5486Direction.fm Draft Document for Review October 18, 200472 IBM Eserver i5 and iSeries System HandbookIBM considers sub-capacity licensing to be a strategic offering within theon demand portfolio. Sub-capacity licensing enables the licensing of theon demand portfolio. Sub-capacity licensing enables the licensing of softwareproducts for use on less than the full capacity (in processors) of the machinewhen used within a logical partition. IBM currently offers sub-capacitylicensing for selected software, including WebSphere Application Serverrunning on iSeries.IBM intends to announce sub-capacity licensing terms and conditions foradditional middleware products, such as WebSphere Application Server andDB2 Enterprise Server Edition, on other platforms such as AIX 5L, i5/OS,OS/400, and Linux on POWER. IBM also plans to deliver licensemanagement tools to assist you in tracking and reporting your softwareassets to take advantage of these flexible pricing models. Future iSeries management environment: IBM plans to deliver anintegrated management environment with services such as partitioning,hardware virtualization, and workload management for OS/400, AIX, andLinux applications on an IBM Eserver. The new management environmentwill integrate OS/400, middleware, and enhancements from research anddevelopment to deliver dramatically enhanced partitioning, optimized assetutilization, and on-demand resource allocation for heterogeneous operatingenvironments.Statement of Direction: ClosedAs part of the iSeries announcements made in May 2004, IBM fulfilled thecommitment of the following direction with the availability of i5/OS V5R3 inAugust 2004: Support AIX on iSeries: IBM plans to further extend the self-managingsystems initiative of the IBM autonomic computing initiative withself-optimizing and configuring capabilities that include native support for AIXin logical partitions alongside OS/400 partitions on the iSeries product line.This would allow customers to leverage a broader range of applicationenvironments including OS/400, Windows, Linux, and now AIX on a singleIBM Eserver. With this capability, a common set of resources can bemanaged and shared across a total customer solution, made up ofapplications targeted to different operating environments. This extends theself-optimization capabilities of iSeries to meet the needs of customers in asimple, low-cost, and efficient manner.As part of the iSeries announcements made in June 2003, IBM fulfilled thecommitment of the following direction:
