Winning with System x and Storage Sales Guide

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1 Winning with System x and Storage Sales Guide Version 1 1Q January 2013 Win with IBM s Sales Strategy! Steps to maximize server value for your customer: 1. Lead with Express Dare to Compare servers for the most competitive price Add options as needed 2. Offer expanded Express Portfolio of servers Add options as needed 3. Offer custom configurations from Grid 1 for opportunities < $50K 4. For orders > $50K Register the opportunity and Use grid pricing for quick, low price quotes Optionally, Special Bid 5. Leverage IBM promotions and incentives on every deal Speed is essential in winning profitable mid-market opportunities! Quickest: Dare to Compare and Express models Quick: Grid pricing; custom configuration; no need to special bid Extended: Special Bid pricing Express Dare to Compare s Set of offerings within our Express portfolio with a target price at or below the competition. They are available for immediate shipment from Distribution. Speed Express Portfolio Provide flexibility and availability to meet client needs. Built based on the most popular configurations and offer great savings Competitive Non-Bid Grid Pricing Use if Express doesn t fit. Contact your Distributor for Grid pricing. Special Bid Opportunities over $50K list may qualify Acquisition

2 Conversation Starters s and Blades x86 Questions What kind of computer system are you using to manage your business critical processes (desktop pc or server)? What is the current infrastructure and standard (servers, storage, apps)? How many x86 servers do you have? How old are they they? What is your server strategy? Do you plan to grow your IT infrastructure? If so, how many servers are planned? When? Is there budget appropriated? How many clients do these servers need to support? (i.e.) 10, 50, 100, 200, 500, users. Are any servers deemed mission critical? Do you have multiple locations and need a server in each? Blade Questions Are there challenges currently in your IT infrastructure with respect to density, power, heat, or cabling? Is there a server sprawl issue (many servers doing only one task under utilized environment)? Is there a need for centralized server management? Does your business need to deploy servers rapidly? Do you need to lower IT infrastructure costs and complexity? Is there a need to consolidate your servers? x86 Did You Know? System x servers are extremely scalable and can grow as your business grows. IBM has Express offerings in all 1 & 2-way servers. IBM System x servers start under $1000. Replacing older servers with IBM System x servers can significantly reduce total cost of ownership. Dare to Compare models are priced to beat the competition. IBM System x servers feature mainframe inspired technology and smart management tools delivering leadership RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) capabilities. IBM rack servers can save up to $100 per server with new energy efficient designs, compared to legacy servers. IBM System x servers can reduce administration costs up to 35% when running Windows and up to 44% when running Linux. Blade s Did you know? Deploying blades may be an optimal server strategy for IT infrastructure with 5+ servers. IBM s BladeCenter chassis has the longest lifecycle in the industry (2002 to present), offering you maximum investment protection. IBM blade technology can dramatically reduce power consumption and heat output. BladeCenter industry partnerships give you the option of purchasing switch modules from IBM BNT, Cisco, and Brocade BladeCenter offers exceptional flexibility when combined with IBM support for many I/O options. Consolidation, Virtualization Consolidation Questions Is there a need to reduce the number of servers? Are there too many servers deployed all doing the same task? (running the same application) Can your IT infrastructure grow on-demand as your business grows? Do you need to cut costs and improve TCO? Are there servers in the environment that are under utilized? How are space constraints affecting your business? Virtualization Questions Is there a need to reduce the physical number of servers in the environment? Do you have a sense for your average server utilization? Do you have a need to rapidly deploy servers? Is there a test / dev area that can make use of temporary servers for certain projects? Do you need to improve the redundancy or introduce workload balancing into your applications? Do you have cycles in your environment where additional servers are required for processing capacity? Are there servers in your area that are under utilized? Do you have many 1u servers that need to be consolidated? Consolidation Did you know? By consolidating your older servers on IBM s new 2s M4 rack servers, you can reduce your servers 20:1. IBM has a variety of industry leading tools, programs and services to maximize utilization of servers and assist in consolidation opportunities. IBM is the premier one-stop vendor for hardware, software, services and financing. Virtualization Did you know? Virtualization is a growing trend with customers and can pay huge dividends vs. maintaining separate test & development servers. Virtualizing on System x servers and blades allows you to do more work with fewer servers, thereby significantly reducing overall operational costs. Some of the workloads benefiting from IBM virtualization capabilities include CRM, Financials, Order Entry & Processing, OLTP (On-line Transaction Processing), Batch Processing, Remote System Support/Admin. IBM and VMware (the leading Virtualization software provider) have a joint development agreement. You can purchase VMware directly from IBM.

