IBM Spectrum Accelerate delivers grid-scale, enterprise
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1. The warranty applies only to the unmodified portion of the program IBM does not warrant uninterrupted or error free operation of the program or that IBM will correct all program defects You are responsible for the results obtained from the use of the program IBM provides you with access to IBM databases containing information on known program defects defect corrections restrictions and bypasses at no additional charge For further information consult the IBM Software Support Handbook found at http www ibm com support handbook IBM will maintain this information for at least one year after the original licensee acquires the program warranty period Money back guarantee If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the program and you are the original licensee you may obtain a refund of the amount you paid for it if within 30 days of your invoice date you return the program and its PoE to the party from whom you obtained it If you downloaded the program you may contact the party from whom you acquired it for instructions on how to obtain the refund For clarification note that for programs acquired under the IBM International Passport Advantage offering this term applies only to your first acquisition of the program Other terms Volume orders IVO Yes Contact your IBM representative IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 8 IBM In2. document that is available on the IBM Software License Agreement website http www ibm com software sla sladb nsf Planning information Review the IBM Spectrum Accelerate Planning Installation and Operation Guide available in IBM Knowledge Center http www ibm com support knowledgecenter IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 4 Customer responsibilities Planning for and provision of the required hardware and the power and environmental support of IBM Spectrum Accelerate v11 5 is a customer responsibility Planning considerations for IBM Spectrum Accelerate v11 5 are listed in the respective product IBM Knowledge Center which is available at http www 01 ibm com support knowledgecenter search xiv Customers will carry out hardware maintenance and troubleshooting actions Customers will assume the responsibility of downloading installing upgrading and maintaining the software Each IBM Spectrum Accelerate system should be connected to the IBM events center call home For systems not connected the customer will have to generate a usage report generated by the system or the Hyper Scale Manager and mail it to IBM every month Packaging After receipt of an order for IBM Spectrum Accelerate vi1 5 the Business Partner or customer will be required to register and accept Passport Advantage or Passport Express terms and conditions
3. IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 dated February 23 2015 IBM Spectrum Accelerate delivers grid scale enterprise class Storage System capabilities in a software only model on customer choice hardware Table of contents 1 Overview 3 Technical information 1 Key prerequisites 6 Ordering information 2 Planned availability date 7 Terms and conditions 2 Description 10 Prices 2 Program number 11 Order now 3 Publications At a glance IBM Spectrum Accelerate v11 5 0 delivers a rich variety of enterprise level features on x86 servers similar to XIV Gen3 storage systems With Spectrum Accelerate you can reduce time to value for business applications and achieve cost savings driven by the agility and usage of the hardware solution An administrator can deploy the Spectrum Accelerate storage solution on existing virtualized servers in minutes enabling a tuning free storage environment to be built quickly with outstanding ease of management and agility For ordering contact your IBM representative an IBM Business Partner or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800 IBM CALL Reference YE001 Overview IBM Spectrum Accelerate a key member of the IBM Spectrum Storage portfolio is a new highly flexible software defined storage solution that enables rapid deployment of block data storage services for new and traditional workloads both on and off premises Spectrum Accelerate lets you run the proven hotspot free grid scale softwar
4. Upon registration the customer will be authorized for the electronic download of software code updates For the perpetual license the product includes the license and one year of Subscription and Support and up to two additional years of support can be purchased with the initial order For the monthly license the product includes the license and 1 to 60 months of Subscription and Support with an option to renew for length of original term renew for 12 months continuous month to month billing The paid invoice acts as Proof of Entitlement PoE for all orders of IBM Spectrum Accelerate Subsequent media orders For additional available publications refer to the Publications section For assistance in placing orders with or without media features contact your IBM representative Publications are in English This program when downloaded from a website contains the applicable IBM license agreement and License Information if appropriate and will be presented for acceptance at the time of installation of the program Direct customer support Product upgrades and technical support are provided by the Software Subscription and Support S amp S offering IBM provides assistance via telephone during the normal local business hours IBM provides English only Severity 1 live support and Severity 2 2 hours call back assistance 24 hours a day 7 days a week Storage Lab services will offer advanced services such as installation assistan
