Lenovo Flex System Enterprise Chassises/Enclosures

Lenovo Flex System Information
The Lenovo Flex System is the next generation of blade technology, with significantly higher performance and bandwidth, as well as far greater consolidation and virtualization capabilities than previous systems. The Lenovo Flex System Enterprise Chassis is a high-performance, integrated infrastructure platform that can handle a variety of computation and networking tasks. The Flex System Enterprise Chassis was developed and constructed to give you the efficiency you need right now, as well as the growth path you’ll need to secure your investment in the future. The Flex System Enterprise Chassis is the foundation of the Flex System offering, with 14 Flex System form factor computing node bays in a 10U chassis that enables high-performance connectivity for your integrated computer, networking, and management resources.

Lenovo Flex System Specifications
Firmware: Chassis with first generation Chassis Management Module (68Y7030): IBM-signed firmware
Chassis with Chassis Management Module 2 (00FJ669): Lenovo-signed firmware

Form factor: 10U rack-mounted unit

Maximum number of compute nodes: 14 half-wide (single bay), seven full-wide (two bays), three double-height full-wide (four bays) or one quadruple-height full-wide (8 bays). Mixing is supported.

Chassis per 42U rack: Four.

Nodes per 42U rack: 56 half-wide, or 28 full-wide.

I/O architecture: Up to eight lanes of I/O to an I/O adapter card, with each lane capable of up to 25 Gbps bandwidth. Up to 16 lanes of I/O to a half-wide node with two adapters. A wide variety of networking solutions, including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and InfiniBand

Power supplies: Up to six power supplies that can provide N+N or N+1 redundant power. AC power supplies are 80 PLUS Platinum certified and provide over 94% efficiency at 50% load and 20% load. Each power supply contains two independently powered 40 mm cooling fan modules. All installed power supplies must be identical

Fan modules: Ten fan modules (eight 80 mm fan modules and two 40 mm fan modules); Four 80 mm and two 40 mm fan modules standard

Power consumption: 12,900 watts maximum