Flex System

Flex System
IBM FlexSystem with 2 compute nodes and 12 empty slots
Developer	IBM (2012-2014) Lenovo (2014-current)
Type	Blade server
Release date	2012
Predecessor	IBM BladeCenter IBM iDataPlex
Related articles	IBM NeXtScale IBM PureSystems
Website	lenovo.com/.../data-center/servers/blades

History

Introduced in 2012, Sold to Lenovo in Aug 2014^[1]

Design

Frontal bays contains only CPU, RAM and storage; the network, power supply and cooling functions is a only rear-side nodes mission.^[2][3]

Software

IBM Flex System Manager - IBM era

Lenovo XClarity Administrator - Lenovo era^[4]

Models

Chassis

• Flex System Enterprise Chassis^[5] - 10U, 14 bays^[2][6] (2012)^[7]
• IBM Chassis with CMM (68Y7030);
• Lenovo Chassis with CMM2 (00FJ669);
• Flex System Carrier-Grade Chassis^[8] - 11U, 14 bays^[9]

p250 full-width (2 nodes) and six x240 half-width nodes (6x1 nodes)