5. ce or integration with Orchestration Systems for a fee For technical support or assistance contact your IBM representative or visit http www ibm com support IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 5 Ordering information This product is only available via Passport Advantage It is not available as shrinkwrap These products may only be sold directly by IBM or by authorized IBM Business Partners for Software Value Plus For more information about IBM Software Value Plus visit http www ibm com partnerworld page svp_authorized_portfolio To locate IBM Business Partners for Software Value Plus in your geography for a specific Software Value Plus portfolio visit http www ibm com partnerworld wps bplocator Product group IBM Systems IBM Spectrum Accelerate 5725 U18 for Passport Advantage per Terabyte Product category Spectrum Accelerate Ordering information for Passport Advantage Passport Advantage PPA allows greater flexibility to help customers manage their software licenses and Subscription and Support renewals Customers can now have a common anniversary date for Subscription and Support renewals for all IBM software under a PPA agreement including IBM Storage software The anniversary date established at the order ship date for the initial product acquisition will remain unchanged while their Passport Advantage or Pass
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7. e software defined storage solution enables rapid deployment of block data storage services for new and traditional workloads both on and off premises It uses a proven grid scale technology in use today on more than 100 000 servers worldwide for a full range of workloads Spectrum Accelerate runs as a virtual machine on vSphere ESXi hypervisor enabling you to build a server based SAN from commodity hardware that includes x86 servers Ethernet switches SSDs and direct attached high density disks Spectrum Accelerate essentially acts as an operating system for your self built SAN storage grouping virtual nodes and spreading the data across the entire grid IBM Spectrum Accelerate release 11 5 0 manages up to 15 nodes in a grid and provides a single point of management of up to 144 Grids of 15 nodes connected through Hyper Scale Manager for a total of 2160 nodes Spectrum Accelerate lets you deploy storage services flexibly across different delivery models including customer choice hardware existing datacenter infrastructure and IBM storage systems The benefits of Spectrum Accelerate include e Cost reduction by delivering hotspot free storage to different deployment models on and off premises paying less for the same capacity acquiring less hardware reducing maintenance outlay and minimizing administrative overhead e Increased operational agility through easy cloud building faster provisioning small capacity increments licensi
8. e that runs on the XIV Storage System Gen3 enterprise storage platform in your existing data center infrastructure It offers proven grid scale technology mature features and the ease of use that is already deployed on over 100 000 servers worldwide IBM Spectrum Accelerate delivers a design that was made for the cloud guaranteeing hotspot and tuning free service levels across mixed workload to help meet the unpredictability of today s cloud world It delivers a single management experience across software defined environments helps cut costs through reduced administration overhead and training reduced procurement standardization of datacenter storage hardware operations and services and licensing flexibility that enables cost efficient cloud building Key prerequisites For more information on qualified servers review the Hardware requirements and Software requirements sections IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 1 Planned availability date e March 13 2015 Electronic download e April 10 2015 Physical media Note The availability of IBM Spectrum Accelerate per usable Terabyte Monthly License Software Subscriptions and Service part number D1DZRLL is subject to change based on the release of the monthly license program Description IBM Spectrum Accelerate is a key member of the IBM Spectrum Storage portfolio This new and flexibl
9. illing e Monthly License including Software Subscription amp Support throughout the license period Note The availability of IBM Spectrum Accelerate per usable Terabyte Monthly License Software Subscriptions and Service part number D1DZRLL is subject to change based on the release of the monthly license program For the perpetual license D1DZPLL the new software purchases will initially include twelve full months of Software S amp S in the second year the first year of renewal can be prorated to be coterminous with your common anniversary date Thereafter all S amp S will renew by ordering EOKZULL at the common anniversary date for twelve full months of S amp S Customer can add to the initial order two more years of support by purchasing two IBM Spectrum Accelerate per Terabyte Annual Software Subscription and Support Renewal EOKZULL Passport Advantage customer Media pack entitlement details Customers with active maintenance or subscription for the products listed are entitled to receive the corresponding media pack Media packs description Part number IBM Spectrum Accelerate Version 11 5 0 b Multiplatform Multilingual Media Pack BHOOOML Charge metric Part number or Program name PID number Charge metric IBM Spectrum Accelerate 5725 U18 Per Terabyte License Metric Definition Usable terabyte T TB 1 terabyte TB is equal to 2 to the 40th power or 1 099 511 627 776 bytes Terms and conditions The information
