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Abstract
To meet today’s complex and ever-changing business demands, you need a solid foundation of compute, storage, networking, and software resources. This system must be simple to deploy, and be able to quickly and automatically adapt to changing conditions. You also need to be able to take advantage of broad expertise and proven guidelines in systems management, applications, hardware maintenance, and more.
The IBM® PureFlex™ System combines no-compromise system designs along with built-in expertise and integrates them into complete and optimized solutions. At the heart of PureFlex System is the IBM Flex System™ Enterprise Chassis. This fully integrated infrastructure platform supports a mix of compute, storage, and networking resources to meet the demands of your applications.
The solution is easily scalable with the addition of another chassis with the required nodes. With the IBM Flex System Manager™, multiple chassis can be monitored from a single panel. The 14 node, 10U chassis delivers high speed performance complete with integrated servers, storage, and networking. This flexible chassis is simple to deploy, and scales to meet your needs in the future.
This IBM Redbooks publication is a reference to compatibility and interoperability of components inside and connected to IBM PureFlex System and IBM Flex System solutions.
An easy-to-remember link you can use to share this guide: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/fsig
Changes in the June 19 update:
* IBM Intelligent Cluster 1410-4RX Rack supportes the Enterprise Chassis
* Added support for 1.2 TB SAS and SED drives
* Updated 2.5” drive support
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Chassis interoperability
Chapter 2. Compute node component compatibility
Chapter 3. Software compatibility
Chapter 4. Storage interoperability