Overview - IBM NeXtScale System Planning And Implementation Manual

3.1 Overview

The IBM NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure is a 6U next-generation dense server
platform with integrated Fan and Power Controller. The n1200 is designed to
efficiently power and cool up to 12 1U half-wide compute nodes, with which
clients can install in a standard 42U 19-inch rack that is twice the number of
servers per rack-U space that is compared to traditional 1U rack servers.
Figure 3-1 IBM NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure with 12 compute nodes
The founding principle behind IBM NeXtScale System is to allow clients to adopt
this new hardware with minimal or no changes to their existing data center
infrastructure, management tools, protocols, and best practices.
The enclosure looks similar to an IBM BladeCenter or IBM Flex System chassis
but it is different as there is no consolidated management interface or integrated
switching. An exploded view of the components of the chassis is shown in
Figure 3-2 on page 25.
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