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1 , dated June 30, 2009 VMware vsphere 4.0 offers improvements in virtual machine capabilities and helps reduce IT costs Table of contents 1 At a glance 5 Offering Information 1 Overview 5 Technical information 3 Key prerequisites 7 Software Services 3 Planned availability date 8 Ordering information 3 Description 12 Terms and conditions 5 Program number 13 Prices 18 Corrections At a glance VMware vsphere 4.0 is VMware's cloud infrastructure that is intended to transform data centers into simplified cloud infrastructures. This offering helps you to: Reduce IT costs Allow control while automating and providing better quality of service Provide flexibility and resiliency New editions of VMware vsphere 4.0 include: VMware vsphere Standard 4.0 for simple consolidation with basic management for remote offices and test labs. VMware vsphere Advanced 4.0 for consolidation with manageability. It provides high availability for production infrastructures and mission critical applications. VMware vsphere Enterprise Plus 4.0 for consolidation, manageability, and availability. This edition is ideal for large scale management and integration for tier one applications and for cloud environments. Overview Previously known as VMware Infrastructure 3, VMware vsphere is a distributed software system with features enabled by a management server and hypervisor working together. VMware vsphere 4.0 delivers new levels of performance and scalability, for running workloads in a virtualized environment: Expanded support for up to 64 cores per server Expanded support for up to 1 TB of physical memory per server Expanded support for up to 255 GB of RAM per virtual machine Expanded support for up to 320 virtual machines per server The System x3950 is the reference platform for vsphere scalability. New vsphere 4.0 offerings help meet the needs of Small/Medium Business (SMB), Mid-Market (MM), as well as Large Enterprise. vsphere Essentials editions (bundles) for SMB/MM businesses and Large Enterprise Distributed enterprises (such as branch offices). IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 1

2 vsphere Standard edition at a new, lower price point for simple consolidation. vsphere Advanced for high availability at a midrange price point helping provide consolidation plus availability. vsphere Enterprise Plus at a new top price point providing tools to help with consolidation, availability, and manageability. After this announcement, several offerings will be withdrawn from sales: VMware Foundation will no longer be available. New customers have the option to purchase VMware Standard Edition which has more function than Foundation, VMware Essentials, or VMware Essentials Plus. VMware Enterprise will be available for a short transition period. After that period, the customer has the option to move to either VMware Enterprise Plus or VMware Advanced. The new vsphere 4.0 offerings combine many of the previously available individual offerings into the new Essentials, Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise Plus Editions. The following individual offerings will be withdrawn from sales after this announcement: VMware High Availability (HA) VMware VMotion VMware Storage VMotion VMware Update Manager VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) vsphere includes these new licensed features: VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) VMware Data Recovery VMware vshield Zones VMware vnetwork Distributed Switch (VDS) VMware Host Profiles The following offerings remain the same: VMware View offerings VMware Site Recovery Manager VMware Lab Manager VMware LCM VMware ELA VMware Data Recovery Manager is available as a standalone individual offering on top of VMware Standard only. VMware vsphere Heartbeat is a new offering within the vcenter portfolio that delivers the maximum uptime for your virtual datacenter infrastructure, ensuring consistent operation, even when VMware vcenter Server is threatened by unplanned or planned downtime. Protect VMware vcenter Server and its database against hardware, OS, application and network downtime. Ensure seamless failover and failback of VMware vcenter Server. Provide reliable disaster recovery for VMware vcenter Server in local and remote locations vcenter Server is required for most vsphere features. vcenter Server Standard and vcenter Server Foundation are the management servers; vcenter Server Foundation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 2

