Lenovo Europe, Middle East, and Africa Withdrawal Announcement ZG15-0078, dated March 17, 2015

Software withdrawal: Lenovo System x Software - HVEC

Table of contents 1 Overview 2 Replacement product information 1 Withdrawn products 4 Announcement countries

Overview

Effective April 4, 2015, Lenovo® is withdrawing from marketing WindowsTM 2012 offerings.

Effective April 30, 2015, Lenovo is withdrawing from marketing:

• IBM® GPFSTM Single Server PVU-based offerings • IBM Flex System Manager® 3 Year Offerings • IBM Platform Resource Scheduler offerings

The last date you can order the withdrawn products is one day previous to the effective withdrawal dates.

Lenovo's supply of the withdrawn products is limited. Orders for the withdrawn products received by Lenovo up to one day prior to the effective dates listed will be acknowledged on an as-available basis. By the effective date, either your order will be assigned a Lenovo-calculated arrival date, or you will be notified that the order cannot be accepted.

Orders for which Lenovo has already assigned a calculated arrival date will be honored. If you defer the calculated arrival date of an on-order product, the order may be cancelled by Lenovo.

Withdrawn products

Express® Seller Options

Effective April 4, 2015, Lenovo will withdraw from marketing the following options.

Part number Description

Windows Server Standard 2012 (2CPU) - 00Y6266 English ROK 00Y6268 French ROK 00Y6269 German ROK 00Y6270 Italian ROK 00Y6272 Spanish ROK 00Y6274 Russian ROK 00Y6275 Czech ROK 00Y6276 Polish ROK 00Y6277 Turkish ROK 00Y6278 Swedish ROK 00Y6470 Win Svr Standard 2012 to 2008 R2 Downgrade Kit - Multilanguage ROK

Lenovo Europe, Middle East, and Africa Withdrawal Lenovo is a registered trademark of Lenovo Corporation 1 Announcement ZG15-0078 Datacenter 2012 (2CPU) - 00Y6285 English ROK 00Y6287 French ROK 00Y6288 German ROK 00Y6289 Italian ROK 00Y6291 Spanish ROK 00Y6293 Russian ROK 00Y6294 Czech ROK 00Y6295 Polish ROK 00Y6296 Turkish ROK 00Y6297 Swedish ROK 00Y6464 Win Svr Datacenter 2012 to 2008 R2 Downgrade Kit - Multilanguage ROK Windows Server Foundation 2012 (1CPU) - 00Y6247 English ROK 00Y6249 French ROK 00Y6250 German ROK 00Y6251 Italian ROK 00Y6253 Spanish ROK 00Y6255 Russian ROK 00Y6256 Czech ROK 00Y6257 Polish ROK 00Y6258 Turkish ROK 00Y6259 Swedish ROK Win Stg Srv 2012 Standard (2CPU) - 00Y6304 English ROK 00Y6306 French ROK 00Y6307 German ROK 00Y6308 Italian ROK 00Y6310 Spanish ROK 00Y6312 Russian ROK 00Y6313 Czech ROK 00Y6314 Polish ROK 00Y6315 Turkish ROK 00Y6316 Swedish ROK Windows 2012 Essentials (1-2CPU) - 47C9319 English ROK 47C9321 French ROK 47C9322 German ROK 47C9323 Italian ROK 47C9329 Spanish ROK 47C9327 Russian ROK 47C9316 Czech ROK 47C9326 Polish ROK 47C9331 Turkish ROK 47C9330 Swedish ROK

Software options

Effective April 30, 2015, Lenovo will withdraw from marketing the following options.

Part number Description

95Y1179 IBM Flex System Manager w/3 Yr S&S IBM Platform Resource Sched for x86 V2.x, Per Mngd Svr 00KE775 w/1 Yr SW S&S 00KE776 w/3 Yr SW S&S 00KE777 w/5 Yr SW S&S

Replacement product information

Windows Server 2012

As the replacement for the withdrawn Windows Server 2012 offerings, selected Lenovo Server System x, BladeCenter, and PureFlexTM System server models can be shipped with the MicrosoftTM .

Lenovo Europe, Middle East, and Africa Withdrawal Lenovo is a registered trademark of Lenovo Corporation 2 Announcement ZG15-0078 Also available from Lenovo Server are Downgrade offerings from Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter to Windows Server 2012 Standard and datacenter and from Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and datacenter to R2 Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter.

Qualifying Lenovo Server Distributors can purchase Windows Server 2012 R2 Downgrade kits for distribution to Lenovo Server Business Partners (Resellers) for installation on Lenovo Server Systems x, BladeCenter and PureFlex System servers.

The Windows Server 2012 R2 downgrade kits include both Media and activation Keys. When downgrading from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2012 or to , the licensing rights of the Windows Server 2012 R2 product is maintained.

With downgrade rights, end users are allowed to acquire Windows Server 2012 R2, but continue to use Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008 R2 until they are ready to upgrade. When they are ready for Windows Server 2012 R2, they already have the license.

Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2012 or to Windows Server 2008 R2 downgrade rights are an end-user right, documented in the Terms that customers accept upon first running Windows software. Qualifying Lenovo Server Distributors are authorized to distribute

Windows Server 2008 R2 ROK downgrade editions with the distribution of Windows Server 2012 ROK upon an end-user request.

To downgrade Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2012 or to Windows Server 2008 R2 software, customers must purchase a System x server with Windows Server 2012 R2 ROK software, accept the End User Software License Terms and then perform the downgrade or authorize a third party to perform it on their behalf.

If downgrading to Windows Server 2012 or to Windows Server 2008 R2, the end user cannot use the new Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system at the same time. If an end user chooses to downgrade to the Windows Server 2012 or to the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system, the Distributor still must apply the Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system Certificate of Authenticity (COA) to the System x server.

Agreement for the precise terms and conditions that govern use of the software.

Following are the Windows Server 2012 Downgrade Editions that are available for distribution with Lenovo Server OEM Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter operating systems:

• Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard: Windows Server 2012 Standard • Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter: Windows Server 2012 Standard

Following are the Windows Server 2008 R2 ROK Downgrade Editions that are available for distribution with IBM OEM Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter operating systems:

• Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise • Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter: Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

Lenovo Europe, Middle East, and Africa Withdrawal Lenovo is a registered trademark of Lenovo Corporation 3 Announcement ZG15-0078 IBM Platform Resource Scheduler

Platform Resource Scheduler for x86 is now included in the Cloud Manager with OpenStack for x86-L offering.

IBM GPFS Single Server PVU-Based

None

IBM Flex System Manager 3 Year

None

Announcement countries

All European, Middle Eastern, and African countries.

Trademarks Lenovo is a registered trademark of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both.

Windows and Microsoft are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

GPFS and PureFlex are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

IBM, IBM Flex System Manager and Express are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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