Specifications

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The IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node system architecture is shown in
Figure 4-10.
Figure 4-10 IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node block diagram
Gb Ethernet
ports
SMI
SMI
SMI
SMI
SMI
SMI
SMI
SMI
To front
panel
Flash
NVRAM
256 MB DDR2
TPMD
Anchor card/VPD
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
Each:
PCIe 2.0 x8
4 bytes
each
GX++
4 bytes
I/O connector 1
I/O connector 2
Each:
PCIe 2.0 x8
Systems
Management
connector
BCM5387
Ethernet
switch
P7IOC
I/O hub
SMI
SMI
SMI
SMI
SMI
SMI
SMI
SMI
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
DIMM
Each:
PCIe 2.0 x8
4 bytes
each
I/O connector 3
I/O connector 4
Each:
PCIe 2.0 x8
HDDs/SSDs
P7IOC
I/O hub
USB
controller
PCIe
to PCI
P7IOC
I/O hub
FSP
POWER7
Processor
2
POWER7
Processor
3
POWER7
Processor
0
POWER7
Processor
1
FSPIO
SAS
P7IOC
I/O hub
Phy