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IBM United States Software Announcement 217-087, dated May 2,

2017 IBM United States Software Announcement 217-087 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation

1 IBM Bluemix Local System and IBM PureApplication System firmware V2.

2.3 enables deployment of VMware workloads concurrently with cloud native services and cloud-enabled middleware Table of contents

1 Overview

4 Publications

1 Key prerequisites

4 Technical information

2 Planned availability date

5 Ordering information

2 Description

6 Terms and conditions

4 Program number

9 Prices Overview The IBM (R) Bluemix (R) Local and IBM PureApplication (R) System firmware V2.2.3 enables the dramatic time reduction for central IT to implement and deploy a full VMware environment to your on-premise datacenter. A VMware environment with your PureApplication family products provides: ? User-managed, virtual machine deployments with VMware vCenter ? Support for high availability and disaster recovery scenarios ? Support for additional virtual machine deployment models This release is available to all new and existing clients of PureApplication System W1500, W1700, W2500, W2700, and W3700 appliances and Bluemix Local System W3500 and W3550 appliances with current subscription and support. Key prerequisites PureApplication Software Suite requires one of the following: ? Bluemix Local System W3500 or W3550 ? Intel TM , IBM POWER7 (R) , or POWER8 (R) server ? IBM Softlayer PureApplication Software V2.2.3 requires one of the following: ? Bluemix Local System W3500 or W3550 ? PureApplication System W3700, W2700, W2500, W1700, or W1500 appliances ? Intel, IBM POWER7, or POWER8 server ? IBM Softlayer IBM United States Software Announcement 217-087 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation

2 Planned availability date ? May 5, 2017: IBM PureApplication Software and IBM PureApplication Software Suite ? May 5, 2017: Installation of factory shipments of IBM Bluemix Local System W3500 and W3550 appliances and PureApplication System W3700 appliances with firmware Version 2.2.3 Description Bluemix Local and PureApplications systems are pre-integrated cloud application platforms that include all of the hardware and the software management capabilities needed to help achieve fast time to value and enables simplicity in deploying and managing the lifecycle of development, test, and production workloads. The PureApplication family consists of ? Bluemix Systems W3500 and W3550, which include PureApplication firmware (on-premise) ? PureApplication W2500 and W1500 Systems, which include PureApplication firmware (on-premise) ? PureApplication W3700, W2700, and W1700 Systems, which include PureApplication firmware (on-premise) ? PureApplication Software ? PureApplication Software Suite ? PureApplication Service (off-premise) These PureApplication family components provide hybrid cloud capabilities that allow you to run your enterprise workloads, either on-premise, off-premise, or both. The Bluemix Local and PureApplication systems are designed to provide capabilities that utilize built-in expertise, which include virtualization, monitoring, and use management. These capabilities include: ? Integrated monitoring and management through an integrated user interface ? Support for growth to larger environments without a system outages ? Built-in elasticity of application workloads ? Updates for entire infrastructure stack ? Support for IBM and partner content that is optimized for PureApplication, and also the addition of third-party software ? Single point of contact for software support In addition, Bluemix Local and PureApplication systems are designed to provide: ? Integrated, optimized compute, network, and storage resources ? Integrated database and application server capability, with the ability to expand server capacity up to the full capacity of the selected PureApplication configuration. Pattern-based deployment is an important component of the PureApplication family of products. PureApplication patterns of expertise enables rapid deployment of pretuned and optimized cloud-enabled applications, such as mobile, business process management, and analytics in minutes with a click of a button into an on-premise Bluemix Local System cloud application platform or into a dedicated PureApplication Service off-premise private cloud. ? User-managed virtual machine deployments with VMware vCenter C Create and deploy virtual machines directly with VMware vCenter into dedicated cloud groups for user-managed virtual machines. IBM United States Software Announcement 217-087 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation