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支援的型號如下

On May 31, 2013, AIX 5.3 Technology Level 12 Service Pack 8 with the Service
Extension will extend support for these IBM Power Systems servers:
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• IBM Power 710 server (8231-E1D)
• IBM Power 720 server (8202-E4D)
• IBM Power 730 server (8231-E2D)
• IBM Power 740 server (8205-E6D)
• IBM Power 750 server (8408-E8D)
• IBM Power 760 server (9109-RMD)

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With IBM Service Extension, you can more fully take advantage of Power Systems capabilities and simplify management of older environments.

Key features

• Usage support
  • IBM support is available during normal business hours for assistance with questions about using AIX V5.3, problem determination, and assistance identifying and obtaining existing fixes for problems with AIX V5.3.
  • Usage support is available for Technology Levels 10, 11, and 12.
• New fixes
  • You get fixes for new problems. These fixes are delivered as interim fixes and service packs for the first two years of the support extension.
  • Defect support is only available for Technology Level 12.
• New hardware support
  • IBM intends to deliver toleration support for most new Power Systems hardware for the first two years of this extended support (May 2012 through May 2014). This will allow you to migrate your AIX V5.3 workloads to new systems during the first two years of the extended support.
  • Although it is the intent of IBM to provide support for most of the new Power Systems hardware that will be released over the first two years of the support agreement, new hardware that requires significant architectural changes may not be supported or may be supported only through the use of the PowerVM™ Virtual I/O Server.

    Disclaimer : IBM's statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM's sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products or services is intended to outline our general product or service direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products or services is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. Information about potential future products or services may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products or services remains at our sole discretion.

• Service packs
  • IBM plans to deliver two service packs per year during the first two years of the Service Extension for AIX V5.3. These service packs are intended to deliver cumulative maintenance and new hardware enablement. In most cases, IBM will provide interim fixes to address your problems until the fix can be incorporated into a subsequent service pack.
  • In the third year of the Service Extension (May 2014 though May 2015), all fixes will be delivered only as interim fixes.
  • Service packs delivered as part of extended support for AIX 5.3 will be made available through Fix Central. Service Extension Service Packs will only be available if you have purchased IBM Software Support Services. Fix Central will require authentication to ensure that only clients entitled to the extended support for AIX V5.3 will be able to download those service packs.

    Disclaimer : IBM's statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM's sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products or services is intended to outline our general product or service direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products or services is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. Information about potential future products or services may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products or services remains at our sole discretion.

• Sub-capacity pricing
  • The Service Extension for AIX V5.3 is priced per core and per server tier consistent with the AIX pricing methodology. This will allow you to purchase only the extended support for the cores running AIX V5.3. You can run mixed environments of AIX V5.3 and more current AIX levels on a server but only have to purchase the Service Extension for the cores running AIX V5.3.