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Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004 5486Direction.fm
Additional High Availability options: IBM plans to announce and deliver, in
the second half of 2004, additional high-availability options:
– iSeries for High Availability offerings for the Eserver i5 520, 550 and 570
– An iSeries for Capacity BackUp offering for the Eserver i5 570
– Support for the attachment of more than one Hardware Management
Console (HMC) per server
OS/400 support for higher capacity optical libraries: The IBM Eserver i5
and iSeries plan to enhance i5/OS V5R3 to support Plasmon's next
generation of Ultra Density Optical (UDO) drives in the Plasmon G-series
libraries for IBM OS/400 optical libraries.
For more information, see:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/optical/
Product Previews: Closed
The following Product Preview is closed at the time of the May 2003
announcements:
Microsoft Windows .NET: IBM plans to support Windows .NET Standard
and Enterprise servers on the Integrated xSeries Server and the xSeries
servers attached to iSeries with the Integrated xSeries Adapter.
This Product Preview was fulfilled in the May 2003 time frame via a Web
deliver of PTFs. Windows .NET became Windows Server 2003.
Statement of Direction
Statements of Direction identify the commitment of IBM to direct iSeries servers
toward a given design or technology. Understanding them can provide insight into
the design and technology plans of IBM. All statements regarding IBM plans,
directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice.
Statement of Direction: Open
The following Statements of Direction remain open at the time of the August 2004
announcement:
Sub-Capacity pricing: To continue to lead the industry in developing On
Demand Business solutions, IBM intends to provide flexible pricing and
financing that enables you to exploit new technology. IBM has already taken
important steps in this area with our announcement of complementary On/Off
Capacity on Demand offerings for hardware and software.
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