3 is limited to three nodes of any size or suite. One instance is required for most vsphere Standard, Advanced, or Enterprise Plus features. VMware vsphere changes pricing methodology from two socket (or two processor) per license to single socket (or single processor) per license. vsphere introduces a new support model targeted to small environments. These new bundles are designed to enable IT administrators and decision makers at SMBs to easily deploy a VMware virtual environment and quickly reap its transformative benefits: VMware Essentials All inclusive package includes licenses for three physical servers (up to two processors each) and license for a central management server. This package cannot be decoupled or combined and components cannot be used with other vsphere editions Includes Update Manager, VC Agent, 4-way SMP, VMware ESXi or ESX 4.0, vcenter server for Essentials. VMware Essentials Plus Includes all the functionality of Essentials plus Data Recovery and High Availability. Key prerequisites The following minimum configuration is recommended for VMware vsphere 4.0: 1024 MB system memory 50 MB temporary disk space on system partition 400 MB disk space for VMware vsphere 4.0 programs Planned availability date July 3, 2009 Description VMware vsphere 4.0 helps VMware customers to streamline the management of IT environments through greater levels of automation, increase overall infrastructure availability, and boost performance for mission-critical workloads. The new release also features updated packaging and pricing, including new offerings specifically targeted at smaller IT environments. Using VMware vsphere 4.0 VMware vsphere delivers a responsive IT: Dynamic, efficient, and available. By eliminating many of the constraints of traditional hardware, VMware vsphere 4.0 allows companies to: Implement production server consolidation and containment. Helps contain server sprawl by running software applications in virtual machines on fewer, highly scalable, reliable enterprise-class servers. Provide increased business continuity protection. Deliver high availability for critical applications with cost-effective, virtualization-based solutions. With VMware Infrastructure, customers can implement a unified disaster recovery platform that helps allow many production virtual machines to be recovered in the event of hardware failure without investing in costly one-to-one mapping of production and DR hardware. Streamline software test and development. Consolidate disparate development, testing, and staging environments involving multiple operating systems and multi- IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 3

4 tier applications. Set up self-service developer portals to help increase developer productivity. Simplify infrastructure provisioning. Help reduce the time for provisioning new infrastructure with sophisticated automation capabilities. Virtual appliances combine simple deployment of software with the benefits of preconfigured devices. Centralize control and responsibility for hardware resources while giving business units and application owners complete control over how resources are utilized. Re-host legacy applications. Migrate legacy operating systems and software applications to virtual machines running on new hardware to help increase reliability. Benefits of VMware vsphere 4.0 VMware vsphere 4.0 uses virtualization technology to help deliver transformative capital and operating cost savings, as well as increased operational efficiency, flexibility, and IT service levels. VMware vsphere 4.0 can potentially deliver measurable savings in both capital and operating costs by helping to: Increase hardware utilization and reduce hardware requirements Reduce the cost of rack space and power proportionate to the consolidation ratio achieved Decrease labor cost by simplifying and automating labor and resource-intensive IT operations across disparate hardware, operating system, and software application environments Improve responsiveness, serviceability, availability, and flexibility of IT infrastructure Enable broad-based, cost-effective application availability and business continuity independent of hardware and operating systems Enable continuous uptime and nondisruptive maintenance of IT environments with live migration of entire running systems Accelerate the application development and deployment life cycles Improve responsiveness to business needs with instant provisioning and dynamic optimization of application environments Allow legacy systems to coexist with new environments Making VMware vsphere 4.0 work for you VMware vsphere 4.0 virtualizes and aggregates industry-standard servers and their attached network and storage into unified resource pools. Complete environments including operating systems and applications are encapsulated in virtual machines that are independent from the hardware. A set of virtualization-based distributed infrastructure services for virtual machines help bring increased levels of flexibility, serviceability, and efficiency to IT environments: Central management and monitoring of virtual machines automate and simplify provisioning. Distributed resource optimization dynamically and intelligently allocates the available resources among virtual machines, helping to provide significantly higher hardware utilization and better alignment of IT resources with business priorities. Easy-to-use high availability helps provide better service levels to applications at lower cost than static, physical infrastructure. VMware Infrastructure is not tied to any operating system, giving customers a biasfree choice of operating system and software applications. VMware vsphere 4.0 scales to support many IT environments. Continuing capabilities from existing releases of vsphere 4.0 Note: These offerings are incorporated into the vsphere editions and will be withdrawn from sales. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 4

