IBM i Virtual Storage Support for VMware ESX Server on iSCSI Attached BladeCenter and System x Servers
July 24th, 2007 - IBM® announced that the IBM i integration with iSCSI attached BladeCenter® and System x™ servers has been enhanced to provide virtual storage support for VMware® ESX Server 3. VMware is one of the leading virtualization products for x86 processor based servers. It enables the reduction of the number of physical servers through virtualization by supporting multiple virtual machines, each with an installed network operating system running on a single server. VMware ESX supports Windows®, Linux®, NetWare®, and Solaris® virtual machines. This support will enable IBM i customers to install ESX server on an iSCSI attached BladeCenter or System x server and use the IBM i disks for all of the storage for the ESX server, extending the value of the IBM i storage management. "Our System i customers have been asking for ESX support for sometime, we are very pleased to be announcing this support today" Kyle Wurgler, System i Product Manager.
