
2-socket POWER7® IO
Hub
◊ POWER7
DIMMs

DIMMs IO
Socket
64-bit POWER7® processor Hub

◊
DIMMs

DIMMs
16 core : 2 Socket x8 core
◊
DIMMs
POWER7 Mezz 2
DIMMs
16 DIMMs DDR3, 1066 Socket

MHz, 256GB Max
RAID Controller
◊
2 x SAS 2.5” HDD
Dual Mezz cards and IO  HDD: 300 / 600 / 900 GB
Hubs  Memory 4 or 8GB dimms
or 2 x 1.8” SDD drives
 SDD: 177 GB
 2 / 4 / 8 /16 GB dimms

Integration without compromise, designed for the next decade

Compute IBM Flex
System p460

Power is Performance Redefined
The same 4-socket server technology behind
Watson, is now enhanced and available on
Power Compute Node for IBM Flex System
DIMMs Mezz 1
Full Width compute node DIMMs

◊ DIMMs

POWER7
4-socket POWER7® Socket DIMMs IO
Hub
◊ DIMMs
DIMMs
64-bit POWER7® processor DIMMs
◊ POWER7
DIMMs Mezz 2
Socket
32 core : 4 Socket x8 core
◊ DIMMs Mezz 3
DIMMs IO
32 DIMMs DDR3, 1066 Hub
DIMMs
MHz, 512GB Max POWER7
DIMMs IO
Socket
◊ DIMMs
Hub

Quad Mezz cards and IO DIMMs

Hubs POWER7
DIMMs
DIMMs
Socket Mezz 4

*HDD or SSD – Mounted on cover (located over memory)

Diverse offerings to match the diverse workloads


System Portfolio tuned to IBM Flex System p260
workloads
◊

Reduce acquisition costs
through virtualization
consolidation IBM Flex System p24L
◊ Announce at later date
Maximum platform capability IBM Dense Compute Node
provides deployment
flexibility

IBM Scalable 2S EX
Compute Node
IBM PCIe Expansion
Node


Compute IBM Flex
System x440

Delivers maximum CPU, memory, and IO
performance, ideal for database and large VM
deployment
Full Width compute node
◊
4-socket Sandy Bridge-EP

48x LP DIMMs
◊
48 LP DDR3 DIMMs /
1333MHz / 1600MHz
◊
10Gb LOM
◊
2 hot swap 2.5” SAS/SATA
SSDs or HDDs
◊ 4x IO Mezzanine
Dual Enabled Hypervisor – Cards
ESXi on Flash Key Option 2x Hot Swap, Small 4x Intel E5 4600
Form Factor HDDs Processors



Enterprise PCIe Expansion Node
Compute IBM PCIe
Expansion
Node
• A new I/O expansion Compute sidecar
• Industry standard PCIe cards
• Additional Next Generation Platform fabric I/O
Utilize high-capacity, flash • Graphics, Storage, and I/O adapters
based storage to PCIe Full

significantly boost Width, Full
transaction based workloads PCIe Bridge Chip Height Slots
◊ 2 Extra (2) PCIe Low
Utilize high performance Mez slots Profile Slots
GPUs to boost (2)
computationally capabilities
◊
Enable attachment of
external drive enclosures
◊
Tap all available I/O of
modern CPU architectures
PCIe Adapters load from front

Enterprise Storage Flexibility
Storage IBM Flex System extends the Storwize capabilities:
Maximum performance and flexibility, integrated
management and ease of use for customer for all
customer configurations
Full spectrum of servers and storage options
Simplifies storage
administration with a single user
interface and common CLI Integrated Rack Separate Server &
(w/ Internal and Storage Racks
through a tightly integrated

External Storage)
management console
◊
Virtualizes third-party storage
with non-disruptive migration of
the current storage infrastructure External
Storage
◊
Internal
Balances high performance and Chassis
cost for mixed workloads Storage

◊
Protects data for business
continuity and disaster recovery
with built-in local and remote
replication and snapshot
functions