5 VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMFS): VMware VMFS is a high-performance cluster file system that allows multiple installations of ESX Server to access the same virtual machine storage concurrently. VMFS enables the virtualization-based distributed infrastructure services delivered by VMware vcenter, VMware VMotion technology, VMware DRS, and VMware HA. VMware Virtual Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP): VMware Virtual SMP enhances virtual machine performance by enabling a single virtual machine to use multiple physical processors, simultaneously. A unique VMware feature, Virtual SMP enables virtualization of the most processor- and resource- intensive enterprise applications, such as databases, ERP, and CRM. VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS): VMware DRS aligns available resources with predefined business priorities while streamlining labor- and resource-intensive operations. VMware VMotion: VMotion technology allows the migration of live virtual machines, helping enable nondisruptive maintenance of IT environments. VMware High Availability: VMware HA enables cost-effective application availability independent of hardware and operating systems. VMware Consolidated Backup: VMware Consolidated Backup provides an easy-touse, centralized backup facility for virtual machines. It enables virtual machine contents to be backed up from a centralized Microsoft Windows 2003 proxy server rather than directly from ESX Server. Program number Program number Program name 5731-VM4 VMware VM4 VMware Year Subscription 5773-VM4 VMware Year Subscription 5775-VM4 VMware Year Subscription Product identification number Program Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance PID number 1 year PID number 3 year PID number 5 year PID number 5731-VM VM VM VM4 Offering Information Product information is available via the Offering Information Web site Business Partner information If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM, you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement. A PartnerWorld ID and password are required (use IBM ID). Technical information Specified operating environment Hardware requirements IBM System x and BladeCenter servers that are listed on the IBM ServerProven Web site as supporting ESX Server 3.5 or ESX Server 3i IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 5

6 Software requirements For VMware vsphere 4.0: VMware vsphere 4.0 installed To view the operating systems supported, visit The program's specifications and specified operating environment information may be found in documentation accompanying the program, if available, such as a README file, or other information published by IBM, such as an announcement letter. Documentation and other program content may be supplied only in the English language. Compatibility None Note: Some configurations may not be compatible. Technical information To view the operating systems supported by VMware vsphere 4.0, visit Performance specifications The following minimum configuration is recommended for VMware vsphere MB system memory 50 MB temporary disk space on system partition 400 MB disk space for VMware vsphere 4.0 programs Planning information Direct customer support When it comes to remote software support, you expect fast, accurate answers that help keep your IT staff productive. But in your complex, multivendor operating environment, it's not always easy to find the level of expertise you need, much less a solution that also gives you flexible options designed to meet your unique requirements. The IBM portfolio of remote support offerings provides world-class usage and defect support for a broad range of products running on System x servers, including IBM Director, Microsoft, Linux, VMware, clustering, storage area networks, disk, and tape. Remote assistance is available through toll-free telephone access and electronic access (where available). For all eligible software and systems, we will help you with usage and installation questions, product compatibility and interoperability questions, interpretation of product documentation, problem diagnosis, and software defect support. IBM Remote Technical Support Services - ServicePac End-to-end hardware and software support for your System x solution. Coverage includes IBM Director, Microsoft Windows, and Linux operating systems. Support can also be added for VMware. Access to the answers you need is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for severity 1 problems, and Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in your local time zone, for all other questions and problems. With IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 6

7 unlimited calls and unlimited callers, anyone at your company can call as often as needed and receive quick and efficient responses. Highlights of the offering include: Access to live technical experts Unlimited calls and unlimited callers Fast, precise answers and problem resolution Hardware, software, and services support from a single source Competitively priced, predictable support costs One-time fee for one year of support Packaged on a "per system" basis For more information on Remote Technical Support, visit IBM Operational Support Services - Support Line Support Line is an Annuity service that provides unlimited calls and unlimited callers at a fixed price. You are provided with the flexibility to choose which "support groups" (select operating systems, software, and hardware products) meet your business coverage needs. Basic support includes prime-shift coverage, defined as normal business hours, Monday through Friday, excluding national holidays. If you require support beyond prime-shift hours, IBM offers extended or full-shift coverage for support around the clock. Highlights of the offering include: Telephone and electronic access Unlimited calls and unlimited callers Packaged in ranges of servers or processors Supported product groups include: Microsoft (Operating System and Applications) Linux (Operating System and Applications) Linux Clusters (Operating System and Applications) Storage Area Networks and Network Attached Storage (SAN/NAS) Disk and Tape Support for operating systems and applications running on OEM hardware For more information, visit Security, auditability, and control The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities. Software Services IBM Software Services has the breadth, depth, and reach to manage your services needs. You can leverage the deep technical skills of our lab-based, software services team and the business consulting, project management, and infrastructure expertise of our IBM Global Services team. Also, we extend our IBM Software Services reach through IBM Business Partners to provide an extensive portfolio of capabilities. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 7

