Ordering And Fulfillment - IBM NeXtScale System Planning And Implementation Manual

The 1U/2U rack-mounted servers and the IBM NeXtScale System feature the
following main capabilities differences:
Quantity of memory per node
Quantity of PCIe slots per node
Quantity of drives per node
Support for high energy power consumption adapters, such as, GPU and
co-processors
For small installations or for servers requiring a large amount of memory, a large
number of PCIe adapters the rack-mounted servers is the system of choice.
For medium to large installation of nodes that require up to 128 GB, IBM
NeXtScale System should be the system of choice. It allows the users to reduce
their initial cost of acquisition and their operating cost through higher density (up
to 4X compared to 2U servers) and higher energy efficiency (because of the
shared power and cooling infrastructure).

2.6 Ordering and fulfillment

We put careful attention on the NeXtScale System's channel enablement. This
allows not only IBM sellers to be talking about NeXtScale but also our valued
partners. With iDataPlex, this was not something we saw; the product was not
optimized for the partner's use, sale, pricing, and so on. This is all different from
NeXtScale because the product is set up the same as an HS23 or x3650, fully
channel enabled, part of the Customer Transition Plan (CTP), xREF, and all the
normal bid grids.
The IBM NeXtScale System can be fulfilled through regular channels or as a fully
integrated solution with Intelligent cluster. For more information, see Chapter 6,
"Factory integration and testing" on page 153.
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