IBM PureFlex System Storage interoperability
Storage IBM Flex System Chassis
Other storage
Virtualization options
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node FSM
 Integrated virtualized IBM Flex System
Storage
IBM Flex System Storage Virtualization Storwize V7000
 Virtualize external Storage for greater
data center efficiency and utilization
IBM Flex System
 Avail in: Storwize V7000, IBM Flex System
V7000
V7000, & SVC
Storage Node IBM SVC
IBM Flex System Storage

Interoperability
 Broad set of IBM storage supported with IBM
Flex System
 Interop with 3rd party via Virtualization
Direct Interoperability Via Storage
IBM Flex System FSM Storage Control
 Discovery and Inventory or via Virtualization
 Monitoring and Alerts Storage Virtualization
 Configuration
 Provisioning
IBM Flex System FSM Advanced
 Integrated virtualization management across
server, storage, network
 Image repository and management
Storage provisioning for image creation,
deployment, and cloning
 System Pools
 Integrated management of storage in lifecycle
of defining and managing system pools
 Virtual Image Cloning
 Integrated storage provisioning and virtual DS8100, XIV Storwize V7000
image placement for new virtual machines DS8300, DS3400, DS3500, DS4100, DS4200, EMC, HP, Dell
DS8700, DS4300, DS4400, DS4500, DS4700, DS4800,
Centralized management to reduces costs DS8800 DS5020, DS5100, DS5300,N3600, N3700, DS6800
and complexity across server and storage Included in Base Director


Full breadth of Networking offerings
Networking IBM Networking Offerings

• Scalable Switch modules for the IBM Flex
System chassis
• Four Scalable switches per chassis
Simplifies network • Capable to provide up to 16 virtual switch
deployment via integrated partitions per chassis
management • Feature on Demand port upgrades for

◊ switches
Reduces network complexity Ethernet & FCoE Fibre Channel InfiniBand
via convergence and • 52 port 1Gb Switch • 20 port 8Gb • QDR Switch
intelligent fabric monitoring Base: 14/10 (internal/external) • 20 port 8Gb Pass upgrade: FDR
Upgrade: 14/10 Thru
◊
Switch
Upgrade: four 10Gb uplinks • 48 port 16Gb
• 64 port 10Gb Ethernet Switch
Improves network Base: 14/10
Upgrade: 14/8 (two 40Gb
performance via uplink)
Upgrade: 14/4
uncompromised IO • 1/10Gb Pass Thru
throughput • 4 port 1Gb - Broadcom • 2 port 8Gb – Qlogic • QDR & FDR
◊ • 4 port 10Gb - Emulex • 2 port 8Gb – Emulex Adapter
Adapter

• 2 port 10Gb – Mellanox • 2 port 16Gb –
Fits with existing Brocade

infrastructure and scales
with Customer’s IO needs *Available at launch


Next generation flexibility: Scale for Bandwidth, Ports, or Both
IBM 10Gb Switch: Wired for up to three 10Gb ports per node and twenty two external ports
Networking

• Base Switch: Enables 14 internal 10Gb
ports (one to each server) and 10 external
14
Logical 10Gb ports
internal
partition 1 • Supports the 2 port 10Gb LOM and Virtual
ports

IBM 10Gb Virtual Fabric Switch
Fabric capability

Pool of uplink ports
• 1st Upgrade via FoD: Enables 2nd set of
14 internal 10Gb ports (one to each
14 Logical server) and 2 40Gb ports
internal
ports
partition 2 • Each 40Gb port can be used as four 10Gb
ports
• Supports the 4-port Virtual Fabric adapter
• 2nd upgrade via FoD: Enables 3rd set of
14 Logical fourteen internal 10Gb ports (one to each
internal partition 3 server) and four external 10Gb ports
ports
• Capable of supporting a six port card in
future


Network Switching and Why it Matters

The Problem: The PureFlex Difference:
Blade to blade communication flows north- Do more with your servers and reduce
south through the TOR, causing latency from network delays. Node to Node
request / response traffic. Added network latency communication happens within the
will impact the overall workload the servers can chassis.
support. Nexus 6100
Communication
Cisco UCS is contained
Communication within chassis
between blades running at
requires traffic 10GB Ethernet
to Nexus 6100
Why this matters:
 Reduces switch latency
 Additional servers needed to overcome
performance loss in network delays
 Low latency, web-serving, and database
apps create significant server to server
chatter and stress on the network