8 Together, we provide the global reach, intellectual capital, industry insight, and technology leadership to support a wide range of critical business needs. To learn more about IBM Software Services or to contact a Software Services sales specialist, visit Ordering information Charge metric PID Program name number Charge metric VMware 4.0 VMware Year Subscription VMware Year Subscription VMware Year Subscription Server 5731-VMW Per Processor Per Instance Media OTC 5771-VMW Per Processor Per Instance 5773-VMW Per Processor Per Instance 5775-VMW Per Processor Per Instance Server is the unit of measure by which this program is licensed. A server is a computer system that executes requested procedures, commands, or applications to one or more user or client devices. A Proof of Entitlement (PoE) must be obtained for each server regardless of the number of processor cores or partitions in the server on which the program runs or each server managed by the program. Where blade technology is employed, each blade is considered a separate server. New licensees To order the programs described in this announcement, specify the type model number, order type description, one-time charge (OTC) feature number with quantity, and supply feature as indicated and listed in the tables below. Type model number feature description OTC Supply feature feature SEO number number number 5731-VM4 VMware 4.0 VMware vsphere 4.0 Standard Per Processor VA5 VMware vsphere 4.0 Media Kit - English Version Media OTC V62 VMware ESXi 4.0 to vsphere 4.0 Std Upgrade -1 Processor License Only Per Processor Z07 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 8

9 VMware vsphere 4.0 Standard w/data Recovery-1 Processor License Only Per Processor VB0 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std to Std w/data Rec Upgr - 1 Proc License Only Per Processor Z00 VMware vsphere 4.0 Advanced Per Processor VA6 VMware ESXi 4.0 to vsphere 4.0 Adv Upgrade -1 Processor License Only Per Processor Z08 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std to Adv Upgrade Per Processor Z10 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std w/data Recov to Adv Upgr-1 Proc License Only Per Processor Z01 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std to Adv Promotional Upgr - 1 Proc License Only Per Processor Z14 VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Per Processor VA7 VMware ESXi 4.0 to vsphere 4.0 EntPlus Upgr-1 Processor License Only Per Processor Z09 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std to Ent Plus Upgrade -1 Processor License Only Per Processor Z11 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std w/data Rec to Ent Plus Upgr-1 Proc Lic Only Per Processor Z02 VMware vsphere 4.0 Adv to Ent Plus Upgrade -1 Processor License Only Per Processor Z12 VMware vsphere 4.0 Ent to Ent Plus Upgrade -1 Processor License Only Per Processor Z13 VMware vsphere 4.0 Ent to Ent Plus Promotional Upgr-1 Proc Lic Only Per Processor Z15 VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Per Processor VB7 VMware vsphere 4.0 Essentials Kit Socket Hosts License Only VA8 VMware vsphere 4.0 Essen Plus Kit Socket Hosts License Only VA9 VMware vsphere 4.0 Essentials to EssenialsPlus Upgr-3 Hosts Lic Only Z16 VMware vcenter Mgmt Server 4.0 Foundation - 1 Instance License Only Per Instance VB2 VMware vcenter Mgmt Server 4.0 Standard - 1 Instance License Only Per Instance VB1 VMware vcenter Mgmt Srv 4.0 Fdn to Std Upgr -1 Instance License Only Per Instance Z03 VMware vcenter Mgmt Server 4.0 Heartbeat - 1 Instance License Only Per Instance VB6 VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Availability Acc Kit -1 Instance License Only Per Instance VB8 VMware vsphere 4.0 Advanced Accel Kit - 6 Processors License Only VB5 VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Accel Kit - 6 Processors License Only VB4 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 9

