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IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG12-0213
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only configurations that can be created for this product based on existing supported
System x hardware system units in a given business environment.
Licenses for offerings in this announcement include one year or three years of
Software Subscription and Support. Software Subscription and Support renewals
for all features are aligned through Passport Advantage® Express® or Passport
Advantage , reducing the administrative burden of keeping your Subscription and
Support up to date.
If a new release of a given offering in this announcement is made generally available
in Passport Advantage after the announcement of the offering in System x ordering
systems, you may elect to take delivery of any release generally available for that
offering during the product registration process.
Eligible software products, offered and selected during the ordering process with
each hardware system, are enabled for electronic download for the system unit for
which the product was ordered. Optionally, software and license-only orders can be
created for these products based on existing supported hardware system units in
the business environment. Offerings included in this announcement are available
exclusively by electronic download.
Orders placed for the eligible offerings in this announcement will be routed and
fulfilled through Passport Advantage Express . Invoicing for the initial license orders
will occur through the System x order management systems. Subscription and
Support renewals will be managed through Passport Advantage .
Passport Advantage allows you to have a common anniversary date for Software
Subscription and Support renewals. The anniversary date, established at the order
ship date for the initial product acquisition, will remain unchanged while your
Passport Advantage Agreement remains in effect. New software purchases initially
include 12 or 36 full months of Subscription and Support coverage. Subscription
and Support in the second year (the first year of renewal) can be prorated to be
coterminous with your common anniversary date but managed and invoiced through
Passport Advantage . Thereafter, all Software Subscription and Support will renew
at the common anniversary date and include 12 full months of Subscription and
Support.
Education support
The following classes are available:
Course Course Course
code title type
H080G IBM Platform HPC 3.x Classroom
H180G IBM Platform HPC 3.x ILO*
H285G IBM Platform HPC Web based
*ILO - Instructor-Led Online
IBM training provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of
courses for IT professionals and managers are on the IBM training website
http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/
Contact your IBM representative for course information.
Publications
The following technical documents are available for the IBM Platform HPC:
• Installing and Managing the IBM Platform HPC Web Portal Kit
• Installing and Managing the NVIDIA CUDA Kit