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Announcement: WE'VE GOT WIKI! - IBM Quicklinks V4 is here! it's the easiest version of quicklinks to update so far. There's a team of people would are able to make changes and updates. Please use the submit section to give the team details on what should be added/changed/removed. I didn't bring the Matrix page along with it since I don't know if anyone was using it and it would have been quite the beast to bring in. Posted by Daniel DeBusschere November 02, 2009, at 12:05 PM

Update: IBM Quicklinks V4 goes live. Posted by Daniel DeBusschere December 03, 2009, at 08:31 AM

Essentials - "Top 25 links" - All links in this section can also be found elsewhere on the page
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  1. Essentials
  2. IBM Employee Directory - Lookup the contact information about most IBM Employees.
  3. IBM BC & System x Reference (xRef) - The xRef ocument provides detailed server technical information (aka Dodson Sheets).
  4. IBM Config Tools: COG - HTML and PDF document that details server configuration. It contains config info about IBM® products and supported options.
  5. IBM Hardware Configurator (Web) - Configure multi-product systems with one racked server or one chassis.
  6. IBM Config, install, & planning support - List of resources to aid in selecting, installing, and configuring IBM System x servers.
  7. IBM Worldwide Support Directory - IBM Directory of worldwide support contacts.
  8. IBM Support Subscriptions: US - Configure proactive notifications of updates to your IBM products.
  9. IBM Systems Forums - IBM forums created for use by customers, to assist other customers, and answer each others questions.
  10. IBM Software and driver matrix - Downloads for xSeries, FAStT, DS4000 series, ServeRAID, ServerGuide, and UpdateXpress.
  11. IBM Customer Support Plan (CSP): Worldwide - Document that details IBM support process. Do a search to see them all.
  12. IBM ServerProven: Home page - IBM ServerProven program to determined supported environments.
  13. IBM Support for BladeCenter - Starting point for most BladeCenter downloads and support information.
  14. IBM Support for System x - Starting point for most System x downloads and support information.
  15. IBM System x Tools Center - Resource for many System x technical information, tools, and instructions.
  16. Corrected bad link 02/08/10
    IBM UpdateXpress Matrix - Tool to update drivers and firmware on System x servers.
  17. IBM DSA download matrix - A system information collection and analysis tool used to aid in the diagnosis of system problems.
  18. IBM Director: download matrix - Lists all Director related downloads.
  19. IBM Director: Web Portal - IBM Systems Director Web Portal homepage.
  20. IBM Warranty Status Lookup - Used to determine authorized service levels, warranty start, and expiration dates.
  21. IBM ServicePac: Technical Support - Provides unlimited eletronic and phone hardware and software support for your solution.
  22. IBM ServicePac: Warranty - Provides upgraded in-warranty and post-warranty repair service upgrades.
  23. IBM ITSO: Redbooks: System x - Solution oriented technical documents.
  24. www.xseries.org - Site with xSeries tips, documentation, and reference materials.
  25. www.x4live.com - News, links and tutorials for IBM System x, IBM Director and Remote Deployment Manager.
  26. www.visiocafe.com - Official Visio stencils for IBM System x, p5, i, and z, BladeCenter, and TotalStorage.
Products - Product information of a mostly pre-sales non-support nature
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  1. Products: General
  2. IBM Mobile web site - Mobile web optimized version of the IBM web site
  3. IBM Employee Directory - Lookup the contact information about (nearly) any IBM Employee.
  4. IBM My IBM Site - Sign up for automatic customized notification of sales and marketing related information based on your profile.
  5. IBM Logo Merchandise Store - Purchase IBM logo items like shirts, jackets, golf gear, and other items with an IBM logo on them.
  6. IBM Offering Information - Site that lists all IBM product offerings.
  7. IBM Announcements: Search - Site for all IBM announcement letters - Search.
  8. IBM Announcements: Recent - Site for all IBM announcement letters - Most recent.
  9. IBM Tivoli iSource news and info - IBM Tivoli iSource information source.
  10. IBM eSar (Questionaire) - IBM eSar (Electronic Solution Assurance).
  11. IBM Systems advisor tool - The Systems advisor can identify the best products that can help meet your business needs.
