January 2014

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What we are proposing for:
• Computing
▫ IBM System X servers
▫ IBM Flex systems chassis & Compute Nodes
• Storage
▫ Entry Level Storage: Storwize v3700.
▫ Midrange Storage : Storwize v5000.
▫ High End Storage : Storwize v7000.
• Backup Software & Replication
Our Current Computing Products
System x • Flex System Chassis

• x86 Tower • Flex system x86 Compute Nodes:

• x86 Rack (1S & 2S)
• x86 Blade ▫ x220
• x86 Dense ▫ x222
• x86 Rack (4S+) ▫ X240
▫ x440
 Why IBM x86 Server Solutions

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IBM System x Servers: What’s New with System x Portfolio
New
1/16/14

System x3650 M4 HD
1-2 socket
Business Critical
System x3650 M4 BD
 Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 System x3650 M4 System x3500 M4
 14 x 3.5” HDDs Business Critical Systems
 Up to 56 TB  E5-2600 v2, 1866 MHz
 Up to 12 cores per CPU
System x3550 M4  Up to 768GB of memory

High Density Systems

 E5-2600 v2, 1866 MHz
 Up to 12 cores per CPU
iDataPlex dx360 M4  Flexible Infiniband & 10GbE
High Density NeXtScale
options

Refresh General Business Systems

Refresh 1/16/14  Up to 10 cores per CPU1
1/16/14  Up to 384GB of memory
System x3630 M4 System x3530 M4  Maximized storage capacity
 Upgradable networking
General Business System x3300 M4

System x3100 M4
Entry 1-Socket Systems
 Entry priced
 Up to 32GB of memory
System x3250 M5
Entry 1 socket
5
1
The x3300 M4 server currently supports up to 8 cores
System x Servers: Optimized for Key Workloads

Server Characteristics:
Performance
Virtual Desktop Redundancy Standard
Mission Critical
x3650 M4 HD x3650 M4 x3550 M4

Server Characteristics:
Performance
Cloud / Mission Critical
Virtualization Redundancy Standard
x3650 M4 HD x3650 M4 x3550 M4 NeXtScale x3630 M4 x3500 M4

Server Characteristics:
x3650 M4 BD x3550 M4 x3630 M4 Storage Rich

Server Characteristics:
SAP / Business Mission Critical
Analytics x3650 M4 HD x3650 M4 x3550 M4 x3500 M4 Performance
Server Characteristics:
Mission Critical
High Performance Performance
x3550 M4 NeXtScale x3650 M4 iDataPlex dx360 M4
Computing Energy Efficiency

Server Characteristics:
Storage Rich
Performance
Mission Critical
x3650 M4 HD x3650 M4 x3650 M4 BD x3630 M4 x3500 M4 x3300 M4 Redundancy Standard
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1S & 2S Servers Maintain Majority (58%) of x86 Market Share

x86 Rack (1S & 2S) - 48% x86 Blade - 22%
Rack - 2S (45%) Blade- 2S (19%) Blade- 4S (3%)
x86 WW Market Segments

x3530 M4 x3550 M4 x3650 M4 HD

Ann: 9/13
HS23 HS23E HX5 - 2S HX5 - 4S x440

x3630 M4 x3650 M4 x3690 X5 x220 x240

Rack - 1S (3%)
x86 Dense - 8%
x3250 M4
Dense - 2S (7%)

dx360 M4 NexTscale
Ann: 9/13

x86 Tower - 10% x86 Rack (4S+) - 12%

Tower - 1S (4%) Tower - 2S (6%) Rack - 4S (10%) Rack - 8S (2%)

x3750 M4 x3755 M3
x3850 X5 x3950 X5
x3100 M4 x3300 M4 x3500 M4

Source: 2Q12 - 1Q13 x86 Revenue: IDC Server Tracker - 1Q13

IBM Flex System Components

• Chassis
• Compute Nodes
• Storage
• Networking
• Flex System Manager
• Expansion
 Chassis IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis
Fans CMM Standard Node bays
14 Node
Bays
(7 Full Wide)

Infrastructure supporting
multi fabrics, Ethernet,
FCoE*, Fibre Channel
◊
Power
Energy efficient cooling Supplies (6X)
10 U
and power system
System infrastructure

◊ REAR
Integrated
Integrated
FRONT

Multi-chassis management Scalable Switch Bays Storwize V7000

Storage*

◊  4 scalable switch bays

Easy to use with integrated
single-point management
◊
Designed to support future
advancements in I/O,
processors, memory, and
storage
 10U Chassis, 14 bays
 Standard and Full width node support
 Up to 6 2500W power supplies N+N or N+1
configurations
 Up to 8 cooling fans (scalable)
 Integrated chassis management through CMM

* Statement of Direction. IBM plans subject to change

Flex System can virtualize your internal and external storage as
well as interoperate directly with 3rd party Storage targets
Client Experience Client Value
• SVC/V7000 Storage • Flex System Manager
Flex System Manager
provisioning supported for manages the
Flex System integrated PureFlex
– PureFlex System Admin
environment
• Leverage existing
adds External Storage LUNs
to Virtualized Storage view external Storage
via V7000 or SVC
– Provision Storage to VMs
• Optimize external
managed by FSM or FSM / Storage with Tiering,
Virtualized Storage vCenter disk compression
leveraging SVC/V7000
– External Storage admin
IBM EMC NetApp HP Hitachi
assigns 3rd party Storage
LUNs to PureFlex

3rd Party External • In addition, Flex System

Storage Direct Attach supports Direct Attach to • Leverage existing
3rd party Storage targets Storage infrastructure
with native FC
connectivity
The Flex System Portfolio Continues to Grow
NEW Models

x222 x220 x240 x440 Storage PCiE Flex System

Expansion Expansion Manager

p24L p260 p270 p460 Flex System Storwize

V7000 V7000

SI4093 EN4093R EN6131 CN4093 EN2092 FC5022 FC3171

NEW Offerings

EN4023 Cisco Nexus

B22 FEX
Thank You

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