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11. ments VMware ESX v5 5 only is required on every node For current supported software levels and related Spectrum Accelerate interoperability visit http www 03 ibm com systems support storage ssic interoperability wss The program s specifications and specified operating environment information may be found in documentation accompanying the program if available such as a readme file or other information published by IBM such as an announcement letter Documentation and other program content may be supplied only in the English language Companion products Other IBM products that can be considered for implementation with the IBM Spectrum Accelerate v11 5 include e IBM System Storage TS7650 server 3958 DD5 e IBM System Storage Tape systems e IBM Global Services virtualization implementation services e IBM Novus CG e IBM FlashSystem Limitations e Host connectivity via iSCSI only e Supported number of nodes 3 to 15 e A number of CPU cycles reserved for VM should be at least 80 percent of total cycles of the hardware This will actually prevent booting another VM on same ESX e Subnets Separate subnets disjoint for interconnect management and iSCSI mirroring even if used on the same physical network ISCSI and mirroring can share the same subnet if the LWIP is in use For additional information refer to Usage restriction in the Terms and conditions section of this announcement or to the license information
12. ng flexibility that enables you to easily repurpose servers e Rapid response through enterprise class storage availability data protection and security for new and traditional workload needs in the datacenter and other sites while flexibly balancing capital and operational expenses e Simplified management with seamless management across 144 virtual systems the XIV storage system or the infrastructure of your off premises services provider Accessibility by people with disabilities A US Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template VPAT containing details on accessibility compliance can be requested at http www ibm com able product_accessibility index html Program number Program Program number VRM name 5725 U18 11 5 0 IBM Spectrum Accelerate IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 2 Offering Information Product information is available via the Offering Information website http www ibm com common ssi Also visit the Passport Advantage website http www ibm com software passportadvantage Publications The following publications can be ordered after planned availability To order use the Publications Center or contact your IBM representative Title Order number IBM Spectrum Accelerate v11 5 Product Overview SDS 584 IBM Spectrum Accelerate v11 5 Planning Installation and Operation Guide SDS 583 IBM Spect
13. on and charges contact your IBM representative or authorized IBM Business Partner Additional information is also available at Passport Advantage website http www ibm com software passportadvantage https www ibm com software howtobuy passportadvantage paoreseller Passport Advantage For Passport Advantage information and charges contact your IBM representative or authorized IBM Business Partner for Software Value Plus Additional information is also available at http www ibm com software passportadvantage IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 10 IBM Global Financing IBM Global Financing offers competitive financing to credit qualified customers to assist them in acquiring IT solutions Offerings include financing for IT acquisition including hardware software and services from both IBM and other manufacturers or vendors Offerings for all customer segments small medium and large enterprise rates terms and availability can vary by country Contact your local IBM Global Financing organization or visit http www ibm com financing IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government customers Rates are based on a customer s credit rating financing terms offering type equipment type and options and may vary b
14. port Advantage Express agreement remains in effect Spectrum Accelerate can be ordered in 2 licensing models e Perpetual license with annual Software Subscription amp Support renewals after the first year e Monthly license with optional automatic renewals The quantity to be specified for the Passport Advantage part numbers in the following table is per TERABYTE 1 TERABYTE TB is equal to 2 to the 40th power or 1 099 511 627 776 bytes To order for Passport Advantage specify the desired part number and quantity Program name IBM Spectrum Accelerate PID 5725 U18 Part Description number IBM Spectrum Accelerate DIDZRLL per Terabyte Monthly License Sw S amp S IBM Spectrum Accelerate DIDZPLL per Terabyte License SW Subscription amp Support 12 Months IBM Spectrum Accelerate DIDZQLL per Terabyte Sw S amp S Reinstate 12 Months IBM Spectrum Accelerate EOKZULL per Terabyte IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 6 Annual sw Subscription amp Support Renewal The products in the above tables are also available via web download from Passport Advantage For the monthly license D1DZRLL e Length of the original term 1 to 60 months e Billing frequency monthly quarterly annually all up front e Renewal choice at end of original term terminate renew for length of original term renew for 12 months continuous month to month b
15. provided in this announcement letter is for reference and convenience purposes only The terms and conditions that govern any transaction with IBM are contained in the applicable contract documents such as the IBM International Program License Agreement IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement and the IBM Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance This product is only available via Passport Advantage IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 7 Licensing IBM International Program License Agreement including the License Information document and Proof of Entitlement PoE govern your use of the program PoEs are required for all authorized use Part number products only offered outside of Passport Advantage where applicable are license only and do not include Software Maintenance The IBM Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance Z125 6011 applies for Subscription and Support also referred to as Software Maintenance and does not require customer signatures License Information number LI number LC27 6699 00 The program s License Information will be available for review on the IBM Software License Agreement website http www ibm com software sla sladb nsf Limited warranty applies Yes Limited warranty IBM warrants that when the program is used in the specified operating environment it will conform to its specifications
