The IBM® Flex System™ PCIe Expansion Node provides the ability to attach additional PCI Express cards, such as High IOPS SSD adapters, fabric mezzanine cards, and next-generation graphics processing units (GPU), to supported IBM Flex System compute nodes. This capability is ideal for many applications that require high performance I/O, special telecommunications network interfaces, or hardware acceleration using a PCI Express GPU card. The PCIe Expansion Node supports up to four PCIe adapters and two additional Flex System I/O expansion adapters.

• PCI Express 2.0 x8 (Low-profile)
• PCI Express 2.0 x8 (Full-height/Full-length)

• Flex System PCIe Expansion Node
• 2 x Riser assemblies
• Interposer cable assembly
• Double-wide shelf
• 2 x Auxiliary power cables (for adapters that require additional +12V power)
• 4 x Removable PCIe slot air flow baffles Documentation CD that contains the Installation and Service Guide
• Warranty information and Safety flyer and Important Notices document

IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node