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IBM i integration with BladeCenter® and System x™ allows businesses to operate heterogeneous environments that include Intel®-compatible servers running Microsoft® Windows®, VMware® ESX or Linux® applications in addition to core business applications on IBM i.

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	Windows, VMware ESX and Linux integration now supported via iSCSI IBM i solutions now support integration with IBM BladeCenter and System x models via iSCSI.

(9 May 2006; revised 14 September 2007)

Recent developments


	Support added in i 6.1 for software initiators on Windows servers Allows Windows servers to use a standard Ethernet NIC as the iSCSI initiator when connecting to IBM i 6.1. See the i 6.1 enhancements page for details. See the IBM i PTFs page for required PTFs. (31 May 2009)

	Support added for iSCSI attached HS22 blade server The HS22 server is supported using the new software initiator support in i 6.1for Windows servers. See the BladeCenter and System x models supported with iSCSI page for details. (31 May 2009)

	Support added for iSCSI attached x3550 M2 and x3650 M2 servers See the BladeCenter and System x models supported with iSCSI page for details. (21 April 2009)

	Service Processor Manager support added in i 6.1 Service Processor Manager is an alternative to using an IBM Director server running in your IBM i partition. See the i 6.1 enhancements page for details. See the IBM i PTFs page for required PTFs. (31 March 2009)

	Support added for iSCSI attached LS22 and LS42 blade servers See the BladeCenter and System x models supported with iSCSI page for details. (31 March 2009)