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Hot spare support
  Quickly and easily switch the server's storage spaces to another "hot spare" integrated server without restarting your IBM i.
i 6.1 enhancements
  View IBM i 6.1 functional enhancements for integrated servers, including support for storage space snapshots, shared storage for VMware® ESX servers, which enables VMware VMotion and other advanced VMware functions, support for Windows Server 2008 and more.
i 5.4 enhancements
  View IBM i 5.4 functional enhancements for integrated servers, including support for iSCSI attached servers, support for running VMware® ESX and more.
V5R3 enhancements
  View i5/OS V5R3 functional enhancements for integrated servers, including support for dynamic disk drive unlinking, support for running Linux and more.
IBM eServer™ iSeries Integrated xSeries Utilities
  This is a related product that provides tools to copy Windows servers and administer virtual Ethernet LAN configuration for Windows servers on IBM i V5R2 or V5R3.
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iSCSI
IBM i and BladeCenter/System x integration via iSCSI

iSCSI overview

BladeCenter and System x models supported with iSCSI

Ethernet switches for iSCSI

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ROI with IBM i

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