Simplified management experience with advanced automation
Reduced risk through integrated platform management
Management

Management • New user interface and configuration automation brings
new components online faster*
• Cross-resource integration and automation enables
transformation from managing resources to managing
Networking Storage

applications, services and workloads
• Works with the management you have - other IBM
platform tools, Tivoli and third party enterprise
management (e.g., CA, BMC, HP, etc.)
Virtualization Compute • Easier monitoring, alerts and problem management
through automated resolution processes with integrated
expertise
Setup Wizards Global Find Chassis Map Remote Presence


PureFlex “Chassis Map” – 6 view overlays
“Status Information” – toggle and settings “Compliance, Firmware & Notifications” – toggle

“Hardware Access States” – toggle and settings “Highlight Front Panel LEDs” – toggle and settings

“Component Names and Properties” – toggle and settings Thermal and Power Metrics – toggle


Chassis Management
Systems Management
Appliance

 Single focus point for seamless multi-
chassis management providing an
instant resource oriented view of
chassis and chassis resources
 Resource oriented chassis map
provides multiple view overlays to
monitor system health, work with
firmware inventory, and view
environmental status including
thermal and power metrics
 Chassis views to view and label
hardware, OS, and firmware
inventory
 Includes quick finder to launch to
common management tasks (a value
add for admin’s to quickly perform
management tasks)
 Chassis map provides launch point
for remote access tools to work with
OS, etc. on individual blade (node)
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Thermal/Energy Overlay View
 Integration with Active Energy Manager (Advanced Manager plug-in)
• Actual varying wattages (not the static “book”/unreal nameplate values)
• Watt cap on 4th blade (705W)
• Input (ambient) and output (exhaust) temps
• (coming soon – temps for blades, temp color emphasis for rear, used watts for power supplies, and CFMs for fans)
 Gives user a quick sense if and where thermal/energy problems might be
 To get more details, user can click on the Active Energy tab in the Details, with chassis selected (next stop)…


IBM Flex System - Update Manager
 Manage updates for many
IBM platforms using the
same interface
– Automatically check for
new updates
– Show and install updates
needed by your systems

 Monitor system compliance
– Create compliance policies
to automatically notify you
when a system is out of
date
– Show and resolve
compliance issues to install
the missing updates


Compliance status
 System status will be changed when system is out of compliance
 Status will match the highest severity update
 Click on view all issues to see all issues across all monitored systems


Virtualization management
 Discover, Visualize and Monitor Virtual
Servers
– Host and Virtual Server Discovery
– Topology Maps showing relationships
– Virtual Resource Monitoring
– Host and Virtual Server Status
– Thresholds

 Virtual Server Lifecycle Management
– Create/Delete Virtual Servers
– Dynamically Edit Virtual Servers

 Basic Virtual Server Mobility
– Move Virtual Server
– Evacuate Host
– Relocation Plans

 Cross Platform Consistency
– VMware ESX
– VMware vCenter
– Hyper-V
– KVM
– PowerVM


Advanced virtualization
Automate the virtualized environment with system pools

 Intelligent Virtual Machine Placement Services
 Dynamic Workload Mobility
 Integrated Storage and Network Management
 Automation policy control for workloads
– Advise – VMControl recommends actions
and requires confirmation
– Automate – VMControl automates actions
 Availability Automations
– Automate relocation of virtual workloads in
response to predicted host system failures
without disruption
– Restart virtual workloads when a host fails
– Automate remote restart of virtual workloads in
response to host failures with minimal disruption
 Energy Automations
– Allows the pool to relocate VM’s to minimum hosts
– Minimum number of hosts reduce overall energy bill
 Performance Automations
– Allows pool to spread VM’s for optimum performance


Virtualization Management with FSM – Choice and Flexibility

PowerVM KVM VMware Hyper-V

Virtual Server Lifecycle Management & Monitoring    

Automate Virtual Server Mobility using Event Action Plans    --

Image Management    

Deployment Automation    

Automate Virtual Server, Network and Storage resource allocation    

Workload Management    

Resource Pools (server, storage, network)    

