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Linux on Power Announcementsfor October 2009

Bob Friske (IBM Power Systems Linux Offering Manager) rfriske@us.ibm.com

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Linux on Power Announcement Summary

Support for Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation & Storage Cluster Server– ideal for Symantec clients migrating from SUN to Linux on Power

Support for Red Hat RHEL 5.4 and Novell SLES 10 SP3

PowerVM Lx86 V1.3.2 – adds support for RHEL 4.8, 5.4 and SLES 10 SP3– enables broader range of x86 applications, with SSE & SSE2 x86 instructions– provides general performance improvements

Preinstall Linux on Power blades through Power 570– provides support for SLES 10 SP2– adds support for SLES 10 SP3, and SLES 11

IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux V4.0– provides support for SLES 10 SP2, RH 4.8 and 5.3– adds support for RHEL 5.4, SLES 10 SP3, SLES 11

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Announcements

- Expanding HA Support for Linux

- New Linux Distribution Support

- Simplify Linux installation

- More Easily Migrate Linux Applications

Linux on Power 4Q Update Announcements

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Symantec Delivers Veritas Storage FoundationTM High Availability

for AIX and now Linux on Power

Symantec Expands Support for Linux on POWER6

Ideal for Symantec clients migrating from SUN to Linux on Power

Symantec SOD: http://go.symantec.com/ibm

• Symantec products: Veritas Storage Foundation, and Veritas Cluster Server• IBM Power servers: Power blades through Power 595• Operating systems: AIX (today), Red Hat and Novell SUSE (10/1/09)

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Expanding Linux Distribution Support for IBM Power Systems

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• RHEL 4– Last update: U8 GA May 2009

• RHEL 5 – Last update: U4 GA September 2009

SLES 10 – Last update: SP3 GA September 2009

SLES 11– Last update: GA March 2009

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Simplify Linux installation on Power Systems

Free download, Free support…http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/installtools/home.html

Preinstall Linux on Power blades through Power 570Save time and leverage IBM expertise by allowing IBM to

install Linux for you in the factory prior to shipping the server.• Provides support for SLES 10 SP2 - adds support for SLES 10 SP3, and SLES 11

IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux v4.0Provides a set of tools that significantly simplifies

the installation of Linux on IBM Power Systems• Provides support for SLES 10 SP2, RHEL 4.8 and 5.3 - adds support for RHEL 5.4, SLES 10 SP3, SLES 11 - user interface enhancements and support for PowerVM Lx86 1.3.2

New!

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More Easily Migrate Linux Applications to Power with IBM PowerVM Lx86 V1.3.2

Reduce Cost with Cross Platform Virtualization PowerVM Lx86 simplifies migration of Linux x86 applications enabling customers to

realize the energy and administration savings of consolidation• Runs most existing 32-bit x86 Linux applications with no application changes• Included at no additional charge with the purchase of PowerVM Editions

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Get started now with IBM Consolidation Factory and IBM Power Rewards

- adds support for RHEL 4.8, 5.4 and SLES 10 SP3 - enables broader range of x86 applications,

with SSE & SSE2 x86 instructions - provides general performance improvements

New!

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Queensland Motorways Ltd. (QML)Queensland Motorways leads the way to intelligent traffic management with Red Hat Linux on IBM Power Systems and SAP

“In all my years in the workforce I have never been associated with a system implementation

that has been as professionally delivered with such commitment.”

Jeremy Turner - CFO, Queensland Motorway Ltd

Business challenge: Implement new free flow tolling Central System to transform QML’s business operations for efficiencies and to set a platform for growth.

Solution: Optimized infrastructure and increased interconnectedness through a portfolio of IBM and Partner applications on Red Hat Linux on Power 570, IBM BladeCenter, and IBM Systems Storage DS8000

IBM Electronic Toll Collection solution IBM WebSphere Application Server, MQ IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Proxy Server, Load Balancer IBM Tivoli Access Manager IBM TotalStorage DS8000, DS800 Metro (Data) Mirroring SAP full landscape (CRM, ERP, BI, etc.) Oracle Database Adobe Document Services Disaster Recovery

Benefits: 25% TCO savings leveraging premium services, software, and hardware Robustness to achieve highest service levels and increased efficiencies Intelligent Data mirroring and 24x7x365 availability

Click here for:

QML Case Study

QML Video

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Learn More About Linux on IBM Power Systems

http://www.ibm.com/power/linuxLinux Customer Testimonials

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