  12. IBM Avocent KVM Solutions - Information on the Avocent KVM solutions sold and supported by IBM.
  13. IBM Recorded Demonstation Portfolio - The best way to understand IBM systems is to see them in action. Mostly demos of IBM Director Plugins.
  14. IBM PartnerWorld - A comprehensive marketing and enablement program providing many benefits for all IBM Business Partners.
  15. Products: BC & System x tools
  16. New URL 3/2/10 IBM System x Power Calculator - Discover the energy savings a System x server and BladeCenter can bring to your business.
  17. IBM BC & System x Reference (xRef) - The xRef ocument provides detailed server technical information (aka Dodson Sheets).
  18. IBM Config Tools - Provides links to configuration tools and guides.
  19. IBM Config Tools: COG - HTML and PDF document that details server configuration. It contains config info about IBM® products and supported options.
  20. IBM Config Tools: SSCT - Build server and rack configurations. Supposed to replace SCA Spreadsheet Tool and Rack Configurator.
  21. IBM Hardware Configurator (Web) - Configure multi-product systems with one racked server or one chassis.
  22. Product Advisor Tool for System x - Synchronized catalog app that provides up-to-date prices, tech specs and compatibility information online and offline.
  23. IBMTom's Hardware video collection - Some great overviews of IBM systems vs competition
  24. Products: BladeCenter
  25. IBM BladeCenter Global Homepage - IBM BladeCenter Home Page.
  26. IBM BladeCenter Literature - IBM BladeCenter Literature.
  27. IBM BladeCenter Visual Tour - Index - IBM BladeCenter Visual Tour - Index (click visual tour link).
  28. IBM BladeCenter Virtual Tour - IBM BladeCenter Virtual Tour - Flash based tour.
  29. IBM BladeCenter Advantages - Learn how IBM's BladeCenter solutions provide distinct advantages over Dell and HP's blade systems.
  30. IBM BladeCenter Benchmarks - IBM BladeCenter performance and benchmarking site.
  31. Blade.org community - Developer community focused on accelerating the development and adoption of open blade server platforms.
  32. IBM BladeCenter vs HP BS power - Developer community focused on accelerating the development and adoption of open blade server platforms.
  33. Products: System x
  34. IBM System x Global Homepage - IBM System x Global Home Page.
  35. IBM System x Literature - IBM Systemx, xSeries, Intellistation, and BladeCenter Literature.
  36. IBM XDA Competitive Videos - IBM Videos that compare System x to the competition.
  37. IBM Config, install, & planning support - List of resources to aid in selecting, installing, and configuring IBM System x servers.
  38. IBM System x Benchmarks - IBM System x performance and benchmarking site.
  39. Products: System p
  40. IBM System p Global Homepage - IBM System p Global Home Page.
  41. Products: System i
  42. IBM System i Global Homepage - IBM System i Global Home Page.
  43. IBM System i with BC & System x - System i® integration allows integration and management of Windows or Linux in i5/OS environment
  44. IBM System i integration video - Overview video that shows the features and benefits of integrating System i with BladeCenter and System x.
  45. IBM System i Workload Estimator (WLE) - Web-based application used to estimate the workload a system is capable of servicing.
  46. IBM System i Software KB - System i® related software information including OS and application information.
  47. IBM System I Find & Compare (FACT) - Web tool for selecting System i and System z thatt compares them, estimates pricing, and shows upgrade paths.
  48. Products: System z
  49. IBM System z Global Homepage - IBM System z Global Home Page.
  50. IBM System z Find & Compare (FACT) - Web tool for selecting System i and System z thatt compares them, estimates pricing, and shows upgrade paths.
  51. Products: Storage
  52. IBM Storage Global Homepage - IBM Storage Global Home Page.
  53. IBM System Storage Literature - Literature is a quick way to remember the IBM Storage offerings.
  54. IBM System Storage Home Page - Home page for all IBM System Storage offerings
  55. Products: Racks & related
  56. IBM Rack Planning Guide - Document to help plan the installation of your IBM® NetBAY® Rack, IBM S2 Rack, and optional devices.