3 IBM System Storage DS3500 Express High performance data protection leveraging IBM Dynamic Disk Pooling versus standard higher maintenance RAID solutions! START with the DS3500 dual controller with four native 6Gbps host ports Ideal for shared direct-attached storage (two highly available servers) and IBM BladeCenter Enables high performance shared storage to improve efficiencies Provides booting and shared storage for IBM BladeCenter As business needs change, choose from one of the four, field installable network interfaces Note: With dual controllers, if a daughter card is added, an identical daughter card must be added to the second controller. iscsi and FC host port intermix not supported. 1. Add 6Gbs daughter cards (two additional 6Gbs host ports per card) Can support up to eight host ports (dual controller) Further expands shared DAS capabilities connects up to four highly available servers Suited for customers without extended distance requirements 2. Or add 8Gbs FC daughter cards (four additional 8Gbs host ports per card) Can support up to eight FC host ports and four host ports (dual controller) Great for demanding implementations in SMB environments, remote sites or departments Suited for new SANs or addition to an existing SAN 3. Or add 10Gbs iscsi daughter cards (two additional 10Gbs host ports per card) Can support up to four 10Gbs iscsi host ports and four host ports (dual controller) Great for demanding SAN implementations in SMB environments, remote sites, or departments Suited for new SANs or addition to an existing SAN 4. Or add 1Gbs iscsi daughter cards (four additional 1Gbs host ports per card) Can support up to eight 1Gbs iscsi host ports and four host ports (dual controller) Simple and straightforward IP SAN solution Well suited for low-cost storage networking environments to consolidate storage Mention DS3500 when your customers: Looking for a new easier way to manage external storage Purchase any System x, BladeCenter or Power Systems servers Implement new applications Find servers are running out of internal capacity Implement a server or storage consolidation project Look to increase reliability and security (legal compliance) Install VMware vsphere or MS Hyper-V solutions Require backup and recovery Key Value Propositions: IBM Dynamic Disk Pooling (DDP) delivers many advantages over standard RAID configurations including simple, fast, automatic rebalancing during drives failures Thin provisioning delivers up to 33% greater storage utilization Turbo performance premium feature provides increased throughput for more bandwidth demanding applications vcenter Plug-in and VAAI feature deliver integration and simple management for VMware environments Enhanced FlashCopy features deliver greater, faster copy services support Concurrent host connectivity ( + FC or iscsi) -led Elevator Pitch Ask these questions to start the discussion: 1. What application(s) will you be running with your server? Do you require continuous access to this application? Can internal disks support capacity requirements in 2-4 years? Does data need to be shared with other applications or servers? 