10 VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Acc Kit-8 Processors License Only VB3 Customization options Select the appropriate feature numbers to customize your order with delivery options desired. These features can be specified on the initial or MES orders. Expedite shipments Feature Description 3445 Expedite Expedite shipments will be processed to receive 72-hour delivery from the time IBM Software Delivery and Fulfillment (SDF) receives the order. Software subscription Type model number feature description OTC Supply feature feature SEO number number number 5771-VM4 VMware Year Subscription Standard - 1 Proc - 1 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 1 Year SA5 Std w/data Recovery-1 Proc-1 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 1 Year SB0 Advanced - 1 Proc - 1 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 1 Year SA6 Enterprise Plus - 1 Proc - 1 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 1 Year SA7 Enterprise - 1 Proc - 1 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 1 Year SB7 Essentials Kit - 3 Hosts - 1 Yr SW Subscription 1 Year SA8 Essen Plus Kit - 3 Hosts -1 Yr SW Subscription 1 Year SA9 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Foundation -1 Instance-1 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 1 Year SB2 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Standard - 1 Instance -1 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 1 Year SB1 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Heartbeat - 1 Instance-1 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 1 Year SB6 Sub Only VMware vctr Srv 4.0 Availability Acc Kit-1 Instance-1 Year Per Instance SW Subscription 1 Year SB8 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Advanced Accel Kit-6 Processors-1 Yr SW Subscription 1 Year SB5 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Acc Kit-6 Processors-1 Yr SW Subscription 1 Year SB4 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Ent Plus Accel Kit-8 Processors-1 Yr SW Subscription 1 Year SB3 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 10

11 Type model number feature description OTC Supply feature feature SEO number number number 5773-VM4 VMware Year Subscription Standard - 1 Proc - 3 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 3 Year TA5 Std w/data Recovery-1 Proc-3 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 3 Year TB0 Advanced - 1 Proc - 3 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 3 Year TA6 Enterprise Plus - 1 Proc - 3 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 3 Year TA7 Enterprise - 1 Proc - 3 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 3 Year TB7 Essentials Kit - 3 Hosts - 3 Yr SW Subscription 3 Year TA8 Essen Plus Kit - 3 Hosts -3 Yr SW Subscription 3 Year TA9 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Foundation -1 Instance-3 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 3 Year TB2 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Standard - 1 Instance -3 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 3 Year TB1 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Heartbeat - 1 Instance-3 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 3 Year TB6 Sub Only VMware vctr Srv 4.0 Availability Acc Kit-1 Instance-3 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 3 Year TB8 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Advanced Accel Kit-6 Processors-3 Yr SW Subscription 3 Year TB5 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Acc Kit-6 Processors-3 Yr SW Subscription 3 Year TB4 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Ent Plus Accel Kit-8 Processors-3 Yr SW Subscription 3 Year TB3 Type model number feature description OTC Supply feature feature SEO number number number 5775-VM4 VMware Year Subscription Standard - 1 Proc - 5 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 5 Year UA5 Std w/data Recovery-1 Proc-5 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 5 Year UB0 Advanced - 1 Proc - 5 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 5 Year UA6 Enterprise Plus - 1 Proc - 5 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 5 Year UA7 Enterprise - 1 Proc - 5 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 5 Year UB7 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 11

12 Essentials Kit - 3 Hosts - 5 Yr SW Subscription 5 Year UA8 Essen Plus Kit - 3 Hosts -5 Yr SW Subscription 5 Year UA9 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Foundation -1 Instance-5 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 5 Year UB2 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Standard - 1 Instance -5 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 5 Year UB1 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Heartbeat - 1 Instance-5 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 5 Year UB6 Sub Only VMware vctr Srv 4.0 Availability Acc Kit-1 Instance-5 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 5 Year UB8 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Advanced Accel Kit-6 Processors-5 Yr SW Subscription 5 Year UB5 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Acc Kit-6 Processors-5 Yr SW Subscription 5 Year UB4 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Ent Plus Accel Kit-8 Processors-5 Yr SW Subscription 5 Year UB3 Customization options Select the appropriate feature numbers to customize your order with delivery options desired. These features can be specified on the initial or MES orders. Expedite shipments Feature Description 3445 Expedite Expedite shipments will be processed to receive 72-hour delivery from the time IBM Software Delivery and Fulfillment (SDF) receives the order. Terms and conditions The information provided in this announcement letter is for reference and convenience purposes only. The terms and conditions that govern any transaction with IBM are contained in the applicable contract documents such as the IBM International Program License Agreement, IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement, and the IBM Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance. Licensing Supplier's license terms apply. Limited warranty Not warranted by IBM. Warranty, if any, provided by supplier. Volume orders Not applicable IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 12

