Product Names - IBM Flex System V7000 Introduction And Implementation Manual

1.1.1 Product names

The primary product names for the IBM PureSystems components are as follows:
IBM PureSystems:
– The overall name for IBMs new family of expert integrated systems
IBM Flex System:
– A build-to-order offering with clients choice of IBM Flex System components
– IBM Flex System that can help you go beyond blades
– An innovative Enterprise Chassis designed for new levels of simplicity, flexibility,
integration, reliability, and upgradability
– A broad range of x86 and IBM POWER® compute nodes
– New IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node built into the Enterprise Chassis
IBM PureFlex System:
– A solution that combines compute nodes, storage, networking, virtualization and
management into a single infrastructure system. It is expert at sensing and anticipating
resource needs to optimize your infrastructure.
IBM PureApplication System:
– A platform system designed and tuned specifically for transactional web and database
applications. Its workload-aware, flexible platform is designed to be easy to deploy,
customize, safeguard and manage.
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node:
– The product name for the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node family of controller
and expansion enclosures. The IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node is an add-on for
the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis.
IBM Flex System V7000 Control Enclosure:
– The controller enclosure of the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node. The IBM Flex
System V7000 Control Enclosure is an add-on for the IBM Flex System Enterprise
Chassis and mounts internally into it.
– The IBM Flex System V7000 Control Enclosure provides 24 disk drive bays.
– The IBM Flex System V7000 Control Enclosure supports block workloads only.
IBM Flex System V7000 Expansion Enclosure:
– A SAS disk shelf with 24 disk drive bays that connects to the IBM Flex System V7000
Control Enclosure. The IBM Flex System V7000 Expansion Enclosure is an add-on for
the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis and mounts internally into it.
IBM Storwize V7000:
– The IBM Storwize V7000 is a disk system with built in IBM SAN Volume Controller
(SVC) functionality. It has the ability to virtualize a wide range of external storage
systems from either IBM or other Storage vendors.
– The IBM Storwize V7000 Control Enclosure provides a choice of 24 x 2.5" Small Form
Factor (SFF) disk drives or 12 x 3.5" Large Form Factor (LFF) disk drive form factors.
– The IBM Storwize V7000 supports block workloads only.
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified:
– IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is like the IBM Storwize V7000 a disk system that provides
internal storage and external virtualization. However, the IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
also has file modules that provide NAS functionality like the CIFS and NFS protocols.
– The Storwize V7000 Unified consolidates block and file workloads into a single system.
Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Flex Systems and IBM PureSystems offerings
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