IBM 88743BU - System x3950 E, User Manual

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8
Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2
򐂰 Larger cable management arm to accommodate use of scalability cables
connecting to SMP expansion ports (see Figure 1-7 on page 12 and
Figure 1-8 on page 13)
All necessary hardware components are provided for forming a three-node
x3950 M2 complex with the order of three x3950 M2 servers. However, to form a
four-node x3950 M2 complex, you must have four x3950 M2
and
a Scalability
Upgrade Option 2, which contains one 3.08m and one 3.26m Scalability cable
(see Table 4-1 on page 202 for details of part numbers). Refer to Chapter 4,
“Multinode hardware configurations” on page 195 for more details about scaling
the x3950 M2 to complexes of two, three, and four nodes.
Figure 1-5 ScaleXpander chip (left); ScaleXpander chip installed on processor board
near the front panel of the x3950 M2 (right)