IBM is committed to enhancing their clients' investment in the IBM Power Systems family of servers.
Based on this commitment, IBM plans to provide an upgrade path from the current IBM Power® 595 server with 12X I/O to IBM's next-generation POWER7™ processor-based high-end server. The upgrade is planned as a simple replacement of the processor books and two system controllers with new POWER7 components, within the existing system frame.
IBM also plans to provide an upgrade path from the current IBM Power® 570 server with 12X I/O to IBM's next generation POWER7 processor-based modular enterprise server. Enterprises with multiple systems leveraging PowerVM Live Partition Mobility may use this function to maintain application availability during an upgrade process that can execute during normal business hours instead of at night or over a weekend.
IBM's Power 570 and 595 servers are engineered to deliver the highest levels of Power Systems reliability, availability and serviceability. IBM continues to execute a roadmap with innovations designed to help clients achieve continuous application availability, while easily and cost-effectively transitioning to new generations of technology.
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