Ibm System X3550 M3 End Of Life

As these end of life products are being replaced in production by next generation ibm system x3550 x3650 m4 and bladecenter hs23 servers many sku s are already becoming hard to source.
Ibm system x3550 m3 end of life. Many companies depend on the m3 hs22 server generation to maintain standardization within their current infrastructure. 23 april 2012 ibm end of life eol servers. When ibm decides it will no longer support its storage server or network hardware it teams are left scrambling trying to figure out what they can do to deal with the problem without breaking the budget. Ibm system i express 1 way server.
Park place technologies makes it easy to find the latest end of life eol and end of service life eosl information for your ibm hardware. End of life eol and end of support eos announcements. Ibm s technical support resource for all ibm products and services including downloads fixes drivers apars product documentation redbooks whitepapers and technotes. If you have a continuing need for this machine model type visit our ibm certified used website to check on availability or utilize our request a quote to communicate.
Eol system x servers. Servers system x system x3650 m5 type 8871 system x3650 m5 type 8871 product home. This contains instructions for setting up your ibm system x3650 m3 types 4255 7945 or 7949 server instructions for installing optional devices and instructions for starting and configuring the server. Effective march 31 2014 ibm will withdraw from marketing the following ibm system x products.
System x3550 m3 ibm support. After this date you can no longer obtain these products directly from ibm. Hp proliant end of life eol servers oracle unleashes intel xeon e5 x86 servers. Don t abandon this hardware because the manufacturer no longer supports it and is telling you it is now obsolete.
For diagnostic and troubleshooting information see the problem determination and service guide that is on the ibm documentation cd. Eol end of life ibm manufacturer support. Storage and server manufacturers end of life end of support policies are the standard in today s it environment dictating a forced upgrade cycle. Ibm x3550 m3 xseries server 3550 m3 7944 xxx to be determined.