7 statement of direction – IBM P5 570 User Manual

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Chapter 1. General description

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1.7 Statement of direction

IBM plans to extend the capabilities of the IBM

Sserver

p5 product line by introducing

support for the i5/OS™ operating system. This support is planned for selected
IBM

Sserver

p5 570 and future high-end IBM

Sserver

p5 models. i5/OS support will

provide additional flexibility for large-scale server consolidation where AIX 5L™ and/or Linux
is the primary operating system. i5/OS support will be limited to one processor on selected
p5-570 models. This capability is planned to be available in the first half of 2005.

All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal
without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.

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