IBM System z10 Business Class

Highlights

• Industry leading combination of System z10 security, resiliency, virtualisation and connectivity technologies packaged specifically as a midrange enterprise solution
• Crypto Express3 designed to satisfy high-end security requirements
• Save energy via consolidation of disparate workloads and reduce costs via leadership virtualisation capabilities for more efficient resource sharing
• Connectivity and network improvements enable faster data access
• Up to 50 percent more performance at half the price for incremental Linux® workloads (*).

In today’s world, IT is woven into almost everything that a business does and consequently is pivotal to a business. Yet technology leaders are challenged to manage sprawling, complex distributed infrastructures and the ever growing flow of data while remaining highly responsive to the demands of the business. And they must continually evaluate and decide when and how to adopt a multitude of innovations to keep the company competitive. IBM has a vision that can help - the Dynamic Infrastructure - an evolutionary model that helps reset the economics of IT and can dramatically improve operational efficiency. It also can help reduce and control rising costs and improve provisioning speed and data centre security and resiliency. It will allow you to be highly responsive to any user need. And it aligns technology and business - giving you the freedom and the tools you need to innovate and be competitive. System z is an excellent choice as the foundation for a highly responsive infrastructure.

The z10 BC, the technology that should change the way you think about Enterprise solutions. The technology that delivers the scalability, flexibility and breakthrough performance you need - at the lower capacity entry point you want. The z10 BC fights old myths and perceptions - a technology for any business that wants to ramp up innovation, boost efficiencies and lower costs - pretty much any enterprise, any size, any location. And it’s about rewriting the rules and delivering new freedoms for your business. Whether you want to deploy new applications quickly, grow your business without growing IT costs, consolidate your infrastructure for reduced complexity, or extending the classic strengths of System z to heterogeneous platforms in your data centre, look no further - z Can Do IT.

¹ One zAAP and/or zIIP maximum per general purpose processor (CP); one CP can satisfy the requirement of one or both specialty engines
² At least one I/O feature (ESCON or FICON) or Coupling Link feature (ICB-4, ISC-3, or InfiniBand) must be present in a server
³ ISC-3 Peer mode only
⁴ 64 external and 32 internal
⁵ Available only when carried forward on an upgrade (z9 BC maximums for FICON Express2=80, FICON Express=40)
⁶ OSA-Express3 offers 2-ports per CHPID (except for 10 Gigabit adapters)
⁷ Initial order of Crypto Express2-1P / Crypto Express2 requires 2 features, maximum of 8 features
⁸ Excludes the standard fixed size of 8 GB HSA; 248 GB maximum planned for June 2009 availability. Statements regarding IBM Future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal and represents goals and objectives only.
⁹ One I/O drawer and no Internal Battery Feature (IBF)
¹⁰ Four I/O drawers and IBF
¹¹ Airflow is designed to increase as the local ambient room temperature increases. Nominal airflow assumes 77 degrees F ambient
¹² End of support for z/OS V1.7 is September 30, 2008. For z/OS V1.7 support on the z10 BC server, IBM Lifecycle Extension for z/OS V1.7 is required and provides fee-based corrective service for z/OS V1.7 beyond it’s end of support date.