13 Educational allowance Yes. 15% to qualified educational institutions. Prices Information on charges is available at Choose the option entitled Purchase/upgrade tools. To order the programs described in this announcement, specify the type model number, order type description, and quantity of desired licenses for the appropriate one-time charge (OTC) features listed in the tables below. A "media package" is a separately priced option offered at initial acquisition of program licenses. The maximum quantity allowed for a feature associated with a media package is one per type model order, no matter how many licenses are requested on that same type model order. Type model number feature description OTC Billing feature number 5731-VM4 VMware 4.0 VMware vsphere 4.0 Standard Per Processor 0153 VMware vsphere 4.0 Media Kit - English Version Media OTC 0154 VMware ESXi 4.0 to vsphere 4.0 Std Upgrade Per Processor 0155 VMware vsphere 4.0 Standard w/data Recovery Per Processor 0156 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std to Std w/data Rec Upgr Per Processor 0157 VMware vsphere 4.0 Advanced Per Processor 0158 VMware ESXi 4.0 to vsphere 4.0 Adv Upgrade Per Processor 0159 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std to Adv Upgrade Per Processor 0160 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std w/data Recov to Adv Upgr - 1 Proc License Only Per Processor 0161 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std to Adv Promotional Upgr - 1 Proc License Only Per Processor 0162 VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Per Processor 0163 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 13

14 VMware ESXi 4.0 to vsphere 4.0 EntPlus Upgr-1 Processor License Only Per Processor 0164 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std to Ent Plus Upgrade Per Processor 0165 VMware vsphere 4.0 Std w/data Rec to Ent Plus Upgr-1 Proc Lic Only Per Processor 0166 VMware vsphere 4.0 Adv to Ent Plus Upgrade Per Processor 0167 VMware vsphere 4.0 Ent to Ent Plus Upgrade Per Processor 0168 VMware vsphere 4.0 Ent to Ent Plus Promotional Upgr-1 Proc Lic Only Per Processor 0169 VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Per Processor 0170 VMware vsphere 4.0 Essentials Kit Socket Hosts License Only 0171 VMware vsphere 4.0 Essen Plus Kit Socket Hosts License Only 0172 VMware vsphere 4.0 Essentials to EssenialsPlus Upgr-3 Hosts Lic Only 0173 VMware vcenter Mgmt Server 4.0 Foundation - 1 Instance License Only Per Instance 0174 VMware vcenter Mgmt Server 4.0 Standard - 1 Instance License Only Per Instance 0175 VMware vcenter Mgmt Srv 4.0 Fdn to Std Upgr - 1 Instance License Only Per Instance 0176 VMware vcenter Mgmt Server 4.0 Heartbeat - 1 Instance License Only Per Instance 0177 VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Availability Acc Kit - 1 Instance License Only Per Instance 0178 VMware vsphere 4.0 Advanced Accel Kit - 6 Processors License Only 0179 VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Accel Kit - 6 Processors License Only 0180 VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Acc Kit - 8 Processors License Only 0181 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 14

15 Type model number feature description OTC Billing feature number 5771-VM4 VMware Year Subscription Standard - 1 Proc - 1 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 1 Year 1436 Std w/data Recovery-1 Proc-1 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 1 Year 1437 Advanced - 1 Proc - 1 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 1 Year 1438 Enterprise Plus - 1 Proc - 1 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 1 Year 1439 Enterprise - 1 Proc - 1 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 1 Year 1440 Essentials Kit - 3 Hosts - 1 Yr SW Subscription 1 Year 1441 Essen Plus Kit - 3 Hosts -1 Yr SW Subscription 1 Year 1442 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Foundation -1 Instance-1 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 1 Year 1443 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Standard - 1 Instance -1 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 1 Year 1444 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Heartbeat - 1 Instance-1 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 1 Year 1445 Sub Only VMware vctr Srv 4.0 Availability Acc Kit-1 Instance-1 Year Per Instance SW Subscription 1 Year 1446 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Advanced Accel Kit-6 Processors-1 Yr SW Subscription 1 Year 1447 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Acc Kit- 6 Processors-1 Yr SW Subscription 1 Year 1448 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Ent Plus Accel Kit-8 Processors-1 Yr SW Subscription 1 Year 1449 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 15