  57. IBM Rack, Stack, Power, and Cooling - An all-IBM rack solution speeds and simplifies installation with the assurance that all pieces work together.
Support - Technical and support information on the IBM support site
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  1. Support: General
  2. IBM US Support Directory - Find local contact and support information for United States.
  3. IBM Worldwide Support Directory - IBM Directory of worldwide support contacts.
  4. IBM Support (US: 800-IBM-SERV) - IBM list of support phone numbers for various brands.
  5. IBM Support Subscriptions: US - Configure proactive notifications of updates to your IBM products.
  6. IBM Forums and communities - IBM support listing of forums and communities for the various platforms.
  7. IBM Forums - IBM forums created for use by customers, to assist other customers, and answer each others questions.
  8. IBM Forums: IBM BladeCenter - IBM forum dedicated to BladeCenter.
  9. IBM Forums: IBM Director - IBM forum dedicated to IBM Director.
  10. IBM Forums: IBM System x - IBM forum dedicated to System x servers.
  11. IBM Forums: IBM Director SDK - IBM forum dedicated to IBM Director's SDK.
  12. IBM Electronic Services - IBM services that allow IBM hardware platforms to automatically contact IBM service when a failure occurs.
  13. Open a Service Call ESC+ - ESC+ allows customers to track all their support cases worldwide in one tool free of charge.
  14. Support: BC & System x
  15. IBM Support site: Search - Allows you to search the entire System x and BladeCenter support site.
  16. IBM Support Fastpath: BC - This section has moved to the matrix section of the site.
  17. IBM Support Fastpath: Rack - This section has moved to the matrix section of the site.
  18. IBM Support Fastpath: Tower - This section has moved to the matrix section of the site.
  19. IBM Support Fastpath: Entry - This section has moved to the matrix section of the site.
  20. IBM Support repository - Photo's, bios simulator and more of xseries and system x systems
  21. IBM Software & driver matrix - Downloads for xSeries, FAStT, DS4000 series, ServeRAID, ServerGuide, and UpdateXpress.
  22. IBM Customer Support Plan (CSP): Worldwide - Document that details IBM support process. Do a search to see them all.
  23. IBM (CSP): BP CSP Generator - An automated tool for IBM partners to produce two customized Customer Support Plans (CSP and CSP lite).
  24. IBM BC & System x: Troubleshoot topic - Additional method for troubleshooting issues - by Topic.
  25. IBM Maintence Manual Index - Index of Hardware Manuals for the x-series servers. Select your MT, and the category Service Guide (HMM).
  26. IBM CRU service parts movies - View the parts installation and removal movies for customer replaceable parts
  27. Support: ServerProven
  28. IBM ServerProven: Home page - IBM ServerProven program to determined supported environments.
  29. IBM ServerProven: BladeCenter - IBM ServerProven shows certified and supported hardware, OS, and Software Environments.
  30. IBM ServerProven: Intellistation - IBM ServerProven shows certified and supported hardware, OS, and Software Environments.
  31. IBM ServerProven: OpenPower - IBM ServerProven shows certified and supported hardware, OS, and Software Environments.
  32. IBM ServerProven: System x - IBM ServerProven shows certified and supported hardware, ActivePCI, OS, and Software Environments.
  33. Support: BladeCenter
  34. IBM Support for BladeCenter - Starting point for most platform downloads and support information.
  35. IBM BC Interoperability Matrix - Quick reference tool that outlines interoperability of BladeCenter components
  36. IBM BC support quick guide - Quick Guide to IBM BladeCenter Support (Hosted with permission from IBM).
  37. IBM BC Deployment Guide - Guide to the steps necessary to successfully deploy IBM blades in the IBM® eServer BladeCenter.
  38. IBM BC Interoperability Guide - Guide BladeCenter Interoperability information. It assembles data from other published IBM tools.