2. Do you need a storage system to support the performance and consolidation demands of server virtualization? 3. Do you have a disaster recovery plan? Have you tested it and were you satisfied with the recovery time? IBM System Storage DS3500 Express Fully Configured in Five Easy Steps 1. Select the DS3500 controller based on HDD type : (a) 3.5 drives or (b) 2.5 drives and power requirements 2. Add optional Network Interface Cards 3. Add Options 4. Add HDD Expansion Units to add capacity (192 drives supported) 5. Select additional features per customer requirements Step 1 a 12 x 3.5 HDD Step 2 Network Interface Options Step 5 Upgrades (continued) 1746A2S DS3512 Single 68Y8433 1Gbs iscsi 4 Port Daughter Card 00W1454 Disaster Recovery Option 1746A2D 49Y W Y Y Y Y Y1947 DS3512 Dual 1TB 3.5" 7.2K 6Gb NL HDD 2TB 3.5" 7.2K 6Gb NL HDD 3TB 3.5" 7.2K 6Gb NL HDD 300GB 3.5" 15K 6Gb HDD 450GB 3.5" 15K 6Gb HDD 600GB 3.5" 15K 6Gb HDD 600GB 3.5" 15K 6Gb HDD SED 68Y W Y9613 Step 3 68Y Y Y Y8479 6Gbs 2 Port Daughter Card 8Gbs FC 4 Port Daughter Card 10Gbs iscsi 2 Port Card Daughter Card Options 2GB Cache Upgrade Turbo Performance 96 to 192 Drive Expansion DS3500 Second Offers 16 Enhanced Remote Mirrors (synchronous over FibreChannel, including FC over Ethernet) and 32 Global Mirrors (asynchronous over Fibre Channel and IP mirroring over iscsi) 00W1455 Back Up & Restore Option Offers up to 512 point in time instances of Enhanced FlashCopy 00W1456 Performance Read Cache Enables the utilization of solid state disks (SSDs) accelerating reads from the storage, helping to increase performance of the disk system Step 1 b 1746A4S 1746A4D 1746T4D 49Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y x 2.5 HDD DS3524 Single DS3524 Dual DS3524 DC Power Dual 500GB 2.5" 7.2K 6Gb NL HDD 1TB 2.5" 7.2K 6Gb NL HDD 146GB 2.5" 15K 6Gb HDD 300GB 2.5" 15K 6Gb HDD 300GB 2.5" 10K 6Gb HDD 300GB 2.5" 10K 6Gb HDD SED 600GB 2.5" 10K 6Gb HDD 900GB 2.5" 10K 6Gb HDD Step 4 Expansion Options 1746A2E EXP3512 Storage Expansion (12 x 3.5 ) 1746A4E EXP3524 Storage Expansion (24 x 2.5 ) 1746T4E EXP3524 DC Power Storage Exp (24 x 2.5 ) 69Y0245 EXP3500 Environmental Services Module Step 5 Upgrades 68Y8458 AIX/VIOS Host Kit 68Y8459 Linux on Power Host Kit 68Y8461 HP-UX Host Kit 94Y8434 Mac OS Host Kit 00W1463 Solaris Host Kit 00W1462 Super Key Enables all the functionality in the Disaster Recovery Option, the Backup and Restore Option, and the Performance Read Cache IBM DS3500 introduces new Firmware Adds more powerful premium features as part of base offering and simplifies premium feature ordering. Out-of-the-box includes: 128 partitions, 32 FlashCopy, 256 VolumeCopy, Full Disk Encryption and Windows, Linux (on Intel), and VMware host attachment 81Y GB 2.5" SSD 81Y GB 2.5" SSD