 PureFlex Manager  vCenter  System Center

Note: NOT a competitive comparison; indication of where Vendor management solution is applicable

Integrated Storage Management
Storwize V7000 and PureFlex System V7000 storage are
virtualized

End-to-end capacity
view of all storage

Details by
storage type

Integrated Network Management
with Network Control

 Logical network management – allows management of port
profiles, VLANs, ACLs and QoS in virtualized, live-migration
environments

 Leverages 802.1Qbg standards in integrated switches and
PowerVM, KVM and IBM “Osiris” vSwitch for VMware
(standards-based alternative to Cisco’s proprietary VN-Tag)

 Optional Fabric Management extends QoS Management
providing advanced monitoring, VM priority and rate limiting

 Network monitoring at a glance via network topology
perspectives with the ability to see the components affected by
network outages

 Enable end-to-end network and virtualization management

 Graphical view of L2 network connectivity using topology
perspective


Designed for Cloud with resource pooling and automated
provisioning expertise
Dramatically improve system utilization and administrator productivity
• Manage Services instead of Servers, Network and Storage
• System Pools* are a set of resources that make up a service and
can be acted upon as a group for Placement, Maintenance, etc.
• Provisioning of CPU, memory, storage* and networking* with
automatic virtual machine placement and optimization
Management Virtualization
• Utilization monitoring and policies to support performance,
utilization or energy* optimized pooling
Mobility

SW SW SW
OS OS OS

Software

Operating System Virtual Server Virtual Server Virtual Server
Virtualization Optimized for ….
• Availability
• Performance
Networking Compute Storage Networking Compute Storage • Energy*

Systems Virtual Systems System Pools / Cloud

Manage a pool of system resources or a cloud
as simply as managing a single system
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IBM PureFlex System
Configurations that ease acquisition experience and match your needs

Express Standard Enterprise

Infrastructure Infrastructure for Infrastructure for
for Small and application servers scalable cloud
midsize businesses. with supporting deployments.
Most affordable storage and Redundancy for
entry point networking resilient operation

• Designed for Cloud - SmartCloud Entry included on Standard and Enterprise
• Designed for choice of architectures: IBM POWER7 and/or Intel x86 processors
within the same systems
• Designed for choice of OS: AIX, IBM i, Microsoft Windows®, and Linux from Red Hat, SUSE
• Designed for choice of hypervisors: PowerVM, KVM, VMware, or Microsoft HyperV
• Designed for simplicity: Integrated, single system management across physical
and virtual resources
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Extensibility from the broadest ecosystem is made easy

New IBM PureSystems Centre:
 Gain access to a broad community of IBM and
certified partner expertise
 Download optimized, deployable application
patterns from 100+ leading ISV partners
 Search by solution area, industry or system
 Download fixes and patches
 Access to developer community

Also run your existing
applications today*


IBM PureSystems enable multiple initiatives

Optimize Innovate
Better tune and automate systems and More rapidly deliver new applications
applications to improve application and services to
performance, scalability and reliability meet new business needs

Consolidate
More efficiently Accelerate Cloud
consolidate More quickly enable
systems and secure, and integrated
applications to reduce cloud environments
operating expenses

Optimize Innovate

Accelerate
Consolidate
Cloud


What does it mean for you?

Agility Efficiency
• Get up and running in hours, cutting • Deploy twice as many applications per
months off deployment time of new square foot of data center space
application projects.
• Cut lifecycle maintenance time in half
• Accelerate industry capabilities with with no downtime
solutions from a broad open ecosystem
• Save up to 50% of applicable IT
• Elastically adapt to workload costs over traditional IT approaches
spikes without overbuying
Expert
Integrated
Systems
Simplicity Control

• Free up time from procuring, • Lower risk and costs with automated
supporting, testing & deploying assets provisioning and seamless scalability
with security and resiliency
• Avoid delays due to limited IT skills or
complex integration with factory integration • Maximize flexibility with choice of
and built-in expertise architectures, and open standards
• Maintain more quickly and easily with • Intelligently manage cloud
integrated system patches environments


