IBM NeXtScale Systems

IBM® Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition supports some NeXtScale Systems.

NeXtScale System is the next generation dense system from System x for clients that require flexible and scale-out infrastructure. NeXtScale System uses industry-standard components, including I/O cards and top-of-rack networking switches for flexibility of choice and ease of adoption.

Before adding NextScale compute nodes to the IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition system, ensure that the provisioning template used to add the nodes, uses the NeXtScale hardware profile (IBM_NeXtScale_M4). See more on hardware profiles.

For more information about how to implement NeXtScale System and positioning within other System x platforms (iDataPlex, Flex System, rack-mounted System x servers), see IBM NeXtScale System Planning and Implementation Guide, SG24-8152, which is available at this website: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248152.html.