Speeding deployments: IBM Servers and VMware vSphere

Fast forward to virtualization Today’s x86 server technology has reached new levels of IBM System x and BladeCenter with VMware ESXi 4 gets you virtualized in minutes. computing capacity, with more processor cores, more memory, and faster I/O. To harness these capacities more efficiently, ■■ Reduced deployment time for virtualized servers VMware® vSphereTM can virtualize physical servers, storage, and ■■ High level of reliability networking, allowing multiple operating systems and their applications to run independently in virtual machines while ■■ Simplified system management sharing physical resources. VMware virtualization can help you save money, improve productivity, and simplify management of system resources. VMware and IBM have made the transition High availability and resilient infrastructure to virtualization even easier to manage with their latest joint VMware ESXi 4 is an operating system-independent, thin offering: VMware ESXiTM 4 supported on the IBM® BladeCenter® designed for rock-solid reliability. The incredibly small HS22, LS22, LS42 blade servers, the System x3350, x3550 M2, 32MB size of ESXi minimizes interfaces and improves security, x3650 M2, x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 rack servers, and the x3400 making the hypervisor an essential hardware component. M2 and 3500 M2 tower servers. VMware ESXi is based on the market-leading ESX, running in tens of thousands of production deployments. Plus, VMware IBM and VMware deliver integrated ESXi can be licensed to support the entire VMware vSphere virtualization right out of the box with the 4 suite, allowing VMware VMotionTM and VMware HA (High VMware ESXi 4 USB memory key option Availability) to reduce planned and unplanned downtime. The When you begin virtualizing your data center, rock-solid ESXi hypervisor can be downloaded from .com to a reliability and easy management are primary requirements. It’s USB drive or to a hard disk drive. It is also available from IBM important to minimize hardware and software management preloaded on a USB 2.0 memory key and can be installed on interfaces. IBM has been a leader in server consolidation and your server and ready for deployment. virtualization for more than 40 years and offers System x and BladeCenter servers designed for virtualization with VMware. Simplified management Now, with ESXi pre-tested on a variety of System x and IBM Director and VMware ESX work together with industry- BladeCenter servers, you can configure and deploy VMware standard CIM (Common Information Model), allowing IBM virtual machines in a matter of minutes. Director to provide a single interface to manage and monitor all aspects of the physical and virtual environment, responding automatically to potential problems through the use of event action plans. On a larger scale, IBM BladeCenter provides complete hardware and environmental monitoring for every server. Full Virtualization Offerings Virtualization solution leadership VMware ESXi 4 is a fully functional hypervisor which can be IBM and VMware pioneered the virtualization of x86 servers downloaded from www.vmware.com for free to IBM x86 and continue to offer performance and value to customers by servers including IBM BladeCenter HS22, LS22, and LS42 combining the best of next-generation technologies. As you blade servers, , the System x3350, x3550 M2, x3650 M2, plan data center virtualization, IBM System x and BladeCenter x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 rack servers, and the x3400 M2 and with VMware dramatically reduces costs, improves service 3500 M2 tower servers. For advanced capabilities, ESXi may deployment time, simplifies the IT infrastructure, and increases be upgraded to VMware vSphere 4 Standard, Advanced, application up-time. Enterprise and Enterprise Plus licenses - the full suite of VMware virtualization offerings and VMware vCenter(TM) For More Information Server Management offerings. VMware and IBM solutions: www.vmware.com/go/ibm Time, space and budget savings www.ibm.com/virtualization/vmware The power, cooling, and floor-space savings inherent with IBM BladeCenter and System x are multiplied by virtualizing server IBM BladeCenter and System x servers and options: workloads with VMware ESXi 4, resulting in higher utilization www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter of computing resources. Server sprawl is minimized and new www.ibm.com/systems/x application deployment time improves—from days or weeks to just minutes. VMware vSphere 4 provides a built-in, guided consolidation tool to easily convert existing physical systems IBM ServerProven® Hardware Compatibility: to virtual machines. www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us

Greener data centers www.vmware.com Innovative tools such as IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™, IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager, and IBM Virtualization Manager, combined with technologies such as solid state drives, can help reduce your power and cooling costs. You can realize further efficiencies with VMware Distributed Power Management. DPM intelligently moves workloads during off-peak periods, automatically powers down unneeded servers to conserve energy, and brings the servers back online as workloads increase. Together, IBM and VMware can simplify your IT Infrastructure and drive down your energy consumption.

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