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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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Note: For information about running IBM i on POWER™ processor-based blades, see the About i on Blades page.
 
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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)
Product information
New with IBM i 6.1
(29 January 2008; revised 31 May 2009)
 
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iSCSI
System x, Ethernet, Blade Center, IBM I on Power

iSCSI overview

BladeCenter and System x models supported with iSCSI

Ethernet switches for iSCSI

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ROI with IBM i

Infrastructure Simplification and the ROI of consolidating Windows, Linux, and AIX 5L applications on IBM System i


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