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Comprehensive Systems Management Enterprise Management Tools Functional Extensions Upward Integration Extensions 3rd Party Systems Management Solutions Management Console Core Management Functions And we call this new paradigm Xtended Design Architecture. Xtended Design Architecture extends industry standards for business advantage. But what do we mean by business advantage? Business advantage is different for each customer, but three areas are consistent across customers from a wide variety of industries Mission Critical Confidence Investment Protection Control Costs The way that we create business advantage is by adding features to our servers. You can see some of these features here under the pillars of performance, availability, manageability, and flexibility. Hardware Enablement © 2006 IBM Corporation

IBM Systems Management Offerings Tivoli Enterprise Enterprise-Wide Business Processes Application Management Extensions Upward Integration Modules Capacity Manager System Availability Remote Deployment Mgr Software Distribution PE Virtual Machine Manager Tivoli BMC CA Unicenter NetIQ HP OpenView Microsoft SMS Microsoft MOM APC Powerware Blade HW Altiris Patch 3rd Party Solutions IBM Director Console IBM Director Inventory Monitoring and Alerting Automation Remote Management Group Management Software Updates And we call this new paradigm Xtended Design Architecture. Xtended Design Architecture extends industry standards for business advantage. But what do we mean by business advantage? Business advantage is different for each customer, but three areas are consistent across customers from a wide variety of industries Mission Critical Confidence Investment Protection Control Costs The way that we create business advantage is by adding features to our servers. You can see some of these features here under the pillars of performance, availability, manageability, and flexibility. Base Management Controller Remote Management Option Auto Start Predictive Failure Alerting Redundant fans/power supplies Remote Supervisor II Web Browser Interface Remote Presence © 2006 IBM Corporation

Systems Management Processors for System x Lowers TCO by providing In-Band/Out-of-Band Monitoring/Control of Servers Management Module (BC) RSA II PCI/ Slim-Line BMC Mini-BMC Integrated, IPMI-compliant service processor Monitors voltages & temperatures Power-control, system restart Out-of-band management thru shared system NIC Same features as Mini-BMC Plus Light-path diagnostic control Serial over LAN Same features as BMC Plus Support for SSL, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, and SNMP Remote KVM, virtual media Web Interface Same features as RSA-II Plus Single network connection required for remote KVM, virtual media of all 14-blades Monitors I/O modules © 2006 IBM Corporation

Remove Supervisor Adapter II Slimline Adapter (39Y9566) Overview Acts as a “computer within the computer” Monitors server health / provides alerts if problems occur Helps to remotely troubleshoot and resolve problems Allows remote access to keyboard, video, mouse, and disks Is offered as a PCI adapter and as a plug-in module PCI Adapter: Remote Supervisor Adapter II (RSA II) Module: Remote Supervisor Adapter II Slimline (RSA II Slimline) Monitoring and Alerting… Can detect problems before they occur using Predictive Failure Alerts IBM leads the industry, providing the widest ability to predict hardware failures on x86 systems The RSA II can provide alerts if problems occur SNMP alerts can be sent to management software such as IBM Director The serial port can be used to send an alphanumeric page Users can customize the monitoring and alerting to their needs Remote Troubleshooting… Keeps track of events that happen to a system Ex. power events, hardware failures or predictive alerts Full Remote Power Control Allows the power to be controlled remotely (power on/off, restart) The RSA II keeps a copy of the last “blue screen” for Windows © 2006 IBM Corporation

RSA II Slimline Promotion Details Announce: Feb 6, 2007 Duration: Feb 6 thru March 30 39Y9566 IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine List Price $385.00 Bid Index $331.10 (list -14%) Promo Rebate = $69 Fine print… For a limited time only, eligible IBM Business Partners can receive a $69 rebate for each EDI or Web-based reported sale of an eligible new IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine to an End User, as defined in the IBM Business Partner Agreement. End-User invoices must have a date of on or after February 6, 2007, but no later than March 30, 2007. All qualifying sales must be reported via EDI or the Web-based reporting facility no later than April 30, 2007. © 2006 IBM Corporation

Sell Management Benefits Call to Action Sell Management Benefits Gain control… Lower costs. RSA Adapters as well as IBM Director Demo the RSA Adapters Leverage TAP to get an RSA up and running in your demo center Remote connect to it during a sales call Additional Management Demos: http://demos.dfw.ibm.com/systems/ Sell the RSA Adapters How many open quotes do you have for high-volume systems ? How many have RSA II Slimline on them ? Impact to you? $350 Avg Unit Revenue boost per server Set an attach rate goal and drive to it ! © 2006 IBM Corporation