  39. IBM BC SAN Boot: IBM - Official documentation on booting IBM BladeCenter blades from a SAN.
  40. IBM BC SAN Boot: Emulex - Emulex Whitepaper: Enabling Emulex Boot from SAN on IBM BladeCenter
  41. IBM BC SAN Boot: Netapp - Netapp Whitepaper: Booting IBM BladeCenter from Network Appliance FCP SAN Attached Storage
  42. IBM BC SAN Boot: IBM - IBM Whitepaper: SAN Boot with IBM DS3400 and QLogic/Emulex Host Bus Adapters on IBM
  43. IBM BC SAS Boot System - IBM Whitepaper: SAN Boot with IBM DS3400 and QLogic/Emulex Host Bus Adapters on IBM
  44. IBM BC BNT switch Support - BNT and Nortal switch for BladeCenter documentation
  45. Support: System x
  46. IBM Support for System x - Starting point for most platform downloads and support information.
  47. IBM Publications for System x - Starting point for most System x publications information.
  48. IBM Support for Intellistation - Starting point for most Intellistation downloads and support information.
  49. Support: System p
  50. IBM Support for System p - Starting point for most platform downloads and support information.
  51. Support: System i
  52. IBM Support for System i - Starting point for most platform downloads and support information.
  53. Support: System z
  54. IBM Support for System z - Starting point for most platform downloads and support information.
  55. Support: System Storage
  56. IBM Support for System Storage - Starting point for most platform downloads and support information.
  57. Support: Management software
  58. IBM Support for Systems Management software - Starting point for most platform downloads and support information.
Software - IBM Director, RDM, Altiris, and other software
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  1. Software: BC & System x tools
  2. IBM ToolsCenter web portal - Collection of server management tools to help manage your IBM System x and BladeServer environment
  3. IBM ServerGuide download - IBM's System x and BladeCenter OS installation tool.
  4. IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit - Used for scripting configurations and installations.
  5. IBM UpdateXpress Matrix - Tool to update drivers and firmware on System x servers.
  6. IBM UpdateXpress Server - Tool to centralized drivers and firmware downloads.
  7. IBM UpdateXpress Automation - Automating System Firmware Updates with RemoteUX and UpdateXpress version 3.02A White Paper.
  8. IBM UpdateXpress Update Drivers - Upgrading UpdateXpress CD device drivers with UXLive Packages White Paper.
  9. IBM DSA download matrix - A system information collection and analysis tool used to aid in the diagnosis of system problems.
  10. IBM Tools: IBM Tapetool - Utilities, drivers, guides, manuals, and firmware for drives, libraries, and autoloaders.
  11. IBM Tools: Hard Drive Update - Contains hard disk drive firmware updates for systems with specific SCSI hard disk drives.
  12. IBM ToolsCenter: BC & System x - Tools for configuration and deployment, health monitoring, manage updates, and remote troubleshooting.
  13. IBM Mgmt Processor CLI (MPCLI) - Command line tool for configuring the management processors.
  14. IBM Systems Update for SMS - Simplifies deployment of firmware, software, and drivers when using Microsoft SMS.
  15. IBM Service Console Utility - Provides a quick way to capture hardware diagnostic (BMC) logs stored in NVRAM of your server.
  16. IBM Adv. Settings Utility (ASU) - Allows setting of firmware settings while the OS is running.
  17. IBM Adv. Settings Utility (ASU) v3.x - Allows setting of firmware settings while the OS is running.
  18. IBM Windows security for aMM - Snap-in tool to configure roles on an Active Directory server and to associate users/groups and AMMs to those roles.
  19. Software: IBM Director
  20. IBM Systems Mgmt Homepage - Homepage for all System x related information including Director and all related plug-in tools.
  21. IBM Systems Mgmt Troubleshooting - Systems management troubleshooting guide.
  22. IBM Director: Download - Lists all Director related downloads.
  23. IBM Director: Download matrix - Lists all Director related downloads.
  24. IBM Director: Documentation - An outstanding overview of the various tools and resources available for IBM Director.
  25. IBM Director: Web Portal - IBM Director 5.xx homepage.
  26. IBM Director: Online Demo - Flash Presentation of IBM Director 5.xx.
  27. IBM Director: Director 6.1 Technical Paper - Downloadable product brief of IBM Systems Director 6.xx.
  28. IBM Director: Publications - Documentation and technical information for IBM Director.
  29. IBM Director: Support Tools - Provides several Director tools including popup configuration tool and Dirclean (see bottom of the page).
