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IBM i integration with BladeCenter and System x


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IBM® supports attachment of SMP IBM BladeCenter® blade and System x® models to an IBM i system via an iSCSI network. This implementation uses iSCSI target and initiator adapters and provides systems management and storage consolidation features.

IBM System x. Ethernet. IBM BladeCenter. IBM i on Power. 

Attachment of BladeCenter blade and System x models via an iSCSI network requires IBM i 5.4 or later plus a minimum cumulative PTF package and additional PTFs. See the IBM i PTFs page for details.


Benefits of server consolidation on the IBM i platform using iSCSI

Documentation

The following documents contain information about planning and implementing Windows and VMware ESX on BladeCenter and System x servers that are attached to the IBM i via an iSCSI network:

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