To: pgerassi who wrote (29787 ) 2/27/2001 11:33:37 PM From: Paul Engel Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872 Dear Pete and Thread - IBM will introduce two new DUAL 1.13 GHz Pentium III servers next month. "The upcoming servers, which can hold either one or two processors, will be available in a number of different memory and storage configurations and will be fueled by the 1.1GHz version of Intel Pentium chips. " Sorry - this did not come from a Dutch e-mail from Arjan of Taykak the Magificnet - it came from the lowly InfoWorld Publication!!!infoworld.com IBM readies servers with built-in systems management By Ed Scannell ATLANTA -- TRYING to keep the momentum it carried from late last year, IBM next month will roll out two new Intel-based X Series servers that will feature built-in systems management. On March 13, the company will roll out its XSeries 200 and 220 models that feature a built-in adapter card called Falcon. Embedded in the card is systems management software that helps corporate users diagnose system problems even after the system has gone down. "[Falcon] allows diagnosis independent of the system. Users can use a separate line to dial into the system while it is down andactivate the [systems management] software," said Brian Sanders here at IBM's PartnerWorld conference, program director for IBM's e-Server in Research Triangle Park, N.C. IBM also has built into Falcon a proprietary operating system that controls all of its basic functions. The systems offer IBM's partners not only the chance to sell a new technology but increases the chances for them both to offer existing and to develop new after-market services and support, Sanders said.The upcoming servers, which can hold either one or two processors, will be available in a number of different memory and storage configurations and will be fueled by the 1.1GHz version of Intel Pentium chips. Although Falcon initially works with Windows, IBM is working on a version of Falcon that supports Linux, Sanders said. Ed Scannell is an InfoWorld editor at large.