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USEFUL INFORMATION
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TOOLS
Comparison Tool
Avnet IBM Storage
Sales & Positioning Matrix
Price Drop on System x Express!
Download stock report now!
Latest System x and System Storage
Express Catalogue
IBM ex5 Redbook
Compatibility
Matrix for 2-S Towers and Racks
IBM Pre Sales
Advisor Tool
Standalone
Solutions Configuration Tool (SSCT)
IBM
Configuration and Options Guide (COG)
IBM System x
Reference Guide
Alinean ROI
and TCO Calculation Tool
IBM Sizing Guides
IBM
BladeCentre and System x Power
Configurator
An IBM Guide to
Cloud Computing
CASE STUDIES AND
DATASHEETS
N Series
Case Studies
ANZ
Tivoli Storage Case Studies
XIV Case Studies
Case Study on XIV
System x
1 Page Value Propositions
TSM
Fastback Whitepapers and Datasheets
OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
POWER 7 Facts and
Features
Handy Links for IBM
Storage
IBM ServerProven
IBM Systems
connect eXpert
Competitive
Marketing Intelligence
Interoperability
Guide – IBM BladeCenter
Dynamic
Infrastructure Central
Tools and Resources Cheat
Sheet
TechLine Compete
Centre
Financial Selling – How to sell financial
benefits to your customers
Smarter
Infrastructure with SAN
Storage for Today
and Tomorrow
TSM Fastback Backup and Recovery
Software
IBM OEM CORNER
Brocade Data Center Fabric Storage for Today and
Tomorrow Manager (DCFM™)
MicrosoftSystemManagementSolutions for IBM
Servers
Information on Emulex
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TOOLS
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Avnet Exclusive! Storwize V7000 Comparison
Tool[Link]
*Requires Microsoft Excel 2007 or higher
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Avnet IBM Storage Sales & Positioning
Matrix[Link]
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Price Drop on System x Express! Download
stock report now!
[xls]
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Latest System x and System Storage Express
Catalogue[Link]
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IBM BNT products spreadsheet - with
maintenance
[xls]
BNT INFORMATION
See the entire IBM BNT portfolio in one neat,
concise file!
DOWNLOAD [XLS]
BNT Product Family
To see the whole product family of BNT switches
from IBM
DOWNLOAD [PDF]
BNT Cheat Sheet
Discover all the BNT switches in one handy
spreadsheet
DOWNLOAD [XLS]
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IBM ex5 Redbook
The IBM ex5 Redbook has now been updated with a
new chapter on x3690 X5. DOWNLOAD [10 meg]
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Compatibility
Matrix for 2-S Towers and Racks
This Options Compatibility Matrix will assist you
as IBM make the transition from M2 to M3
systems. This covers the 2-S Towers and
Racks
DOWNLOAD M2-M3 OPTIONS
COMPATIBILITY v2 [XLS]
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IBM Pre Sales
Advisor Tool
The new IBM Pre-Sales Advisor Tool: Simplifying
ease of doing business. New and improved! Expanding
on the former Express Selector Plus tool
capabilities, the new Pre-Sales Advisor Tool is a
simple to use and web-enabled pre-sales solution
with a guided process work flow to allow you to
quickly and easily access pre-sales information and
tools in a single portal. This integrated
environment enables you to select, configure and
source the System x product line and modules from
BladeCenter, System Storage and affiliated
options.
[LEARN MORE]
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Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool
(SSCT)
A software application with technical guidelines
incorporated in its database developed to aid IBM
sales and business partners and facilitate
technical collaborations in configuring eServer
systems and rack cabinets. The application is
designed to support an interactive interface with
graphics for determining the price, ideal
environment, available rack cabinet space and
available resources along with other operations
associated with ordering and configuring a whole
solution. The application is also capable of saving
or exporting data in several different
formats.
DOWNLOAD SSCT
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IBM Configuration and Options Guide
(COG)
The IBM System x Configuration and Options Guide
(COG) is now available in Hypertext Markup Language
(HTML). The Configuration and Options Guide
contains general configuration information about
IBM products and supported options, such as, IBM
System x; BladeCenter; IntelliStation; Datacenter
and other servers.
DOWNLOAD COG
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IBM System x Reference
Guide
IBM BladeCenter and System x
Reference Sheets are a set of highly detailed
specifications and lists of options, one page for
each of our System x servers, BladeCenter chassis
and servers, and IntelliStation
workstations.
DOWNLOAD IBM xREF
SHEETS
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Alinean ROI and TCO Calculation
Tool
The Alinean Tool is a calculator that allows you to
enter your client’s unique IT server environment
data, along with their projected annual computing
growth needs and your server replacement cycle to
derive a future cost basis should you continue with
your current computing environment. It then
proposes a consolidated Intel-based IBM BladeCenter
or System x platform for consideration and forward
calculates the consolidated costs and subsequent
TCO and ROI savings. You have the choice to either
print a detailed or summary report for your further
usage or you can send the report to IBM for follow
up discussions. This off-line version requires that
you have a valid and active user id / password on
the host site [HERE] prior to downloading and
installing. This off-line version, once installed,
will allow you to access and utilise the tool
without the need for an internet connection.
