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An Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) port for server remote
management and an integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI), which enables improved setup, configuration, and
updates.
One 3.5-inch drive bay, or alternatively two 2.5-inch drive bays or four
1.8-inch drive bays.
Support for additional local storage with the use of the Storage Native
Expansion Tray. When using 4 TB HDDs, you can create an ultra-dense
storage server with up to 32 TB of total disk capacity within 1U of comparable
rack density.
A slot for 10 Gb Ethernet or FDR InfiniBand mezzanine for network
connectivity without using a PCIe slot.
PCI Express 3.0 I/O expansion capabilities through a 16x riser cage.
Additional support for two GPUs or coprocessors with the use of the PCIe
Native Expansion Tray.
4.1.1 Physical design
Figure 4-2 shows the controls and connections on the front of the server.
Power
button and
information
LEDs
Dual-port
mezzanine
adapter slot
Figure 4-2 Front view of IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4
PCIe 3.0 slot
full height, half length
KVM
1 GbE or IMM
connector
management
port (shared)
Chapter 4. IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4 compute node
1 GbE
IMM
(dedicated)
management
port (dedicated)
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