Hardware withdrawal: IBM System Storage DS8700 and DS8800 (MT 242x) DS8000 LMC R6.2 - Replacement available

IBM United States Withdrawal Announcement 913-013
February 5, 2013

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Overview Replacement product information Withdrawn products

Overview

Effective March 1, 2013, IBM® will withdraw from marketing DS8000® LMC R6.2, feature number 1723. On or after the effective date of withdrawal, you can no longer order this product directly from IBM .

For new orders, the customer requested arrival date (CRAD) can be no later than March 29, 2013. You can obtain this product on an as-available basis through IBM Business Partners.

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Withdrawn products

Effective March 1, 2013, the following product will be withdrawn:
 
                                 Machine    Model
Description                      number     number   Feature

DS8000 Licensed Machine Code:
DS8000 LMC R6.2                  2421,2422  941,951   1723
                                 2423,2424

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Replacement product information

                        Machine/                              Machine/
Withdrawn product       model      Replacement product        model

DS8000 Licensed Machine 2421-941   DS8000 Licensed Machine    2421-941
 Code:                  2421-951    Code:                     2421-951
 DS8000 LMC R6.2 (#1723)            DS8000 LMC R6.3 (#1724)
 
DS8000 Licensed Machine 2422-941   DS8000 Licensed Machine    2422-941
 Code:                  2422-951    Code:                     2422-951
 DS8000 LMC R6.2 (#1723)            DS8000 LMC R6.3 (#1724)
 
DS8000 Licensed Machine 2423-941   DS8000 Licensed Machine    2423-941
 Code:                  2423-951    Code:                     2423-951
 DS8000 LMC R6.2 (#1723)            DS8000 LMC R6.3 (#1724)
 
DS8000 Licensed Machine 2424-941   DS8000 Licensed Machine    2424-941
 Code:                  2424-951    Code:                     2424-951
 DS8000 LMC R6.2 (#1723)            DS8000 LMC R6.3 (#1724)
 

For additional information, refer to Hardware Announcement 112-010, dated April 10, 2012

Business Partner information

If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM , you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement. A PartnerWorld® ID and password are required (use IBM ID).

https://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/mem/sla.jsp?num=913-013

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Direct customer support

The IBMLink ServiceLink library of answered questions and other technical information for the product remains available.

Trademarks

IBM, DS8000 and PartnerWorld are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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