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Dynamic fan speeds: In the event of a fan failure, the other fans run faster to compensate
until the failing fan is replaced. Regular fans must run faster at all times, just in case,
thereby wasting power.
Although these systems provide incremental gains at the individual server level, the eX5
systems can have an even greater green effect in your data center. The gain in computational
power and memory capacity allows for application performance, application consolidation,
and server virtualization at greater degrees than previously available in x86 servers.
1.5 Services offerings
The eX5 systems fit into the services offerings that are already available from IBM Global
Technology Services for System x and BladeCenter. More information about these services is
available at the following website:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/services/gts/systemxbcis.html
In addition to the existing offerings for asset management, information infrastructure, service
management, security, virtualization and consolidation, and business and collaborative
solutions; IBM Systems Lab Services and Training has six offerings specifically for eX5:
Virtualization Enablement
Database Enablement
Enterprise Application Enablement
Migration Study
Virtualization Health Check
Rapid! Migration Tool
IBM Systems Lab Services and Training consists of highly skilled consultants that are
dedicated to help you accelerate the adoption of new products and technologies. The
consultants use their relationships with the IBM development labs to build deep technical
skills and use the expertise of our developers to help you maximize the performance of your
IBM systems. The services offerings are designed around having the flexibility to be
customized to meet your needs.
For more information, send email to this address:
mailto:stgls@us.ibm.com
Also, more information is available at the following website:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/services/labservices
1.6 What this book contains
In this book, readers get a general understanding of eX5 technology, what sets it apart from
previous models, and the architecture that makes up this product line. This book is broken
down into two main parts:
Part One gives an in-depth look at specific components, such as memory, processors,
storage, and a general breakdown for each model.
Part Two describes implementing the servers, in particular the 2-node and MAX5
configurations. We also describe systems management, firmware update tools, and
methods for performing system firmware updates. We also describe the detection of the
most common failures and recovery scenarios for each situation.
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