To deliver the core values you need
Integrated expertise overcomes traditional hurdles

From
To PureSystems Value delivered
traditional

Up and running in months Complete infrastructure stack Faster time to value
up-and-running in hours

Over-purchase and Built-in workload elasticity Automated workload
provision scalability

Multiple tools per Single point of management Integrated service and
component
 software management

Piecemeal order and support Complete, pre-integrated Simplified acquisition
of hardware and software software and hardware and support

Create custom solutions to Easy integration through Integrated into current
work with what you have open-standards computing environment

Infrastructure complexity Easily extendable and Easily adapts
slows down change accommodating to change to meet new needs

Multiple service points of Single service point of contact Improved lifecycle
contact and multiple updates and integrated updates management

Smarter Computing
The IT infrastructure that enables a Smarter Planet
Client-optimized system: Expert integrated systems:
highly customizable systems designed to deliver combine the flexibility of a general purpose system
the best in class capabilities uniquely tailored for with the simplicity of an appliance – and integrated
the client’s environment expertise throughout

System z Power Systems
Freedom through design Performance redefined
Business applications

Expert
Integrated IBM PureApplication
Application platform System
Systems
System x IBM Storage
Defining the next Expect more from
generation of x86 servers your Storage

IBM PureFlex
System


100 years of experience
delivering essential IT

 19 years as top U.S. patent recipient

 Since the beginning of 2000, we’ve spent
nearly $70 billion in research and
development

 250k technical experts worldwide

 Market leading systems and software

 Global financing with flexible payment
options

 Commitment to open standards

 Broad open ecosystem of 120k partners

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BladeCenter and IBM Flex System Platform Feature Comparison
Feature HS22 HS23 Flex System x240
GA March 2009 4Q2011 (TTM) 4Q2011 (TTM)

MTM 7870 7875 8737

2 Skt WSM-EP DC/QC/6C 2-Skt SNB-EP (4 – 8 core) 2-Skt SNB-EP (4 – 8 core)
Processors 40W, 60W, 80W, 95W, 130W 60W, 70W, 80W, 95W, 115W, 130W 60W, 70W, 80W, 95W, 115W, 130W, 135W(TBD)
(Xeon 5600 Series) (Xeon E5-2600 Series) (Xeon E5-2600 Series)

Tylersburg IOH / ICH10 IOH in CPU / Patsburg (Intel C600 Series
Chipset IOH in CPU / Patsburg (Intel C600 Series Chipset)
Chipset)

Form Factor 30 mm 30mm IBM Flex System Standard width Node

12 DIMMs / DDR3/DDR3L VLP, 16 DDR3/DDR3L VLP 24 DDR3/DDR3L LP
Memory
(192GB Max w/16GB) (256GB Max w/16GB) (768GB Max w/32GB)

2 x HS 2.5” 2 x HS 2.5” 2 x HS 2.5”
Storage (SAS/SATA/SSD) (SAS/SATA/SSD) (SAS/SATA/SSD)
LSI 1064 LSI 2004 LSI 2004
Internal RAID
+ ServRAID MR10ie CIOv option + ServRAID MR10ie CIOv option + RAID5 Mezz Card option (in concept)

Standard USB Flash Standard USB Flash 2x Standard USB Flash Key, +
Internal USB
1x Front Access USB Key

Emulex BE3 Emulex BE3
Ethernet BCom 5709 (2x GbE w/TOE)
2x GbE/2x 10GbE LOM 2x 10GbE LOM

Chassis Support BCH, BCS, BCHT, BC-E BCH, BCS, BCHT, BC-E* IBM Flex System Chassis

1 x CIOv
1 x CIOv for standard/legacy 2x Mezz Cards (x16 + x8 PCIeG3)
I/O Expansion 1 x CFFh for high speed 1 x CFFh/ 2+2 CFFh
1x ETE (x16 PCIeG3)
for high speed

Power Chassis capping xSEC (Pstate capping, Power Maximizer) xSEC (Pstate capping, Power Maximizer)


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