4 IBM System Storage EXP2500 Express IBM has combined best-of-breed development with leading 6 Gbps host interface and drive technology in the EXP2500, a cost effective, fully integrated complement to System x servers Easy to manage, flexible and extendable, the EXP2500 is a disk expansion unit designed to work for exclusive direct-attach to System x servers via ServeRAID M5025 controller and BladeCenter via the IBM BladeCenter Connectivity Module and IBM ServeRAID MR10ie (CIOv) EXP2512 supports 12 x 3.5 HDDs M5025 is capable of supporting 18 x EXP2512 enclosures EXP2524 supports 24 x 2.5 HDDs M5025 is capable of supporting 9 x EXP2524 enclosures RAID Part Numbers for System x Connectivity 46M0830 ServeRAID M5025 /SATA 46M0930 ServeRAID M5000 Series Advanced Feature Key RAID Part Numbers for BladeCenter Connectivity 46C7167 ServeRAID MR10ie (CIOv) with Battery (BladeCenter) 39Y9195 Connectivity Module 3.5 EXP2512 Part Numbers X EXP2512 Express Storage Enclosure 69Y0243 EXP2500 Environmental Services Module (ESM) 49Y GB K 6Gb HDD 49Y GB K 6Gb HDD 49Y GB K 6Gb HDD 49Y1903 1TB k 6Gb NL HDD 49Y1902 2TB k 6Gb NL HDD 90Y8720 3TB K 6Gb NL HDD Mention EXP2500 when your customers: Are you running out of space with your current servers? Are you implementing a storage-demanding application? Do you need an affordable solution to support growth? Do you have or planning to buy System x servers? Do you need a solution with great capacity expansion? Plan on leveraging Virtualization with Direct Attach Storage? Key Value Propositions: Support data growth in a cost-effective way Excellent ease-of-use and price per performance Scalability, M5025 RAID adapter supports 200+ HDDs Capacity, 36TB in one EXP3512 with 3TB NL HDD Performance, 15k and SSD support Hard drive intermixing supports multiple storage tiers Enclosure-based intermixing supports 2.5 and 3.5 HDDs High availability and reliability, dual power supplies & fans M5025 Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 RAID 6 and 60 support withm5000 Advanced Feature Key 2.5 EXP2524 Part Numbers X EXP2524 Express Storage Enclosure 69Y0243 EXP2500 Environmental Services Module (ESM) 49Y GB K 6Gb HDD 81Y GB K 6Gb HDD 81Y GB K 6Gb HDD 49Y GB K 6Gb HDD 81Y GB K 6Gb HDD 49Y GB k 6Gb NL HDD 81Y9952 1TB K 6Gb NL HDD 81Y GB 2.5 SSD 81Y GB 2.5 SSD IBM System Storage LTO 6 Tape Offerings IBM System Storage TS2260 and TS2360 Tape Drive Express, TS2900 Tape Autoloader Express and TS3100 & TS3200 Tape Library Express support the newest generation of LTO 6 technology to help cost-effectively handle growing storage requirements Standalone LTO 6 Tape Drive 3580S6X TS2360 Full Height 6 Gbps Drive (LTO 6) 3580S6E TS2260 Half Height 6 Gbps Drive (LTO 6) LTO 6 Tape Autoloader 3572S6R TS2900 LTO 6 Half Height 6 Gbps Drive (1U) LTO 6 Tape Media 39P1902 LTO 6 Data Cartridge (5-pack) Tape Library 35732UL TS3100 (2U Driveless) 35734UL TS3200 (4U Driveless) 35P1609 LTO 6 Full Height 8Gbps FC Drive 35P1624 LTO 6 Half Height 8Gbps FC Drive 35P1619 LTO 6 Full Height 6Gbps Drive Key questions: Do you require archiving of your digital content? Are you looking for a cost-effective solution for long-term archival? Do you have increasing regulatory requirements driving the need for security of data for audit and compliance? Do you need better accessibility, durability and longevity for your increased data? Are you looking for architecture with a defined roadmap that will cover future growth capacity needs? Key Value Propositions: Helps significantly lower overall backup recovery costs with lower acquisition costs and savings in energy and space vs. Disk Data encryption simplifies regulatory