16. rum Accelerate v11 5 Release Notes SDS 585 IBM XIV Storage System XCLI Utility User Manual GC27 3915 Management Tool 4 0 User Guide To view online information and link to a download site visit the IBM Spectrum Accelerate IBM Knowledge Center http www 01 ibm com support knowledgecenter search xiv The IBM Publications Center http www ibm com shop publications order The Publications Center is a worldwide central repository for IBM product publications and marketing material with a catalog of 70 000 items Extensive search facilities are provided A large number of publications are available online in various file formats and they can all be downloaded by all countries Technical information Specified operating environment Hardware requirements x86 servers running VMware ESX Hypervisor with a VM configured according to the following specifications Minimal VM requirements e CPU cores 4 nonvirtualized CPU cores e Memory 24 GB physical memory e Network 2 10 GbE ports e Disks 6 to 12 hard drives 1 2 3 or 4 TB in size IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 3 e SSD optional One 500 GB or 800 GB SSD Recommended VM requirements e CPU cores 4 nonvirtualized CPU cores Memory 48 GB physical memory Network 4 to 8 10 GbE ports Disks 6 to 12 hard drives 2 3 or 4 TB in size e SSD One 800 GB SSD Software require
17. tatement of good security practices IT system security involves protecting systems and information through prevention detection and response to improper access from within and outside your enterprise Improper access can result in information being altered destroyed or misappropriated or can result in misuse of your systems to attack others Without a comprehensive approach to security no IT system or product should be considered completely secure and no single product or security measure can be completely effective in preventing improper access IBM systems and products are designed to be part of a comprehensive security approach which will necessarily involve additional operational procedures and may require other systems products or services to be most effective IBM does not warrant that systems and products are immune from the malicious or illegal conduct of any party Prices Business Partner information If you are an IBM Business Partner Distributor for Workstation Software acquiring products from IBM you may link to Passport Advantage Online for resellers where you can obtain Business Partner pricing information An IBM ID and password are required https www ibm com software howtobuy passportadvantage paoreseller Information on charges is available at website http www ibm com support In the Electronic tools category select the option for Purchase upgrade tools Passport Advantage For Passport Advantage informati
18. ternational Passport Advantage Agreement Passport Advantage applies Yes and through the Passport Advantage website at http www ibm com software passportadvantage Usage restriction Yes IBM Spectrum Accelerate 5725 U18 This program 5725 U18 is licensed on a per Terabyte site wide capacity basis Refer to the Ordering information section for information on charges for this program For additional information refer to the License Information document that is available on the IBM Software License Agreement website http www ibm com software sla sladb nsf Software Subscription and Support applies Yes Software Subscription and Support also referred to as Software Maintenance is included with licenses purchased through Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express Product upgrades and Technical Support are provided by the Software Subscription and Support offering as described in the Agreements Product upgrades provide the latest versions and releases to entitled software and Technical Support provides voice and electronic access to IBM support organizations worldwide IBM includes one year of Software Subscription and Support with each program license acquired perpetual license DIDZPLL The initial period of Software Subscription and Support can be extended by the purchase of a renewal option if available While your Software Subscription and Support monthly license also includes S amp S is in effect IBM provides
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20. you assistance for your routine short duration installation and usage how to questions and code related questions IBM provides assistance via telephone and if available electronic access only to your information systems IS technical support personnel during the normal business hours published prime shift hours of your IBM support center This assistance is not available to your end users IBM provides English only Severity 1 live support and Severity 2 2 hours call back assistance 24 hours a day 7 days a week For additional details consult your IBM Software Support Handbook at http www ibm com support handbook Software Subscription and Support does not include assistance for the design and development of applications your use of programs in other than their specified operating environment or failures caused by products for which IBM is not responsible under the applicable agreements For additional information about the International Passport Advantage Agreement and the IBM International Passport Advantage Express Agreement visit the Passport Advantage website at http www ibm com software passportadvantage IBM Operational Support Services SoftwareXcel No IBM United States Software Announcement 215 068 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 9 System i Software Maintenance applies No Variable charges apply No Educational allowance available Not applicable S
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