After the dates stated below and in the attached announcement IBM will no longer offer standard hardware maintenance service for the following listed machine types. Power 6 – End of support Date is 31st March 2019 7998 61X ECLIPZ Blade 9119 FHA Power 595 9125 F2A Power 575 8203 E4A Power 520 9407 M15 Power 520 […]
End of Support IBM i 7.1: From 30th April 2018 IBM i 7.1 will be withdrawn. If you intend to run IBM i 7.1 on your server then IBM are offering Extended Support but this will be chargeable. Some servers are not able to go past IBM i 7.1, if you would like to check […]
On January 9, IBM confirmed that Spectre and Meltdown does affect IBM POWER Systems servers. These new vulnerabilities are further reason for ensuring your system is running a supported OS release with the latest PTFs installed. The latest official word on this from IBM can be found at: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/potential-impact-processors-power-family/ Details regarding the PTFs can be found […]
