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Data ONTAP 7.3.0 Upgrade Guide - License changes for the FlexCache feature
Thursday, 19 June 2008 09:46

N SeriesIf you are currently using the FlexCache feature, you will need to take action to continue to use this feature when you update to Data ONTAP 7.3 and later.
The current FlexCache license, flex_cache, has been replaced by a new license, flexcache_nfs. The old license is supported for the Data ONTAP 7.2 release family, but is no longer supported for Data ONTAP 7.3 and later. See your sales representative Contact your IBM N series support representative to obtain and install the new flexcache_nfs license if it is not already present on your system.

Attention: If you upgrade to Data ONTAP 7.3 or later and the new license is not installed, you will not be able to access data in FlexCache volumes after the upgrade. As soon as you install the new license, the FlexCache data will become accessible.

 
TECHDOC: IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
Tuesday, 17 June 2008 15:47

TechDoc BOFM The IBM Advanced Technical Support Team has published a document that illustrates the implementation details of the IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM).

BOFM is designed to help you manage growth and complexity by making it easy to manage I/O and network interconnects for up to 100 BladeCenter chassis - up to 1400 blade servers.

Source: IBM TechDocs

 
Microsoft licensing for desktops in a virtual environment
Monday, 16 June 2008 15:17

Normally Microsoft licensing can cause some headaches to get it right, but how is Microsoft licensing defined in a virtual environment. A new area where desktops can run. A number of sources are available on the web. And Microsoft has published a Licensing Guide on their website. Better known as VECD Licensing or Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop Licensing for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

Source: Blog of Quest’s Provision Networks Division, Microsoft VECD Licensing Guide

 
VMware Infrastructure 3 in a Cisco Network Environment
Monday, 16 June 2008 14:55

Received email from our VMware contact in the Netherlands that VMware has collaborated with Cisco to produce a guide for deploying VMware Infrastucture 3 with Cisco switches. This guide covers the physical and virtual data network and storage network deployment considerations for ESX Server with suggested topologies and designs.

Source:  VMware Best Practrices & Resources, Deployment GUIDE PDF

 
SAS Connectivity Card versus SAS Expansion Card
Monday, 16 June 2008 07:18

hs12-scheef-180x100.jpgIBM announced on june 10th the SAS Connectivity Card (CFFv) 43W3974 which at the date of announce is compatible with the HS21 XM and HS12. It is a low-cost alternative to the SAS Expansion Card (CFFv) 39Y9190.

But, what is the difference ?

Read more...
 
IBM Top Gun Sales Training
Friday, 13 June 2008 09:27

IBM Top Gun training is designed to increase sales, solutions, competitive and technical skills for I/T Industry professionals. The program uses a popular "Top Gun" format involving unique class themes, stimulating lectures, stand-up exercises, hands-on labs, quizzes, and product demonstrations.

Top Gun training is for sales and solution specialists, IBM Business Partners, eSM's, client reps, telemarketing personnel or anyone who spends a significant amount of their time selling, marketing, and supporting IBM eServer, TotalStorage and Software products and solutions.

Look at the Top Gun schedules and sign up !!

Source:  IBM Field Education - Top Gun

 
Try IBM Systems Director Virtual Availability Manager 90 days at no charge
Wednesday, 11 June 2008 12:22

Systems DirectorIBM Systems Director Virtual Availability ManagerTM V1.1, an extension of IBM Director, provides a simplified availability solution for customers using Xen-based virtualization. Virtual Availability Manager can be used to help manage and respond to planned and unplanned system outages, leveraging virtual server checkpoint/restart and mobility to avoid or recover from virtual server and host system failures.

It predicts and reacts to server hardware failures before they occur and reacts to unplanned host system and virtual server failures. Virtual Availability Manager then takes actions as defined within simplified high availability policies. The Management server runs on AIX®, Windows on x86 platforms, Linux® on x86 and PowerTM Systems, managing the availability of Xen virtualized host systems.

Now you can try this software 90 at no charge

 
IBM's Roadrunner flies at one petaflop
Tuesday, 10 June 2008 12:36

IBMIBM is building what it claims is the world's fastest super computer, capable of operating at one petaflop (one thousand trillion calculations per second).

The machine has been nicknamed "Roadrunner", after the state bird of New Mexico, where it will reside. The system will be installed at the US Department of Energy's Los Alamos laboratory.

The system runs on Red Hat Linux using 6,948 dual core AMD x86 Opteron processors, has 80 terabytes of memory, occupies 6,000 square feet and weighs 500,000lbs. Twenty one tractor trailer trucks will be needed to transport it to Los Alamos later this summer.

Roadrunner's primary use will be in nuclear weapons safety and reliability. IBM also claimed Roadrunner would deliver world-leading energy efficiency, as it is capable of making 376 million calculations per watt – a neat way of explaining that it needs an eye-popping 3.9 megawatts of power to operate.

Source:  IT Week, eWeek, IBM Press Room and Wikipedia IBM RoadRunner

 


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