  30. IBM Director: Extension Compatibility - Shows the compatibility of the various IBM Director extensions for each supported platform.
  31. IBM Director: Virtualization Mgr - Discover, visualize, and manage physical and virtual systems from VMware, Microsoft, and Xen.
  32. IBM Director: Power Executive - Power Executive Application Tool. Displays power-consumption info about BladeCenter chassis and modules.
  33. IBM Director: ESA - Electronic Service Agent (DSA) helps Director to automatically contact IBM support when a PFA or failure occurs.
  34. IBM Director: PowerChute integration - Integrates Director with APC (and IBM branded) UPS's ('Management Platform Integration').
  35. IBM Director: Software Dist Premium - Allows distribution of almost any file package to nearly any file Director agent.
  36. IBM Director: Remote Deploymnt Mgr (RDM) - Allows distribution and automated customization of server, desktop, and laptop OS's
  37. IBM Director: RDM Software Delivery - IBM Remote Deployment Manager (RDM) Flash Tour.
  38. IBM Director: LifeKeeper Suite - Provides high availability systems management protection by proving IBM Director Server redundancy.
  39. Software: IBM Tivoli
  40. Migrate HP OV NNM to Tivoli Netcool® - Whitepaper on how to migrate from HP OpenView NNM to Tivoli Netcool®
Services - Parts, service, and services information
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  1. Services: Parts
  2. IBM service parts installation movies - Select your system to view the parts installation and removal movies.
  3. IBM FRU information - IBM Field Replacable Units (Fru) parts information.
  4. IBM Boulder parts: 1-800-388-7080 - Boulder parts center - Order IBM parts.
  5. IBM Options Continuation Program - Information on purchasing options no longer marketed by IBM.
  6. IBM Parts documents by family - System x Option and FRU's by server. Useful for finding parts by server rather than model.
  7. Services: Services
  8. IBM Warranty Status Lookup - Used to determine authorized service levels, warranty start, and expiration dates.
  9. IBM Lab Services - IBM xSeries Lab Serices Offerings. Implementation and training services.
  10. IBM Global Services: IT Services - A list of services, case studies, executive reports, news and more.
  11. IBM Supportline: Annual Contract - Supportline: Annual contract supported products list.
  12. IBM ServicePac: Technical Support - Provides unlimited eletronic and phone hardware and software support for your solution.
  13. IBM ServicePac: Warranty - Provides upgraded in-warranty and post-warranty repair service upgrades.
  14. new IBM ServicePac for Essential Support for System x and BladeCenter a combined 3yr 24x7x4Hr Warr. Upgr. and base technical support at a reduced price
  15. IBM ServicePac: Worldwide Matrix XLS - ServicePacs speardsheet (XLS) details offerings for most IBM hardware and software install and support offerings.
  16. Services: Classes & eLearning
  17. IBM System x Seminar - Detailed Web-based technical training courses.
  18. IBM System x Education Class List - List of currently available System x courses.
  19. IBM Techdocs: Technical Library - Provides access to the Technical Sales Support organization's technical information databases.
  20. IBM BC-S eLearning Modules - Four eLearning Modules for BladeCenter S - Intro, Configuring, and Managing topics
  21. Services: ITSO Publications
  22. IBM ITSO: Redbooks - Solution oriented technical documents.
  23. IBM ITSO: Redbooks: System x - Solution oriented technical documents.
  24. IBM ITSO: IBM Director 5.20 Redbook - Implementing IBM Director 5.20 Redbook.
  25. IBM ITSO: IBM Director Redwiki - Redwiki to provide detailed best practices, scenerios, and other information about using IBM Director.