DOWNLOAD OFFLINE PACK-n-GO
VERSION
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IBM Sizing Guides
This tool is designed to give you the help you need
in competitive situations. It provides quick
head-to-head comparisons between IBM System
x/BladeCenter servers and major competitive server
products. It is a stand-alone tool which can be
downloaded and used anywhere any time. The tool
will be updated regularly so it is recommended to
bookmark this URL and check frequently for new
updates.
DOWNLOAD SIZING GUIDE
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IBM BladeCentre and System x Power
Configurator
Energy costs are top of mind in IT today. In fact,
it is estimated that each year companies pay a
significant part of the purchase price of a system
on powering, cooling and housing that system.
Discover the energy savings IBM System x™ and
BladeCenter® servers can bring to your business.
Take the power challenge using the IBM Power
Configurator today.
DOWNLOAD SYSTEM x POWER
CONFIGURATOR
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An IBM Guide to Cloud
Computing
In this IBM Redpapers
publication, we provide a discussion about the IBM
recommendations for the implementation of cloud
security
REDBOOK GUIDE
[PDF]
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CASE STUDIES AND DATASHEETS
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N Series Case Studies
N Series case
studies and end user customer testimonials are now
available for download
[PDF]
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ANZ Tivoli Storage Case Studies
ANZ Tivoli
Storage case studies are now available for
download
[XLS]
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XIV Case Studies
XIV Case Studies
are now available for download
Tennis Australia [PDF]
Bunnings [PDF]
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Case Study on XIV
DIISR
implemented a partial-rack IBM XIV Storage System
with 42 TB of storage at its primary data center,
and moved the most modern hardware from its
existing SAN to its disaster recovery site. Data
is replicated from the XIV cluster to the SAN,
and is also backed up to tape.
DOWNLOAD CASE STUDY
[PDF]
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System x 1 Page Value
Propositions
Available for your quick reference is this
collection of simple 1 page documents, that
highlights quick selling points of a range of
Tower, Blade and Rack systems, as well as
application specific solutions.
REQUIRE PARTNERWORLD
LOGIN
DOWNLOAD SYSTEM x AND STORAGE ONE
PAGERS
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TSM Fastback Whitepapers and
Datasheets
The IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack™
product family delivers a full-featured adaptive
data protection solution for the remote offices of
enterprises of all sizes. This collection of white
papers reviews the factors that can make data
protection and recovery in remote offices a
complicated problem and describes the range of
technology options available, explaining the
benefits and shortcomings of each in the context of
remote offices. Datasheets for IBM Tivoli® Storage
Manager FastBack™ are also available for download
below.
REMOTE DATA PROTECTION
[PDF]
DATA PROTECTION FOR MID-SIZED
COMPANIES [PDF]
TSM FASTBACK FOR MSX DATA SHEET
[PDF]
TSM FASTBACK CENTER DATA SHEET
[PDF]
TSM FASTBACK DATA SHEET
[PDF]
TSM FASTBACK FOR BMR DATE SHEET
[PDF]
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OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
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Download this comprehensive guide of Facts
and Features on
IBM POWER7 blades and servers [pdf]
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Handy Links for IBM Storage
Download this list of very Handy links for your
convenience.
[DOWNLOAD XLS]
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IBM ServerProven
The IBM ServerProven® program validates selected
products for compatibility with IBM System x®,
BladeCenter® and xSeries® servers. Through the
ServerProven Program, IBM works with industry
leaders to test their equipment with ours. We
recognize that you deserve the most innovative
solutions...even if they're not all from
IBM.
LINK
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IBM Systems connect
eXpert
IBM Systems Connect eXpert is your worldwide
portal for easily locating System x, BladeCenter
and entry-Storage certification and education.
This program provides Business Partners with
easy-to-follow, flexible road maps to advanced
certification while helping you remain current on
those urgent skills needed in the business world
today.
LINK
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Competitive Marketing
Intelligence
COMP is IBM's Worldwide Portal for Competitive
Information on hardware, software, and services.
Updated daily, it includes documents from a
number of external suppliers as well as reports
from IBM competitive specialists and links to
competitive tools from third parties.
LINK
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Interoperability Guide – IBM
BladeCenter
This paper is intended to provide information
regarding BladeCenter Interoperability. It
assembles data from other published IBM tools. It
is a Quick reference for BladeCenter
Interoperability.
LINK
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Dynamic Infrastructure Central
This new web resource within PartnerWorld provides
everything you need to take advantage of the
Dynamic Infrastructure opportunity. In one place,
you'll find information and links about education,
the specialty, selling and technical tools and
resources, and the new community. There is also a
dedicated section focused on Dynamic Infrastructure
opportunities in the midmarket. Visit Dynamic
Infrastructure
VISIT DYNAMIC
INFRASTRUCTURE
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Tools and Resources Cheat
Sheet
Download this easy to use quick reference guide
to all of the useful resources
IBM have available.
