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Today, IT managers have the ability to choose from a wider range of servers and operating systems than ever before. IBM and Sun® are working together to offer Solaris 10 on select IBM System x® and BladeCenter® x86 servers1. This helps enable IBM to offer a complete Solaris-based environment including Solaris product support directly from IBM or through an IBM Business Partner. This expanded choice allows for complete "one stop" shopping. You get the flexibility to deploy precisely the solution you need to help your business realize innovation.

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Solaris 10 now available from IBM
The following IBM System x and BladeCenter servers have been certified to run the Solaris 10 operating system. Simply choose Solaris 10 as you configure your server.

Certified BladeCenter servers for Solaris

Certified System x servers for Solaris

Solaris offerings

Solaris 10 operating system
Solaris 10 running on System x and BladeCenter servers delivers the performance, reliability and security needed for your most demanding technical compute applications with a simple, safe and robust infrastructure — all with worldwide enterprise support from IBM and Sun®.

Single-server consolidation - Take full advantage of Solaris's virtualization capability to allow you to re-host a range of workloads from underperforming servers and move them to a single IBM System x server.
Unix server re-hosting - One benefit of the Solaris operating system is its ability to run on both Sun SPARC and x86 based processors. This helps allow customers to easily re-host applications to an IBM System x server certified for Solaris and thus help realize the benefits of lower TCO (compared to older UNIX servers) and a high level of availability and flexibility.
Server consolidation - The certification of Solaris on various IBM BladeCenter blade servers allows you to consolidate a number of Solaris, Linux®, Windows®, and even AIX® based applications onto a single IBM BladeCenter H or IBM BladeCenter HT chassis.

For more information on Solaris products sold from IBM, please contact your local IBM System x or BladeCenter Sales Representatives or IBM Business Partner.

Notes:
IBM Blades based upon Intel and AMD processors are not certified with the Bladecenter S chassis. Customers are advised to choose the BladeCenter E chassis unless 10GbE performance is required then the BladeCenter H should be considered. Telco customers should consider the BladeCenter T or BladeCenter HT chassis.

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