Channel Program No. 4QCPSTX
INTEGRATED VIRTUAL COMPUTING PLATFORM MAKING THE SHIFT TO VIRTUALIZATION – THE IBM WAY, THE EASY WAY! Much more than it appears to be – server, software and storage - to simplify your infrastructure... As business grows so does the demand for computing capacity. Although necessary adding servers and storage is costly in terms of capital and people needed to operate, manage and upgrade the infrastructure. VMware running on IBM’s System x3850 combined with IBM System Storage DS4700 Disk Server delivers on the promises of virtualization and consolidation. Lower total cost of ownership, higher server and storage utilization, increased operational efficiency and improved manageability can be realized with this complete infrastructure solution.
IBM System Storage DS4700
IBM System x3850
• Eight total host channels with dual controllers for increased connectivity
• Delivers breakthrough, four-processor performance with 64-bit memory addressability through IBM X3 Architecture, the third-generation of IBM Enterprise X-Architecture™ • Supports high-performance, dual-core 64-bit Intel® Xeon® Processors MP and runs 32- and 64-bit applications simultaneously, providing headroom and investment protection • Helps deliver lower downtime with three levels of memory protection and optional advanced systems management technology • Leverages years of IBM server deployment expertise and the enterprise-proven reliability of the Intel-architecture design VMware Infrastructure 3 • Saves valuable time, money and resources by way of server consolidation • VMware ESX Server allows several instances of similar or dissimilar operating systems to run as virtual machines on a single server, so consolidating application workloads is simple and fast. • VMware ESX Server helps you build cost-effective, highavailability solutions by using fail-over clustering between virtual machines.
HOW TO ORDER
• End-to-end 4Gbps capable Fibre Channel interface technology to help optimize performance • Up to 1600Mbps bandwidth for high throughput applications • Support for Fibre Channel and SATA hard disk drives • Includes DS4000 Storage Manager to help centrally manage the DS4700 subsystem
• Support for up to 112 disk drive modules with the attachment of six DS4000 EXP810 Expansion Units
Purchase this complete solution for only
$40,230 (or 36 month lease for only $1,088 per month) • System x3850 (8863E8U) 4-way capable Xeon server with two Xeon MP 3.66GHz processors, 6GB SDRAM Memory (41Y5000) and qty 3 39M5809), RSA II, ServeRAID 8i SAS Controller and two Internal 73GB 10K SAS HDDs (40K1052) and enhanced 3 year IOR Service (14R1682) • VMware Infrastructure 3 Standard for 2 sockets (4817V02) with 1 year service subscription (4817S02) combined with IBM Software ServicePac for xSeries Enhanced 7 x 24 Support (41E9483) and Media Kit (4817V16) • System Storage DS4700 Model 70A with dual controllers, 2GB cache, eight FC 146.8GB 10K HDDs (39M4590), four Short Wave SFPs, two 5m Fiber Optic LC-LC Cables (39M5697), two 1-Port 4Gbps PCI-X FC HBAs (39M5894), Windows Attach Kit, VMware Host Attach Kit (41Y5182) and two Storage Partition Activation
Contact your IBM Business Partner. To identify your local IBM Business Partner, please contact Ken Halbert at (905) 316-3251, Internet:
[email protected]
**Available to qualified business customers only. Lease price based on 36 month FMV lease and does not include taxes. Rates are based on customer’s credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment type and options. Subject to IBM Global Financing credit approval. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice. Taxes not included. Not available with volume-based discounts. Products may not be exactly as shown. Prices and features subject to error and can change without notice. This is a special bid pricing program. Offer may be withdrawn at any time or while quantities last. IBM shipping and handling charges are extra and non-refundable. IBM and the IBM logo and System Storage are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation to be used under license by IBM Canada Limited. All products and brand names are registered trade marks of their respective companies. ©IBM Canada 2006 P17453