compliance and risk management by securing information on tape at no additional cost IBM Patented technologies help enhance performance and reliability when used with IBM branded Media Double the compressed cartridge capacity with more than 40 percent better performance than LTO 5 drives Top reasons why IBM is better: IBM offers a full line of LTO 6 tape drives with its Full-Height and Half-Height form factors IBM technology helps enhance performance, operation & reliability of the drives while extending media life IBM is the developer of the unique Long Term File System that enables LTO 5 & 6 Tape Media with greater capabilities IBM offers a completely integrated Data Protection & Retention solution Copyright IBM Corporation IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com, System x and System Storage are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the web at Copyright and trademark information at

5 IBM System x and BladeCenter Express Portfolio Guide 1 Express 2582EHU 2582EJU Processor Memory HDD RAID Xeon E3 1220v2-4C 3.1Ghz Xeon E3 1230v2-4C 3.2Ghz Power Supply Optical Media System x3100 M4 Express List Price IBM Standard Model Comparison Express Savings HP ProLiant Dell Power Edge 4x3.5" SS SATA C100 (SW) 1 x 350W DVD-RW $ B2U $275 ML110 G7 T110 6/30/2013 4x3.5" SS SATA C100 (SW) 1 x 350W DVD-RW $ C2U $279 ML110 G7 T110 6/30/2013 System x3300 M4 7382EAU Xeon E C 2.2GHz 1x8GB 4x3.5" HS SATA M x 460W DVD-ROM $1, B2U $368 ML350 G8 T420 8/31/ EBU Xeon E C 2.2GHz 1x8GB 4x3.5" HS /SATA M x 550W DVD-ROM $1, D4U $823 ML350 G8 T420 8/31/ ECU Xeon E C 2.4GHz 1x8GB 8x2.5" HS /SATA M x 550W DVD-ROM $2, F2U $1,029 ML350 G8 T420 8/31/2013 System x3500 M4 7383EAU Xeon E C 2.4GHz 1x4GB 8x3.5" HS /SATA M x 750W DVD-RW $1, B2U $273 ML350p G8 T620 6/30/ EBU Xeon E C 2.0GHz 1x8GB 8x3.5" HS /SATA M x 750W DVD-RW $2, C4U $727 ML350p G8 T620 6/30/ ECU Xeon E C 2.5GHz 2x8GB 8x2.5" HS /SATA M x 750W DVD-RW $3, F2U $877 ML350p G8 T620 6/30/ EDU Xeon E C 2.0GHz 1x8GB 8x2.5" HS /SATA M x 750W DVD-RW $3, G2U $929 ML350p G8 T620 6/30/ ECU l 2583EDU l Xeon E C 3.1Ghz Xeon E C 3.2Ghz System x3250 M4 2x3.5" SS SATA C100 (SW) 1 x 300W DVD-RW $1, B2U $259 DL120 G7 R210 6/30/2013 4x2.5" HS /SATA H1110 "1 x 460W (HS Optional)" System x3530 M4 Last Order Date DVD-RW $1, C2U $308 DL120 G7 R210 6/30/ EAU l Xeon E C 2.2GHz 1x8GB 4x3.5" HS /SATA M x 460W None $1, B2U $897 DL120 G8 R420 6/30/ EBU l Xeon E C 1.9GHz 1x8GB 4x3.5" HS /SATA M x 460W None $1, C2U $707 DL120 G8 R420 6/30/ ECU l Xeon E C 2.4GHz 1x8GB 8x2.5" HS /SATA M x 460W DVD-RW $2, J2U $3,167 DL120 G8 R420 6/30/2013 System x3550 M4 7914EAU l Xeon E C 2.4GHz 1x4GB 4x2.5" HS /SATA M x 550W DVD-RW $2, B2U $704 DL360p G8 R620 6/30/ EBU l Xeon E C 2.0GHz 1x8GB 4x2.5" HS /SATA M x 550W DVD-RW $2, C2U $1,167 DL360p G8 R620 6/30/ ECU l Xeon E C 2.3GHz 1x8GB 4x2.5" HS /SATA M x 550W DVD-RW $2, D2U $1,049 DL360p G8 R620 6/30/ EDU l Xeon E C 2.0GHz 1x8GB 4x2.5" HS /SATA M x 550W DVD-RW $3, G2U $1,089 DL360p G8 R620 6/30/2013 System x3630 M4 7158EAU l Xeon E C 2.2GHz 1x8GB 8x3.5" HS /SATA M x 550W DVD-RW $2, B2U $707 DL180 G8 R520 6/30/ EBU l Xeon E C 1.9GHz 1x8GB 8x3.5" HS /SATA M x 550W DVD-RW $2, C2U $1,396 