10 IBM System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 Planning and Implementation Guide1.7 Services offeringsThe X6 systems fit into the services offerings that are already available from IBM GlobalTechnology Services® for System x and BladeCenter. More information about these servicesis available at the following website:http://www.ibm.com/systems/services/gts/systemxbcis.htmlIn addition to the existing offerings for asset management, information infrastructure, servicemanagement, security, virtualization, and consolidation, and business and collaborativesolutions; IBM Systems Lab Services and Training has six offerings specifically for X6: Virtualization Enablement Database Enablement Enterprise Application Enablement Migration Study Virtualization Health Check Rapid! Migration ToolIBM Systems Lab Services and Training is a worldwide services team of deeply skilled,experienced consultants and instructors who assist clients in the acceleration of adopting newIBM products and offerings, maximizing the performance of their IBM Systems and solutions,and enabling operational excellence through the transfer of skills and knowledge to theclients' staffs. The services offerings are designed around having the flexibility to becustomized to meet your needs and can provide preconfigured services, custom services,expert skills transfer, off-the-shelf training, and online/classroom courses for X6.For more information, send an email to this address:mailto:stgls@us.ibm.comAlso, more information is available at the following website:http://www.ibm.com/systems/services/labservices1.8 What this book containsIn this book, readers get a general understanding of X6 technology, which sets it apart fromprevious models, and the architecture that makes up this product line. This book is brokendown into several chapters:The first three chapters give an in-depth look at the X6 hardware and architecture: Chapter 1: A high-level overview of X6 and its target workloads/markets Chapter 2: New technology in X6 Chapter 3: An in-depth look at key components, such as memory, CPU, storage, and I/OThe last four chapters describe preparing and implementing the X6 server. We describepower and cooling considerations, operating installations, systems management, andfirmware update tools: Chapter 4: Rack, power, and cooling considerations for X6. Chapter 5: Preparing the X6 hardware for use. Chapter 6: Operating system installation guidelines. Chapter 7: How to manage your X6 hardware.
