IBM RS/6000 Software Offering for Education -- Packaged Software for Easy Ordering
Software Announcement
August 11, 1998
Announcement Letter Number: 298-276
Table of Contents:
- At a Glance
- DESCRIPTION
- SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- ORDERING INFORMATION
- TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Currency Access Fee information is added to the Terms and Conditions, Ordering Information, and Charges sections.
(Corrected on August 25, 1998)
In the Charges section, the prices for Campus SP Group and
Subscription have been increased.
At a Glance
This new education offering:
- Consists of special terms, conditions, and pricing on groups of
RS/6000 software programs
- Enables institutions to easily fund and acquire large numbers of copies of RS/6000-based software
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Overview
The RS/6000 (TM) Software Offering for Education is a convenient way for qualified, accredited, educational institutions to order RS/6000 software, and to keep it current.
The RS/6000 Software Offering for Education consists of special terms, conditions, and pricing on groups of RS/6000 software programs. The programs in each group are packaged together under a single program number to facilitate easy ordering. The software may be used for academic instruction and academic research at the institution. This offering will satisfy increasing requests from Education and Academic Research customers who want to be able to fund and acquire large numbers of copies of RS/6000 based software.
Intended Customers
Eligible education institutions that have or plan to acquire an RS/6000 network
Key Prerequisites
An RS/6000 server for the Campus Base Products Group and Campus Extension Group
An RS/6000 SP (TM) Model 9076 server for the Campus Scalable POWERparallel (R) (SP) Group
Planned Availability Date
August 21, 1998
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This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com
An eligible institution can acquire a license for one or more RS/6000 Campus Groups of software programs. Refer to the Products section in this letter for the software comprising each group. A one-time charge (OTC) fee is charged for each group selected, and for that OTC, you are entitled to install the software on up to 100 RS/6000 servers, SP nodes, and network workstations in any combination.
When a software group is ordered, you will receive a single package containing the media and publications for all programs in the group. The media is the standard machine-readable material for each program. The publications will be a combination of physical publications and online documentation.
Normal installation procedures must be followed on a program-by-program basis. You can choose which programs to install based on your individual institution's requirements. The Base Product Group is a prerequisite for both the Extension Group and the Scalable POWERparallel (SP) Group. The SP Group requires an RS/6000 SP, Model 9076.
An optional Subscription can be acquired for each of the program groups. There is a subscription fee that entitles you to receive any updates to the program group made while your subscription is in effect.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The Group license is valid for servers and workstations within that part of your educational institution's organization that is directly managed or governed by your organization or office and is so indicated by you for this activity. You will be contractually responsible for administering, managing, and ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of the RS/6000 Software Offering for Education contract.
Each Group license requires payment of an OTC license fee, which entitles your institution to install programs of the Group on up to 100 RS/6000 servers, RS/6000 SP nodes, and network workstations in any combination. You can order up to 10 licenses of each Campus Group. However, the maximum number of servers, nodes, and workstations taken together, that may be covered by an RS/6000 Software Offering for Education contract is one thousand.
The terms and conditions for each licensed program in a Group are unchanged unless specifically amended by the RS/6000 Software Offering for Education contract.
The programs can be used only for academic instruction and academic research at your Educational Institution. The programs cannot be used to perform administrative tasks of the institution or commercial services for any third party.
The optional Subscription, if chosen, should be purchased at the same time that the Group license is purchased. Subscriptions purchased for previously installed programs require payment of a Currency Access Fee for each such Subscription, in addition to the Software Subscription charge. Updates acquired under a Subscription can only be applied to programs of the Group for which it was purchased. That is, multiple licenses of the same Group require multiple Subscriptions for that Group. For example: If you acquire two Base Product Group licenses and you choose to acquire Subscriptions to stay current, you must order two Base Product Group Subscriptions.
There is an annual charge for each Subscription, and they can be renewed annually while a valid RS/6000 Software Offering for Education agreement is in effect.
It is anticipated the groups will be updated semi-annually. Updates will be made at IBM's discretion, and no commitment by IBM is made or implied as to the release or availability of any group update. No refund or credit is applicable if updates are not made available by IBM or, if you do not take available updates.
An RS/6000 server will be the designated service point for the network, and will be the machine for which program media and IBM program entitlement will be supplied.
All duly accredited higher education institutions are eligible to participate in the RS/6000 Software Offering for Education. An accredited higher education institution is defined as a public or private, non-profit, university, or college (two or four year), accredited by a national or regional accrediting council or commission or appropriate government agency or board of education of the state or country in which the educational institution is located. In addition, teaching hospitals associated with an accredited institution, or research consortia created for educational purposes and comprised of accredited institutions are also considered accredited educational institutions.
IBM reserves the right to amend this offering at any time, or to withdraw this offering upon 6 months' notice.
This offering replaces Higher Education Consortium (HESC) Groups I-G, I-H, I-J, and VI. Effective with this announcement, these HESC Groups will not be available to customers who initiate a new HESC agreement. Effective September 30, 1998, these Groups will be closed to Consortium members who have not paid the designated Group fees.
Consortium members subscribing to Groups I-G, I-H, I-J, and VI will have the option to convert their licenses from an annual fee to OTC licenses at termination of their eligibility for these Groups. Details of this conversion opportunity will be made available by IBM. There is no upgrade from HESC to the new IBM RS/6000 Software Offering for Education.
PRODUCTS
Program
Program Name Number
Campus Base Product Group -- 5765-D59
AIX (R), Version 4.3 5765-C34
C for AIX, Version 4.4 5765-C64
AIX Hypertext Information, Version 1.5 5696-919
CSet++ for AIX, Version 3 5765-421
CSet++ for Solaris 5765-448
XL Fortran for AIX, Version 5.1 5765-C10
XL Fortran RTE for AIX, Version 5.1 5765-C11
Performance Toolbox/Aide, Version 2.2 5765-654
ESSL for AIX, Version 3.1 5765-C42
Campus Extension Group -- 5765-D58
AIX Link/X.25, Version 1.1.3 5696-926
DCE Base Services for AIX, Version 2.2 5765-D17
DCE Security Services for AIX, Version 2.2 5765-D14
DCE Enhanced DFS for AIX, Version 2.2 5765-D15
User Data Masking for AIX, Version 2.2 5765-D07
DCE NFS to DFS Authorized 5765-D10
Gateway for AIX, Version 2.2
Program
Program Name Number
Campus Scalable POWERparallel (SP) Group -- 5765-D57
Parallel System Support Program, Version 2.4 5765-529
Parallel Environment for AIX, Version 2.3 5765-543
Parallel Optimization Subroutine Library 5765-392
LoadLeveler (R), Version 1.3 5765-145
Parallel ESSL for AIX, Version 2 5765-C41
XL High Performance Fortran 5765-613
for AIX, Version 1 Release 3
XL High Performance Fortran 5765-612
RTE for AIX, Version 1 Release 3
General Parallel File System, Version 1 5765-B95
Recoverable Virtual Shared Disk, Version 2 5765-646
Campus Base Product Group Subscription -- 5765-D56
Campus Extension Group Subscription -- 5765-D55
Campus Scalable POWERparallel (SP) Group
Subscription -- 5765-D54
Note: An IBM AIX Version 4.3 license for the base and
additional users is included in the system order. The Campus
License Base Product Group includes AIX Version 4.3 to provide
the customer with installed equipment an upgrade path from
earlier releases of AIX.
Year 2000
These products are Year 2000 ready. When used in accordance with their associated documentation, they are capable of correctly processing, providing, and/or receiving date data within and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provided all other products (for example, software, hardware, and firmware) used with the products properly exchange accurate date data with them.
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES
SmoothStart (TM)/Installation Services
SmoothStart or Installation Services will not be provided for RS/6000 Software Offering for Education.
Trademarks
RS/6000, SP, and SmoothStart are trademarks of International
Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other
countries or both.
POWERparallel, RISC System/6000, AIX, and LoadLeveler are
registered trademarks of International Business Machines
Corporation in the United States or other countries or both.
Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or
service marks of others.
Specified Operating Environment
Hardware Requirements: These are contained in the individual announcement letters for each product within an RS/6000 (TM) Software Offering for Education Group.
Refer to the specifications of each of the products within a Group prior to installing them.
Security, Auditability, and Control
The announced programs use the security and auditability features of the AIX (R) Version 4 operating system. The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities.
PUBLICATIONS
The publications included in the RS/6000 Software Offering for Education group packages are specified in the individual products' announcement letters.
Basic License: To order the Groups of programs or the Subscriptions in this announcement and receive the package of program media and publications, specify the Group's program numbers and asset registration feature number 9001, billing feature 4000, and standard product media feature number 5000.
To order a Group of programs with delivery of only the media, or only the publications, specify the features below, substituting either media only feature 3470 or publications only feature 3471 instead of the standard product media feature 5000. Media or publications cannot be ordered separately; they must be ordered with a basic license for one or more Groups.
Use Authorization: To acquire the right to install previously acquired Groups on an additional set of servers and workstations, without receiving additional media or publications, specify feature number 9001, billing feature number 4000, and Serial Number Only feature number 3444.
The Standard product is the exportable version, there are no encryption options.
Currency Access Fee: Subscriptions ordered for previously acquired program groups must include a Currency Access Fee feature number 4001, in addition to the billing feature 4000.
Special Handling: To expedite handling, order the Expedite Shipments feature 3445 or 3446 as indicated below, depending on who is to be charged for the service.
Feature
Description Number
Asset Registration 9001
Standard Product Media 5000
Billing Feature 4000
Currency Access Fee 4001
Serial Number Only 3444
(Billing without deliverables)
Ship Media Only (MSO) 3470
Ship Publications Only (PSO) 3471
Expedite Shipment (EXB) 3445
(Charged to Branch Office)
Expedite Shipment (EXC) 3446
(Charged to Customer)
Licensing: IBM IPLA
Designated Machine: Not Required
Variable Charges Apply: No
Installation License or Location License Applies: No
Usage Restriction Applies: No
Educational Allowance: No
Volume Discount: Not applicable
Version-to-Version Upgrade Credits Apply: No
Warranted: No
Licensed Program Materials Availability
- Restricted Materials of IBM: Some
- Non-Restricted Source Materials: Some
- Object Code Only (OCO): Some
Program Services: Program services are provided as specified in the announcements of the individual programs within the group.
CHARGES
Contact your IBM representative for charges information for this announcement.
Trademarks
RS/6000 and SP are trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or
both.
AIX is a registered trademark of International Business
Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or
both.
Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or
service marks of others.