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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.

BladeCenter x86 blade servers ¹

System x3755

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.

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Purchase Solaris 10 as you purchase IBM System x and BladeCenter servers. Simply choose Solaris 10 as you configure your server.

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

¹ The AMD Opteron LS21 for IBM BladeCenter running Solaris 10 is supported on the BladeCenter E Chassis only. The AMD Opteron LS41 for IBM BladeCenter and the BladeCenter HS21 running Solaris 10 is supported on the BladeCenter H Chassis and the BladeCenter HT Chassis only.

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