16 Type model number feature description OTC Billing feature number 5773-VM4 VMware Year Subscription Standard - 1 Proc - 3 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 3 Year 1192 Std w/data Recovery-1 Proc-3 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 3 Year 1193 Advanced - 1 Proc - 3 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 3 Year 1194 Enterprise Plus - 1 Proc - 3 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 3 Year 1195 Enterprise - 1 Proc - 3 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 3 Year 1196 Essentials Kit - 3 Hosts - 3 Yr SW Subscription 3 Year 1197 Essen Plus Kit - 3 Hosts -3 Yr SW Subscription 3 Year 1198 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Foundation -1 Instance-3 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 3 Year 1199 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Standard - 1 Instance -3 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 3 Year 1200 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Heartbeat - 1 Instance-3 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 3 Year 1201 Sub Only VMware vctr Srv 4.0 Availability Acc Kit-1 Instance-3 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 3 Year 1202 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Advanced Accel Kit-6 Processors-3 Yr SW Subscription 3 Year 1203 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Acc Kit- 6 Processors-3 Yr SW Subscription 3 Year 1204 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Ent Plus Accel Kit-8 Processors-3 Yr SW Subscription 3 Year VM4 VMware Year Subscription Standard - 1 Proc - 5 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 5 Year 0035 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 16

17 Std w/data Recovery-1 Proc-5 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 5 Year 0036 Advanced - 1 Proc - 5 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 5 Year 0037 Enterprise Plus - 1 Proc - 5 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 5 Year 0038 Enterprise - 1 Proc - 5 Yr Per Processor SW Subscription 5 Year 0039 Essentials Kit - 3 Hosts - 5 Yr SW Subscription 5 Year 0040 Essen Plus Kit - 3 Hosts -5 Yr SW Subscription 5 Year 0041 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Foundation -1 Instance-5 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 5 Year 0042 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Standard - 1 Instance -5 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 5 Year 0043 Subscription Only VMware vcenter Srv 4.0 Heartbeat - 1 Instance-5 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 5 Year 0044 Sub Only VMware vctr Srv 4.0 Availability Acc Kit-1 Instance-5 Yr Per Instance SW Subscription 5 Year 0045 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Advanced Accel Kit-6 Processors-5 Yr SW Subscription 5 Year 0046 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus Acc Kit- 6 Processors-5 Yr SW Subscription 5 Year 0047 Sub Only VMware vsphere 4.0 Ent Plus Accel Kit-8 Processors-5 Yr SW Subscription 5 Year 0048 IBM Global Financing IBM Global Financing offers competitive financing to credit-qualified customers to assist them in acquiring IT solutions. Offerings include financing for IT acquisition, including hardware, software, and services, from both IBM and other manufacturers or vendors. Offerings (for all customer segments: small, medium, and large enterprise), rates, terms, and availability can vary by country. Contact your local IBM Global Financing organization or visit IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States, and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government customers. Rates are based on a customer's credit rating, financing IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 17

18 terms, offering type, equipment type, and options, and may vary by country. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension, or withdrawal without notice. Financing offering/capabilities For more financing information, visit Trademarks Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. IBM, PartnerWorld, System x, BladeCenter, ServerProven, ServicePac and Passport Advantage are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. Terms of use IBM products and services which are announced and available in your country can be ordered under the applicable standard agreements, terms, conditions, and prices in effect at the time. IBM reserves the right to modify or withdraw this announcement at any time without notice. This announcement is provided for your information only. Additional terms of use are located at For the most current information regarding IBM products, consult your IBM representative or reseller, or visit the IBM worldwide contacts page Corrections (Corrected on October 28, 2009) Description has changed for several program licenses in the Ordering information and Prices sections. (Corrected on July 6, 2009) Program license description has been corrected in the Ordering information and Prices sections: "VMware vsphere 4.0 Std Upgraded w/data Rec - 1 processor license only" has been changed to "VMware vsphere 4.0 Std to Std w/data Rec Upgr - 1 Proc License Only." IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 18

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