Radek, with every integrated solution you can say you can buy individual things and put them together. Of course. It is the controlling logic that makes it integrated, in this case zManager. Power blades in zBX - I don't think there are other than IBM Power blades, IBM decided to support one kind of blade in three (IIRC) possible configurations. And if you use a supported blade, it will work because it was tested. When you plug the blade, its firmware will be customized so that zManager can talk to it. You can buy the blade from IBM or from BP. x86 blades - I admit I have not studied the announcement yet, I assume there will be again some set of blades which are supported, presumably IBM blades. I don't know if you can mix IBM/HP/Dell/etc blades in one bladecenter anywhere (please correct me if I am wrong). So when you get bladecenter from one vendor you use its blades there. ISAOPT - again, customized firmware, customized OS with application. For ISAOPT purposes you really want to have a full control over hardware, firmware, OS and application, it is a black box, you want everything to work as expected, without deviations. (BTW, in these days I am at customer implementing ISAOPT).
All hw (z196, blades, switches, bladecenters) firmware is updated from one place, so when there are new MCLs you get them from IBM, from one place. How many times you had problems that some servers/switches/whatever were on old firmware and it was recognized only when problem occurred ? Many distributed people ignore firmware updates. Marian Gasparovic IBM Slovakia On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:22 PM, R.S. <[email protected]> wrote: > W dniu 2011-04-12 21:33, Marian Gasparovic pisze: >> cabinet. Even connected > to the mainframe using dedicated link. What's the >> value added? ISAO (IBM > Smart Analytic Optimizer) is probably first >> application running on zBX. > Couldn't it run on "loosely connected" >> powerBlades? (To be more accurate: > part ot ISAO runs on z/OS+DB2, part runs >> on power blades.) Radoslaw > Skorupka Lodz, Poland tej wiadomo ci mo e > ISAOPT runs on x blades, not > Power. But they are not general purpose x > blades as announced today, they > are part of a blackbox ISAOPT > solution. So, IBM simply closed way for > "independent vendor" blades. This is not a reason, it is result of > someone's decision. > Added value - management by zManager for virtual > servers, > servicebility/waranty as for System z, integrated 10 Gbps network >> managed from HMC, dedicated management network which handles also > > firmware updates (blades are updated from HMC when CE comes with > MCLs). > Yes, management. What does it mean??? I can manage my blades without using > HMC. Yes, centralized management could be a value added, but it's NOT > crucial for the application. Couldn't ISAO live without such management? I > strongly doubt. 10Gbps OSA - available without zBX. In botH mainframe and > PC. Regards Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland tej wiadomo ci mo e zawiera > informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wy cznie do u ytku s bowego > adresata. Odbiorc e by jedynie jej adresat z wy czeniem dost pu os b > trzecich. Je eli nie jeste adresatem niniejszej wiadomo ci lub pracownikiem > upowa nionym do jej przekazania adresatowi, informujemy, e jej > rozpowszechnianie, kopiowanie, rozprowadzanie lub inne dzia anie o podobnym > charakterze jest prawnie zabronione i mo e by karalne. Je eli otrzyma > wiadomo omy kowo, prosimy niezw ocznie zawiadomi nadawc wysy c odpowied > oraz trwale usun wiadomo czaj c w to wszelkie jej kopie wydrukowane lub > zapisane na dysku. This e-mail may contain legally privileged information of > the Bank and is intended solely for business use of the addressee. This > e-mail may only be received by the addressee and may not be disclosed to any > third parties. If you are not the intended addressee of this e-mail or the > employee authorised to forward it to the addressee, be advised that any > dissemination, copying, distribution or any other similar activity is > legally prohibited and may be punishable. If you received this e-mail by > mistake please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in > your e-mail software and delete permanently this e-mail including any copies > of it either printed or saved to hard drive. BRE Bank SA, 00-950 Warszawa, > ul. Senatorska 18, tel. +48 (22) 829 00 00, fax +48 (22) 829 00 33, e-mail: > [email protected] d Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy > Krajowego Rejestru S dowego, nr rejestru przedsi biorc w KRS 0000025237, > NIP: 526-021-50-88. ug stanu na dzie 01.01.2011 r. kapita zak adowy BRE > Banku SA (w ca ci wp acony) wynosi 168.346.696 z otych. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For > IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives > at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
