Example configuration 2A: Dual 10 Gb converged scalable switches and an IBM Flex System V7000 Controller + FCoE-capable mezzanine card (single chassis)

The IBM® PureFlex™ System Express example configuration 2A consists of the IBM Flex System V7000 Controller + FCoE-capable mezzanine card and dual IBM Flex System 10 Gb Converged Scalable Switches. This configuration is also known as GA4 configuration 2A.

The following figure shows the front and rear view of example configuration 2A for the IBM PureFlex System Express single chassis configuration.

Figure 1. Front and rear view of example configuration 2A for the IBM PureFlex System Express single chassis configuration

Front and rear view of the single chassis configuration

Table 1. Hardware for the IBM PureFlex System Express example configuration 2A
Index letter	Machine type, model, or feature code	Description	Quantity
A	7955-01M	IBM Flex System Manager	1
B	Any	Compute nodes	1, plus optional 12 more
C	7893-92X	IBM Flex System chassis	1
D	CN4093	IBM Flex System 10 Gb Converged Scalable Switch See Table 2 for mezzanine card options.	2
E	4939-A49	IBM Flex System V7000 Controller + FCoE-capable mezzanine card	1 plus optional 2 or 3
G	2076-224	IBM Storwize® V7000 Expansion Enclosure	Optional *. Up to 9 per controller. The maximum number of expansion enclosures connected to a single controller is 9 minus the IBM Flex System V7000 Expansion Enclosure or Enclosures.
F	4939-A29	IBM Flex System V7000 Expansion Enclosure	Optional, 0, 1, or 2
H	7226-1U3	IBM Multimedia Storage Enclosure	Optional *
K	7316-TF3	Flat Panel Rack-Mounted Monitor and Keyboard	Optional *
J	7014-S25	First IBM Entry Rack Cabinet Model S25 (25U standard rack)	Optional
	7953-94X	IBM PureFlex System 42U Rack	Optional
	7953-94X	IBM PureFlex System (overflow 42U rack)
* Add either an IBM Entry Rack Cabinet Model S25 (25U standard rack) or IBM PureFlex System 42U rack to your order to put this device in a rack.

Table 2. Mezzanine cards for the IBM PureFlex System Express example configuration 2A
Machine type, model, or feature code	Description	Quantity
The following mezzanine cards can be ordered with the IBM Flex System 10 Gb Converged Scalable Switch:
EC24	Power Architecture®: IBM Flex System CN4058 8-port 10 Gb Converged Adapter	1 or 2
A1R1	X architecture: IBM Flex System CN4054 10 Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter. Note: This mezzanine card is used for an LOM-less system board, or when extra NIC ports are needed. These include: 8737-15X (FC A1BD), 7906-25X (FC A1VN), and 7917-45X (FC A2BD).	1 or 2
A1R0	X architecture: IBM Flex System Virtual Fabric Adapter Upgrade to include iSCSI and FCoE. Note: A1R0 is pre-applied to each server that contains A1R1.	1 or 2
A2TD	X architecture: IBM Flex System Embedded 10 Gb Virtual Fabric Upgrade (Feature on Demand to provide FCoE and iSCSI support). Note: A2TD is applied to 8737-15X (FC A1BC) and 7917-45X (FC A2BC).	1 or 2
Note: You can have two mezzanine cards per full wide compute node. Or, you can have one mezzanine card per half wide compute node.

Table 3. IBM Flex System V7000 storage software for the IBM PureFlex System Express
Feature code	Base	Expansion	Description	Feature code - Service agreement
5639-NZ7	X		IBM Storwize Family Software for Flex System V7000, v7.1 or later	5639-ZZA - 1-year SWMA
5639-EX7		X	IBM Flex System V7000 External Virtualization (EV) Software, v7.1, or later	5639-EXA - 1-year EV SWMA
5639-RE7		X	IBM Flex System V7000 Remote Mirroring Software (RMS), v7.1	5639-REA - 1-year RM SWMA
5639-CM7		X	IBM Flex System V7000 Real-time Compression™ (RTC) Software, v7.1, or later	5639-CMA - 1-year RTC SWMA

Table 4. Integrated Management software for IBM Flex System Manager for the IBM PureFlex System Express
Feature code	Base	Expansion	Description	Feature code - Service agreement
5765-FMX	X		IBM Flex System Manager management software, v1.1, or later	5660-FMX - 1-year SWMA
5765-FMS		X	IBM Flex System Manager management software Advanced

Table 5. Operating systems for the IBM PureFlex System based on System x compute nodes
Feature code	Expansion	Description
5639-W28	X	Windows 2008 R2
5639-CAL	X	Windows 2008 Client Access
Xxxx-xxx	X	Windows 2012
	X	VMware View license and subscription entitlement
5639-OSX	X	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for x86
5639-11X	X	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for x86

Table 6. Integrated Virtualization software for the IBM PureFlex System Express
Feature code	Base	Expansion	Description	Feature code - Service agreement
5765-PVS	X		PowerVM® Standard Edition v2.2.1.4, or later (for Power® compute nodes)	5771-PVS - 1-year SWMA
EBK3		X	ESXi USB Hypervisor Key (VMware version 5, update 1) (for X architecture compute nodes)

Table 7. Integrated Security (PowerSC) software for the IBM PureFlex System Express
Feature code	Base	Expansion	Description	Feature code - Service agreement
5765-PSE	X		PowerSC™ Standard v1.1, or later (if AIX® selected)	5660-PSE - 1-year SWMA

Table 8. IBM SmartCloud Entry for IBM PureFlex System Express (optional)
Feature code	Base	Expansion	Description	Feature code - Service agreement
5765-SCP		X	IBM SmartCloud® Entry for IBM Flex System (optional) Notes: An upgrade to IBM Flex System Manager management software Advanced (5765-FMS) is required. AIX 7.1 Standard Edition or AIX 7.1 Enterprise Edition is required.	5660-SCP - 1-year SWMA

Table 9. Service and support for the IBM PureFlex System Express
Feature code	Description
	1-year, 9 a.m. x 5 p.m., Software maintenance (SWMA)
	3-years, 9 a.m. x 5 p.m., Next business day service hardware maintenance (HWMA)
	Maintenance and Technical Support (MTS) offering: 3-years with one microcode analysis per year
Optional 3-day PureFlex bundled services:
6911-300	First compute node = POWER®
6911-100	First compute node = System x®