DOWNLOAD CHEATSHEET
[XLS]
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TechLine Compete Centre
This tool is designed to give you the help you need
in competitive situations. It provides quick
head-to-head comparisons between IBM System
x/BladeCenter servers and major competitive server
products. It is a stand-alone tool which can be
downloaded and used anywhere any time. The tool
will be updated regularly so it is recommended to
bookmark this URL and check frequently for new
updates.
REQUIRE PARTNERWORLD LOGIN
DOWNLOAD SYSTEM x AND BLADE CENTRE COMPETE
TOOL
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Financial
Selling – How to sell financial benefits to your
customers
There are self-study materials available for
Business Partners within PartnerWorld on how to
sell the financial benefits to stakeholders in
business including the CFO. Our financial business
case to your Business Partners is that there is
never a bad time to sharpen your financial selling
skills, and the price is right too.
DOWNLOAD FINANCIAL SELLING
[PDF]
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Smarter Infrastructure with
SAN
The world is getting smaller and flatter, but it
must also get smarter. Every day, the world is
becoming more instrumented, interconnected, and
intelligent, creating new opportunities at both a
societal and organizational level. By harnessing
our increasingly digitized world, we can solve
intractable social problems, bring organizations
closer to customers, and vastly shrink decision
windows that help executives achieve competitive
advantage.
READ MORE [PDF]
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Storage for Today and
Tomorrow
No matter what way you look at it, the volume of
data needing storage in the enterprise data center
is skyrocketing. Research firm IDC tracks the
storage growth at 60% annually – a hard figure to
cope with for even the savviest of storage
administrators. Smart storage starts with an
understanding of an enterprise’s needs matched to
the right technologies for meeting those demands.
But that’s easier said than done, given changing
enterprise data types, regulatory provisions
surrounding data storage and the rise of storage
options. In these articles, InfoWorld and its
sister publications CIO, Computerworld and Network
World explore the latest storage challenges and the
technologies for addressing them.
DOWNLOAD STORAGE eBOOK
[PDF]
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TSM Fastback Backup
and Recovery Software
Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack, known as TSM
FastBack, is a software solution that allows the
rapid restoration of any amount of Windows data
following almost any kind of data loss. This makes
the solution ideal for organizations that rely on
IBM DB2®, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL
Server, Oracle and SAP. What's more, TSM FastBack
works across multiple hardware devices and
locations, and is designed to restore data to any
particular point in time. If you haven’t
considered the value of data recovery mid market to
enterprise customers, you should. Some statistics
from the United States suggest that 40% of
businesses who experienced disaster reopen (source:
US Labor Department). The solution automates and
restores data backup without tape by continuously
capturing sequences of data known as blocks. This
disk-based approach to data protection eliminates
the need for time-consuming manual processes, such
as the creation of backup windows - as well as the
need to physically transport tape to archive
locations. A centralized control module allows
midsized organizations to securely transfer data
from one location to another - as well as to
prioritize which data should be attended to first
in the case of an outage.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT TIVOLI STORAGE
MANAGER
WATCH THE DEMO
LEARN ABOUT DATA CONTINUITY
REMOTE DATA PROTECTION [PDF]
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IBM OEM CORNER
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Brocade Data Center Fabric Storage for
Today and Tomorrow Manager
(DCFM™)
Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM™) is a
new solution for managing enterprise class data
center fabrics. Combined with the full range of
Brocade switching products, Brocade DCFM provides
a complete solution for highly efficient,
cost-effective management of networked storage
environments. Two versions of DCFM are available:
DCFM Enterprise and DCFM Professional.
DOWNLOAD FAQ
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MicrosoftSystemManagementSolutions
for IBM ServersMicrosoftSystemManagementSolutions
(SMS) for IBM. This link contains information and
downloads forMicrosoftSystemCenter Virtual
Machine Manager 2008,MicrosoftSystemCenter
Operations Manager 2007, Windows Essential Business
Server 2008,MicrosoftAssessment and Planning
Toolkit,MicrosoftSystemCentre Configuration
Manager 2007 (OS Deployment
andSystemUpdates),MicrosoftSystemManagementServer,MicrosoftOperations
Manager 2005.
FOR MORE DETAILS
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Information on Emulex
Avnet Technology
Solutions are an Emulex Channel Edge Distributor in
the Asia Pacific region for the territory of
Australia. Below is a wealth of technical and
competitive information on IBM Emulex HBAs and
Virtual Fabric Adaptors.
10Gb/s VIRTUAL FABRIC ADAPTER FOR
IBM SYSTEM x
EMULEX LPe12002 vs. QLogic
QLE2562
EMULEX DATASHEET 8Gb/s AND 4Gb/s
FIBRE CHANNEL HBA'S FOR IBM PCI EXPRESS
EMULEX VIRTUAL FABRIC ADAPTORS
(VFA)
IBM EMULEX PRODUCT SHEET – 8GB
FIBRE CHANNEL HBA FOR SYSTEM x
REDBOOK TECHNOTE: IBM EMULEX 10GB
VIRTUAL FABRIC ADAPTOR FOR SYSTEM x
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