Implementation Services for IBM Storwize

Implementation Services for IBM Storwize Rapid Application Storage provides with:

• Planning
• Configuration
• Testing
• Skills instruction for Storwize V7000 (standard implementation only)

It is a service bundle with a fixed scope and a reduced fixed price to support the implementation of the following hardware and software components:

• IBM Storwize V7000
• IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager (FCM)
• IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk – MRE (TPC)

The software implementation of this bundle is delivered using the IBM Rapid Deployment Services (RDS) product tool Simple Product INstaller (SPiN). Utilizing the SPiN tool can help reduce the amount of on-site manual work by automating the deployment of these services, thereby helping to reduce the price of the services.

The IBM Storage and Data Product Services – Implementation Services for IBM Storwize Rapid Application Storage bundle offers the following selections:

• Implementation Services for IBM Storwize Rapid Application Storage – Basic (software implementation only and applies to a single hardware enclosure)
• Implementation Services for IBM Storwize Rapid Application Storage – Standard (Storwize V7000, TPC, and FCM implementation and applies to multiple hardware enclosures)

Planned availability date

• January 11, 2011