DL180 G8 R520 6/30/ ECU l Xeon E C 2.4GHz 1x8GB 8x3.5" HS /SATA M x 550W DVD-RW $3, F4U $1,616 DL180 G8 R520 6/30/2013 System x3650 M4 7915EAU l Xeon E C 2.4GHz 1x4GB 8x2.5" HS /SATA M5110e 1 x 550W DVD-RW $2, B2U $843 DL380p G8 R720 6/30/ EBU l Xeon E C 2.0GHz 1x8GB 8x2.5" HS /SATA M5110e 1 x 550W DVD-RW $2, C2U $788 DL380p G8 R720 6/30/ ECU l Xeon E C 2.3GHz 1x8GB 8x2.5" HS /SATA M5110e 1 x 750W DVD-RW $2, D2U $1,129 DL380p G8 R720 6/30/ EDU l Xeon E C 2.5GHz 2x8GB 8x2.5" HS /SATA M5110e 2 x 750W DVD-RW $3, F2U $1,337 DL380p G8 R720 6/30/ EEU l Xeon E C 2.0GHz 1x8GB 8x2.5" HS /SATA M5110e 1 x 750W DVD-RW $3, G2U $879 DL380p G8 R720 6/30/ EVU Blade Chassis See Blade 8886ETU Blade Chassis See Blade "6x3.5"" HS /SATA (1 Enclosure)" "6x3.5"" HS /SATA (1 Enclosure)" 7875E1U l 2 x Xeon E C 2.0GHz 8x4GB 2x2.5" HHD 7875E2U 2x Xeon E C 2.3GHz 8x8GB 2x2.5" HHD 7875E3U 2x Xeon E C 2.6GHz 8x8GB 2x2.5" HHD 7875E4U l 2 x Xeon E C 2.0GHz 4x8GB 2x2.5" HHD 7875E5U 2x Xeon E C 2.3GHz 4x8GB 2x2.5" HHD 7875E6U 2x Xeon E C 2.0GHz 8x8GB 2x2.5" HHD 8038E1U Xeon E C 1.9GHz 3x8GB 2x2.5" HHD 8038E2U Xeon E C 2.2GHz 3x4GB 2x2.5" HHD 8038E3U 2x Xeon E C 2.2GHz 6x8GB 2x2.5" HHD 8038E4U Xeon E C 2.2GHz 3x8GB 2x2.5" HHD 8038E5U l Xeon E C 2.2GHz 3x8GB 2x2.5" HHD 8038E6U Xeon E C 2.1GHz 3x8GB 2x2.5" HHD See Blade See Blade IBM Blade Center S "4 x 950 / 1450W" "4 x 950 / 1450W" IBM Blade Center DVD-RW $10, TU $1,236 NA NA 6/30/2014 DVD-RW $4, TU $1,987 NA NA 6/30/2014 NA None $2, B1U $1,459 BL460c G8 M620 4/30/2013 NA None $4, B3U $1,071 BL460c G8 M620 4/30/2013 NA None $6, C4U $1,457 BL460c G8 M620 4/30/2013 IBM Blade Center NA None $2, B1U $1,295 BL460c G8 M620 12/31/2013 NA None $4, B3U $419 BL460c G8 M620 12/31/2013 NA None $5, C4U $2,657 BL460c G8 M620 12/31/2013 IBM Blade Center E NA None $1, C2U $682 BL460c G8 M620 4/30/2013 NA None $1, B3U $650 BL460c G8 M620 4/30/2013 NA None $3, C2U $679 BL460c G8 M620 4/30/2013 IBM Blade Center E NA None $1, B3U $642 BL460c G8 M620 12/31/2013 NA None $2, C4U $590 BL460c G8 M620 12/31/2013 NA None $3, D2U $530 BL460c G8 M620 12/31/2013 l Dare to Compare Model 1 Prices subject to change List price reflects December 5, 2012 update

6 IBM System x s optimized for Midmarket Model Positioning Form Factor Processor Sockets/ Max. Cores Processor Type (Max. Cores) HDD Type Maximum # of HDDs Maximum Memory Maximum I/O Slots Sample Applications Tower s: Distributed environments, need for large HDD capacity, expandable, high quality, desk-side server x3100 M4 refresh x3300 M4 x3500 M4 x3250 M4 refresh Entry Small Business Value Entry Business-Critical All-in-one Entry Infrastructure Tower (rackable 4U) Tower (rackable 5U via CTO) Tower (rackable 5U via opt. kit) Intel Xeon (4 core) 1/4 SATA (fixed) (4) 3.5" 4 DIMMs / 32GB (4) PCIe Intel Xeon (8 core) 2/16 Intel Xeon (8 core) 2/16 and SATA (SS and HS) and SATA (SS and HS) (16) 2.5 or (8) RDIMMS / x3 84GB (6) PCIe 32 x 2.5 or 8 x 3.5 or 8x2.5 and 8.x LRDIMMs / 768GB 24 RDIMMss / 384GB 16 UDIMMs / 64GB Rack Optimized s: Ideal platform for existing investment in a rack IT infrastructure, best design for business productivity workloads 1U Rack Intel Xeon (4 core) 1/4 x3530 M4 2s Value 1U Rack