Product guide

NeXtScale nx360 M4 2
Key features
Introducing NeXtScale System, which is a new generation Intelligent Cluster™ platform that follows on
from the highly successful iDataPlex offering.
Designed with industry-standard, off-the-shelf components, NeXtScale System is a general-purpose
platform that is designed to give customers a flexible IT infrastructure. The offering initially will be
available with compute-intensive systems, but the design allows for a mix-and-match approach, with
I/O-rich, storage-rich, and GPU-rich offerings possible. Customized solutions can be configured to
provide an application-appropriate platform with a choice of servers, networking switches, adapters, and
racks.
This modular system is designed to scale and grow with data center needs to protect and maximize IT
investments. Because it is optimized for standard racks, users can easily mix high-density NeXtScale
server offerings and non-NeXtScale components within the same rack. NeXtScale System also provides
tremendous time to value by enabling users to set up and start it in a shorter period.
The NeXtScale nx360 M4 server provides a dense, flexible solution with a low total cost of ownership
(TCO). The half-wide, dual-socket NeXtScale nx360 M4 server is designed for data centers that require
high performance but are constrained by floor space. By taking up less physical space in the data center,
the NeXtScale server enhances density, and it supports the Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 series up to 130 W
and 12-core processors, thus providing more performance per server. The nx360 M4 compute node
contains only essential components in the base architecture to provide a cost-optimized platform.
The nx360 M4 also supports additional expansion options in the form of trays that attach to the top of the
server. The Storage Native Expansion Tray can be added to the nx360 M4 to form a storage-dense server
supporting up to 32 TB of local storage. The PCIe Native Expansion Tray can be added to the nx360 M4
to form a powerful compute engine, supporting two GPU or coprocessor adapters.
The NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure is an efficient, 6U, 12-node chassis with no built-in networking or
switching capabilities, and therefore requires no chassis-level management. Sensibly designed to provide
shared, high-efficiency power and cooling for housed servers, the n1200 enclosure is designed to scale
with your business needs.
Adding compute capability, or later storage or acceleration capability, is as simple as adding specific
nodes to the chassis. Because each node is independent and self-sufficient, there is no contention for
resources among nodes within the enclosure. A typical rack holds only 42 1U systems, but this chassis
doubles the density (up to 84 compute nodes within the same footprint).
Scalability and performance
The NeXtScale System and the NeXtScale nx360 M4 server offer numerous features to boost
performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs:
Up to 12 compute nodes, each with two of the latest Xeon processors, eight DIMMs, and two PCIe
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slots, in 6U of rack space. It is a highly dense, scalable, and price-optimized offering.
The Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family improves productivity by offering superior
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system performance with 12-core processors and up to 3.0 GHz core speeds, up to 25 MB of L3
cache, and QPI interconnect links of up to 8 GTps.
Two processors, up to 24 cores, and 48 threads maximize the concurrent execution of multi-threaded
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applications.
Intelligent and adaptive system performance with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 allows CPU cores
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to run at maximum speeds during peak workloads by temporarily going beyond processor thermal
design power (TDP).