Category: Blade Servers

Available until 30th September 2010 Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. FBT is the responsibility of the recipient. Call us on 1800 777 111 and ask about our IBM Specials. IBM HS22 BladeCenter IBM HS22, Xeon Quad Core BladeCentre 2.40GHz 2.5in IBM [...]

IBM BladeCenter S So simple and productive – designed to save costs. If you’re driving your IT strategy to be more effective you should think about IBM BladeCenter. IBM BladeCenter is the next generation solution, offering a simple, cost-effective alternative. Now’s the time to switch to the blade solution that uses less floor space and [...]

Designed for your business. Easily consolidate multiple servers, towers and racks into one scalable and manageable solution. Run your entire business. It supports many applications your company might run including Windows®, AIX®, IBM i and Linux® when you add IBM Blade Servers. Easier to manage. With server, storage, networking and management tools integrated into a [...]

Actively Manage your Energy with IBM’s Active Energy Manager Active Energy Manager (formally IBM Director PowerExecutive) measures, monitors, and manages the energy components built into IBM systems enabling a cross-platform management solution. Active Energy Manager is an extension of IBM Director that supports BladeCenter, POWER Systems and System x servers. It also provides a source [...]

Here at Computer Merchants we, like IBM, have noticed the growth over time in the Blades and BladeCenter market. Many of you have heard about blades, in fact, many of you are probably running blades. However for those of you wanting to know more about this new technology, please read on! What is a BladeCenter Blade [...]

IBM Power Systems – the next generation systems for UNIX, IBM i and Linux clients Servers IBM Power Blade servers IBM Power 520 IBM Power 550 IBM Power 570 IBM Power 575 IBM Power 595 All IBM Power Systems (including earlier System i and System p models) Software Virtualization – PowerVM AIX IBM i Linux Availability [...]

The IBM System i and System p have been replaced with a new range of Servers called IBM Power Systems Power systems – with POWER6™ processor technology have the ability to run AIX®, IBM i, and Linux® operating systems simultaneously. In fact, regardless of which operating systems you are using the actual hardware will be [...]

Here’s a quick summary of services we offer our customers either here at Computer Merchants or onsite. IBM System i has been a great part of our business, but these days we are also seeing lots of BladeCenter services coming through. We have installed IBM System i, System p, System x, BladeCenter, HMC and Sun hardware, [...]

When powering up IBM Blades in the IBM BladesCenters, you may notice that the lights on the keyboard flash. If the lights do not stop flashing, re-seat the management module. This module is hot swappable. Tip – don’t hit any keys until the lights stop flashing.

Monthly Hardware Specials As many of you would have already seen, Computer Merchants have introduced monthly specials across IBM, HP and Sun hardware. These specials are unique to Computer Merchants as we are dedicated to working with our suppliers to provide specials meeting your requirements and budgetary needs. Timely And Flexible These specials are timely [...]

Over the past 6 weeks we have created a storm in the market over EchoStream – a Continuous Data Protection for AIX systems – and EchoCluster, the complementary product for High Availability fail over. Both have been met with so much enthusiasm from the AIX community. It seems that both these types of products have [...]

What Is Virtualisation? Modern computer hardware was originally designed to run on a single operating system and a single application. Virtualisation breaks that bond – making it possible to run multiple operating systems and multiple applications on the same server at the same time. This solution increases server utilization (typically from 5-15%, to 60-70%) and [...]

IBM has announced their new “PROJECT BIG GREEN“. IBM will be redirecting $1 billion per year across its businesses, mobilising the company’s resources to dramatically increase the level of energy efficiency in IT. This was established after IBM observed that businesses are beginning to face real challenges with regard to energy consumption and costs. A [...]

The IBM BladeCenter S is a new, completely integrated server infrastructure platform with a high degree of flexibility, scalability and manageability. It’s ideal for small and medium sized businesses, or for branch offices of bigger companies.It offers a powerful, yet simple IT infrastructure. You simply plug the BladeCenter S into the standard office outlet, and [...]

Previously, we’ve talked about the IBM Jumpstart program. We received a great response regarding the FREE System-i half day course and the more in depth three day course. Well, in addition to the Jumpstart courses, IBM Education has introduced customised training for whatever your company’s IT department requires. These come in the form of education packs, [...]

There has been lots of talk around the water coolers about Blade technology This article is for those of you who have missed all the talk because you haven’t been drinking your recommended 8 glasses a day. The blade server market is projected to grow over 300% to $11 billion by 2010. It is expected [...]

IBM Director is both a remote systems management tool and monitoring solution which was made for both servers and PCs on Intel platforms. The idea was to be able to provide multi-systems management where administrators could easily keep an eye on their hardware and at the same time monitor anything critical. The basic layout was [...]

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM BladeCenter IBM 88524X BladeCenter H Chassis with 2x2900W Power Supplies – $5,200 IBM Blades IBM 8853L1M Dual Core [...]