Intel Xeon (8 core) 2/16 x3550 M4 x3630 M4 x3650 M4 Business Critical Compact Application s 2s Value storage-rich server Flagship Business-Critical Expandable Workhorse Blade Optimized for Performance Workhorse Blade Optimized for Performance 1U Rack Intel Xeon (8 core) 2/16 2U Rack Intel Xeon (8 core) 2/16 2U Rack Intel Xeon (8 core) 2/16 (SS and HS) and SATA (SS) and SATA (HS), SATA, (SSD later in 2012) (HS) or SATA (HS), SATA, (SSD later in 2012) (HS) (2) 3.5" (4) 2.5" (4) 3.5 (12) 2.5 (3) 3.5 (8) 2.5 (7) PCIe Gen 3 and (1) PCIe Gen 2 or (7) PCIe Gen 3 and (1) PCI-X 4 UDIMMs / 32GB (2) PCIe 12 RDIMMs / 384GB (2) PCIe 24 LRDIMMs / 768GB 24 RDIMMss / 384GB 16 UDIMMs / 64GB (2) PCIe Gen3 and slotless 10GbE (14) RDIMMs / 384GB (4) PCIe (6) 3.5 (16) 2.5 (32) 1.8 (later in 2012) 24 LRDIMMs / 768GB 24 RDIMMss / 384GB or HCDIMMs / 384 GB 16 UDIMMs / 64GB Blade s: Manage servers, networking, storage and applications from a single point, highly efficient and flexible scale out IT infrastructure 1 bay (30 mm) Intel Xeon (8 core) 2/16 1 bay (30 mm) Intel Xeon (8 core) 2/16 E 2s Value 1 bay (30 mm) Intel Xeon (8 core) 2/16 E 2s Value 1 bay (30 mm) Intel Xeon (8 core) 2/16, SATA,, SATA,, SATA,, SATA, (up to 6) PCIe Gen3 and slotless 10GbE (2) RDIMMs 256 GB (2) PCIe Gen 3 (2) RDIMMs 256 GB (2) PCIe Gen 3 (2) RDIMMs / 192GB (2) PCIe Gen 3 (2) RDIMMs / 192GB (2) PCIe Gen 3 SMB, File & Print, File & Print, , Branch Office ERP/CRM, Branch Office Security, Database, Database, Database, Database, Cloud, Business Ananlytics,,,, Select the Right System x for the Right Workload Requirements Tower s Rack Optrimized s Blasde s Theme HPC Web 2.0/ Web 3D Business Applications Infrastructure Applications Key Workloads Scalability Floating Point Performance Memory Throughput Integer Performance I/O and Storage Density High Availability Systems Management Security Distributed Deployment x3100 M4 Cluster/HPC n n n n n w l l l l y y y l l l l Modeling & Simulation n n n n n w l l l l w w w w w w w High performance DB n n n n n n n y w w l l w w l l l l l Business Intelligence n n n n n n n n n y w w l l w l l l l l l Search n n n n n n y l l l l y y y l l l l Content n n n n n n n n l w w l l y w y w w w w Communities n n n n n n n n n y l l l l y y y w w w w Commerce n n n n n n n n n n y l l l l y w y w w w w Collaboration n n n n n n n l l l l l y y y l l l l ERP/SCM n n n n n n n n n n y w l y l l l l l l l l l l l CRM n n n n n n n n n w w l y l l l l l l l w w w w Hosted Client n n n n n n n n n y w w y y y y y l y y w w w w Point of Sale n n n n n n l w y Branch Office n n n n n n n l l l l l l l l y y y w w w w Virtualization n n n n n n n n n y y l y w w l l l l l l l l l Business Continuity n n n n n n n y y w y w w w w y l l w w w w Database n n n n n n n n n y w l y w w l l l l l l l l l /Collaboration n n n n n n n n n l l w w l l l l w y y w w w w Security n n n n n n n n n l w l l l l w w w y y l l l l n n n n n w w l l l l w w w y y l l l l File & Print n n n n n n l l w l w w w w w y y w w w w x3300 M4 x3500 M4 x3250 M4 x3530 M4 x3550 M4 x3630 M4 x3650 M4 x3690 X5 x3850 X5 x3950 X5 E E n - Important n - Nice to Have n - Can do Without l-best w-better y-good