Innovative solutions to simplify your business

IBM System i Family Highlights ● Provides fast, extremely reliable and highly secure platform to support your business ● Simplies your IT environment, reducing the number of servers and associated staff required with subsequent cost savings ● Provides integration with key partners, suppliers and customers by running thousands of the world’s most popular business applications ● Offers increased IT staff productivity and cost savings by providing great security and high reliability on a platform that is easy to manage. i want to conquer complexity. i want control. i want an i.

To remain competitive in today’s market, your company has to do Get more out of your IT Investment more with less – and simplification is the name of the game. A With the System i models, everything you need to run your complex IT environment comprised of multiple servers is often business applications is integrated into a single system. The expensive and inflexible. By eliminating complex solutions running , security, performance tuning, backup, reporting, over multiple servers and the associated licensing and connection communications, Internet connectivity and file and printing serving headaches, your company is learning to remain competitive with far are built in. The System i platform is designed to be easy to fewer resources. Hand-in-hand with this is the real need for your IT operate and maintain. department to become more integrated and manageable. Simplification can give you a significant advantage. Based on open standards, the System i platform also gives you broader choice and a greater capability to use the system you The IBM System i family can provide your company with a already have instead of buying a new server for every application. comprehensive, integrated system that offers a very secure, rapid System i models can run multiple operating systems and way to become an On Demand Business. System i models can applications simultaneously. They support applications running in help you simplify IT environments and reduce operating costs, IBM i5/OS, ® Windows®1, ®, IBM AIX 5L, Java™, while building business advantage. Based on IBM POWER5+ IBM WebSphere and IBM Lotus Domino environments – all at the processors – the tenth generation of IBM 64-bit processor same time and all on one highly reliable system. Built-in security technology – the System i family can help reduce costs and enable features on the System i family can help businesses meet savings investment in business growth. By creating an environment regulatory requirements and safeguard critical data across these where your business processes are integrated across the application environments. value-chain, your employees are able to quickly respond to any customer or partner demand, market opportunity or external threat. If your organisation is running different applications in multiple Additionally, the System i Initiative for Innovation is designed to business units, it’s likely that you are using separate servers for foster the growth of new, innovative solutions for customers using each type of application and sometimes multiple servers to run a the IBM System i family – unleashing the combined talents of single application. If you’re seeking to simplify your IT environment IBM and IBM independent software vendors (ISVs) to help you and reduce costs to enable investment in business growth, you reach your goals and execute growth plans by accelerating the should consider the IBM System i platform. By reducing the deployment of new applications and tools. number of servers and associated staff required to service your IT infrastructure, the System i family can provide fast, more reliable Handle changing demands by automatically balancing application and highly secure ways to help simplify the IT environment. requirements IBM System i models can help you to maintain critical customer With a System i model, your company can have a comprehensive service levels and handle growth in demand by automatically and secure integrated business solution designed to run thousands balancing application resource requirements and scaling up and of the world’s most popular business applications. You can run the down to match business cycles. These IBM Virtualization Engine applications that your business needs on one secure, easy-to- systems technologies give companies the freedom to run a wide manage System i model, facilitating server consolidation and variety of business applications without the costs and complexity helping to eliminate complexity, enhance manageability and deliver often associated with managing multiple systems. low total cost of ownership (TCO). IBM Micro-Partitioning enables processor and storage resources to Deploy new capabilities quickly and confidently with integrated, secure be moved from idle partitions to partitions experiencing high turnkey systems transaction volumes, either automatically or manually based on On demand computing requires tools to build key business business needs. In addition, with Capacity on Demand (CoD) applications and extend core business applications to the Web. features, you can quickly respond to changing application workload The IBM System i family provides the key capabilities you need to demands by activating dormant processors to match the support your business applications right out of the box. Everything processing needs of peak transaction loads. necessary to support a robust solution is included – a comprehensive, multi-user , IBM DB2 Universal Select from thousands of available applications Database (UDB) software, built-in security and virus resistant With support for multiple operating systems and application features, scalable online transaction processing (OLTP), systems environments on System i models, you can choose from a vast management, networking, high-performance Java Virtual Machine array of industry-leading software solutions tailored to specific (JVM) software and sophisticated, automated work management. industries and business needs. A global network of ISVs offers an System i models provide a complete contrast to other systems that outstanding portfolio of enterprise resource planning (ERP), are purchased in individual pieces and have to be assembled and customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain tested at the customer location. management (SCM), business intelligence (BI) and human resource management applications – as well as a robust portfolio of industry-specific solutions. These applications can be quickly and easily deployed and help lower TCO by providing proven solutions tested to run on the System i family. To complement these business applications, the System i platform Take advantage of flexible financing options is also ideal for collaboration. Tens of thousands of customers run IBM Global Financing provides single-source financing for multi- Domino mail on System i models for highly secure and scalable vendor IT solutions that can include hardware, software and mail. These systems are built to run all the applications that help services. By consolidating IT acquisitions into a single financing today’s companies improve productivity and streamline operations contract and single, periodic invoice, your business can budget such as IBM Sametime for instant messaging, WebSphere Portal more effectively, manage costs more efficiently and simplify IT for company intranets and Lotus QuickPlace for virtual teaming. investment planning. System i Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony augments the collaboration portfolio adding voice capabilities to help reduce Financing from IBM Global Financing can make acquiring solutions costs and extend the functionality of collaboration and business less expensive through competitive rates, fair market value leases, applications with ‘click to call’ and ‘presence’ integration. innovative offerings and special financing promotions. On demand Integration is a key part of the core value of the System i platform financing offerings can allow your company to structure payment and is designed to help you empower your employees and schedules to accommodate cash flow, while enabling capacity connect with your customers. adjustments to handle changes in demand. In addition, low-rate financing helps make a wide range of IBM products and services Rely on a tradition of total support more affordable with flexible payment plans and rates that are IBM delivers outstanding support and stands behind its frequently below market. commitment to provide the highest possible customer satisfaction for every system sold. A vast network of distributors, resellers, ISVs A single system for today and tomorrow and IBM Business Partners is dedicated to the success of the With the ability to support a wide choice of applications, IBM System i platform and your company. Advanced maintenance automatically manage changing business demands and deliver an and diagnostic capabilities built into every System i model allow integrated system that can be quickly and easily deployed, the remote service, enabling enhanced availability and reducing System i platform is designed to deliver outstanding versatility and management overhead. Quick access to technical information and ease-of-use. Self-managing capabilities help reduce administration tools is also available through the Web. time and expense, while an innovative design and industry-leading advanced IBM POWER5 processor technology help maintain high In addition, IBM and IBM Business Partners go a step beyond reliability and availability for critical applications. The System i family technical support by offering business consulting, implementation can help you simplify a complex IT environment and maximise and support services designed to help your organisation maximise business productivity – and then re-invest the savings in business the resources of your System i model. These services can help growth. businesses harness the uncompromising power and reliability of the System i family.

