Specifications

50 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide
3.1 Compute nodes
The IBM Flex System portfolio of servers, or compute nodes, includes IBM
POWER7 and Intel Xeon processors. Depending on the compute node design,
there are two form factors:
򐂰 Half-wide node: This node occupies one chassis bay, or half of the chassis
width. An example is the IBM Flex System p260 Compute Node.
򐂰 Full-wide node: This node occupies two chassis bays side-by-side, or the full
width of the chassis. An example is the IBM Flex System p460 Compute
Node.
Figure 3-2 shows a front view of the chassis, with the bay locations identified and
several half-wide nodes installed.
Figure 3-2 Enterprise Chassis - front view
Compute nodes in the Intel and IBM processor types have options for processor
speeds, quantities of memory, expansion cards, and internal disk types
and sizes.
Virtualization technologies supported are PowerVM on Power Systems compute
node and VMware ESX, KVM, and Hyper V on Intel based compute nodes.
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