  26. IBM ITSO: ServeRAID reference - ServeRAID Adapter Quick Reference Redpaper (Updated).
Resources - Non-IBM resources
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  1. Resources: Non-commercial
  2. xseries.org - Site with xSeries tips, documentation, and reference materials.
  3. xseries.org: Firmware & drivers cheatsheet - Cheatsheet with listings of current firmware and drivers for most systems
  4. www.x4live.com - News, links and tutorials for IBM System x, IBM Director and Remote Deployment Manager.
  5. bladeserver switching.org - A site similar to this site dedicated to the Nortel switchs for the IBM BladeCenter.
  6. Bart's PEBuilder - Outstanding tool for building bootable Windows XP CD's.
  7. Electricity around the world - Tutorial and information about worldwide electrical standards.
  8. timbarronibm.com - An unofficial source for IBM System x and BladeCenter
  9. Ward's Machine Type Portal - An unofficial source quick access to IBM system support pages
  10. Doug Ranz'a System p portal - Doug Ranz's collection of AIX, pSeries, Sys p5, Miata & Aviation Stuff
  11. Resources: Commercial
  12. Itxchange.com - Purchase info on options no longer marketed by IBM.
  13. Synergy Associates - Purchase info on options no longer marketed by IBM.
  14. Windows Sysinternals - Makers of some great tools including one of my favorites - Bginfo
  15. Avocent Connectivity Solutions (equinox) - Serial related products including cool network appliance devices.
  16. Buy Power Gear - Power related products and info (connectors and special cables).
  17. Rack Solutions for IBM - xSeries rack mount kits for non-standard and 2 post racks.
  18. APCC Products - Power protection related products (many remarketed by IBM).
  19. SuperCache (Citrix on blade) - SuperCache and SuperCache II use system memory to improve disk performance on cacheless systems.
  20. Recovery Force - Affordable data recovery services.
  21. Drive Savers Data Recovery - Disk data recovery experts. They can work with ServeRAID arrays if needed (800-440-1904).
  22. Sun Java archive - Download location for older versions of Sun's java implementation
  23. CompTia A+ Training - CBT Planet provides A+ cbt computer based training and certification study guide CDs at the lowest prices.
  24. Anywhere USB - USB Over IP® connects USB devices anywhere on a wired or wireless LAN. Great for blades and VM's.
  25. Ucertify - Provider of exam software and study notes, articles, tips & tricks for IT certifications
  26. | Data Recovery - SF Bay Area Low Cost Data Recovery added 01/18/10
  27. Resources: Visio
  28. visiocafe.com - Official Visio stencils for IBM System x, p5, i, and z, BladeCenter, and TotalStorage.
  29. NetZoom Visio Stencils - NetZoom Network Diagramming Solutions and Visio Stencils.
  30. JD Tools Visio - JDTools Visio Files.
  31. Resources: VMware
  32. VMware link listing - A very large list of VMware related links found on VMware's forums. Lots of categories.
  33. VMware Land - List of VMware related links
  34. unnoc.org - A NOC network monitoring application that integrates with SNMP for host checking, monitoring and graphing.
  35. Resources: XML files
  36. ibm utl dsa 202i windows noarch.xml - XML file for distrbuting DSA (unsupported)
  37. Resources: EAL files
  38. EAL PING 520.zip - IBM Director EAL task: Ping a device (unsupported)
  39. EAL RDP 520.zip - IBM Director EAL task: Launch RDP session (unsupported)
  40. EAL SSH 520.zip - IBM Director EAL task: Launch SSH session (unsupported)
  41. EAL TRACERT 520.zip - IBM Director EAL task: Tracert a device (unsupported)
  42. Resources: EAP files
  43. EAP Topology.zip - EAP that will minimize false topology offline events (unsupported)
  44. Resources: Scripts
  45. rsa cfg.txt - Script for configuring the RSA inband via MPCLI (unsupported)
  46. dsa schedule.txt - Script for configuring the RSA inband via MPCLI (unsupported)
  47. Resources: Documentation
  48. amm telnet commands.txt - Script for configuring the RSA inband via MPCLI (unsupported)

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