System i System i System i 550 System i 570 System i 595 515 Express 525 Express

Commercial processing workload (CPW) 3800 – 7100 3800 – 7100 3800 – 14000 8100 – 58500 13600 – 1840002

5250 OLTP CPW1 maximum maximum 0 – maximum 0– maximum 0 – maximum

Memory (max) 8 GB 32 GB 64 GB 512 GB 2TB

Disk capacity (max) 560 GB 39 TB 77 TB 193 TB 381 TB

Disk drives (max) 8 278 548 1374 2700

i5/OS operating system licences included Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

i5/OS Users Supported (max) 40 Unlimited N/A N/A N/A

Tower or Rack-Optimised design Both Both Both Rack Rack

IBM xSeries/Blade integration iSCSI adapter 5 21 42 126 168 (max)

xSeries integration IXS/IXA (max) 0/0 18/8 36/16 48/57 60/57

LPARs (i5/OS, Linux or AIX 5L – max) 20 20 40 160 2542

1 550/570/595 Standard Edition comes with Zero (0) 5250 OLTP CPW. 550/570/595 Enterprise Edition offers 5250 CPW up to the processor maximum based on the number of activated processors, i5/OS licences and Enterprise Enablement features. 515/525 Express provide maximum 5250 OLTP CPW. 2 Maximum of 32 processors per i5/OS

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