NETWARE SOFTWARE FOR PS/2 SERVER 195/295 IBM Announcement Letter Number 193-099 dated April 6, 1993 IBM US - Last Revised on April 6, 1993 Brief Description of Announcement, Charges, and Availability Four applications, when ordered in conjunction with a Personal System/2 (R) (PS/2 (R)) Server 195* (8600-003) or PS/2 Server 295* (8600-001, 002), can be preloaded and shipped with the system. The following software applications offer additional function and provide customers with new levels of performance and reliability. Products for NetWare (1) from IBM v3.11: o IBM Maximum Availability and Support System/2 for NetWare (MASS/2 NW) o IBM Multi Processing Extensions/2 for NetWare (MP/2 NW) o IBM Orthogonal RAID-5 Disk Array/2 for NetWare (Disk Array/2 NW) o IBM Parallel Network Array for NetWare (PNA NW). MASS/2 NW provides comprehensive system management capabilities, allowing network control from local or remote locations. In addition, MASS/2 has extensive error logging and recovery techniques designed to overcome most hardware and software failures. IBM MP/2 NW provides the multiprocessing capability to the PS/2 Server 295 or 195, giving the highest levels of performance for today's advanced client or file server applications. IBM Disk Array/2 NW provides RAID-5 level of disk array data integrity. In addition, the Disk Array/2 NW application offers protection from failure of the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) controller or bus. The Disk Array/2 also offers high-performance and large-capacity disk storage ideal for mission-critical applications. OS/2 (R) and NetWare versions of these offerings are available. IBM Parallel Network Array for NetWare provides customers the ability to have hot standby protection from failure of network adapter cards. With PNA/NW, if a network card fails, the system will automatically transfer the traffic on the LAN to the spare adapter without service interruption to the clients on the LAN -- providing the highest levels of system availability and user productivity. Planned Availability Dates: o April 30, 1993, for Disk Array/2 for NetWare (61G2236) o July 30, 1993, for: - MASS/2 for NetWare (61G2234) - MP Extensions/2 for NetWare (61G2235) - Parallel Network Array for NetWare (61G2237) (R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. * References: Product Announcements 192-142 (PS/2 Server 295), dated June 2, 1992; 193-097 (PS/2 Server 195), dated April 6, 1993; 193-098 (PS/2 Server 295 Enhancements), dated April 6, 1993. For information on NetWare from IBM, refer to Programming Announcements 291-149, dated March 26, 1991, and 291-328, dated June 25, 1991. (1) Registered trademark of Novell, Inc. IN BRIEF . . . o IBM MASS/2 NW - Non-intrusive local and remote error recovery - Most error recovery accomplished without human intervention - Automatic reboot and reconfiguration functions for hardware failures - Comprehensive error logging and notification - System access even during power failures - Enabled for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) - User and administrator password security o IBM MP/2 NW - Supports multiprocessing operations for PS/2 Server - Allows switching from uniprocessor to multiprocessor and vice versa - Integrated with MASS/2 o IBM Disk Array/2 NW - Provides protection against SCSI subsystem failures - Large capacity -- supports arrays of up to 16 drives - Supports multiple arrays - Supports multiple spares and online spares pooling - Supports "hot-pluggable" hard files - Bootable array - Integrated with MASS/2 o IBM Parallel Network Array NW - Provides "hot" standby for network adapter cards - Works in either uni or multiprocessing modes - Works with adapters on the same or different Micro Channel (R) buses - Critical applications availability Customer Letter Section DESCRIPTION USER PRODUCTIVITY THE IBM MAXIMUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORT SYSTEM/2, IBM MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2 AND IBM ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2 APPLICATIONS PROVIDE IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS KEY TO IMPROVING USER PRODUCTIVITY. ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS NOW RUN UNDER OS/2 AND NETWARE AND FOLLOW THE SAA (TM)/SNA GUIDELINES, WHICH ENSURE A CONSISTENT INTERFACE AND HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY. (TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. IBM MAXIMUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORT SYSTEM/2: MASS/2, A SOFTWARE APPLICATION WORKING WITH THE REMOTE MAINTENANCE PROCESSOR (RMP), STANDARD ON THE PS/2 SERVER 295, REQUIRED ON THE PS/2 SERVER 195, PROVIDES A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE FOR MANAGING FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS AUTOMATIC REBOOT AND RECONFIGURATION, COMPREHENSIVE ERROR LOGGING, SELECTIVE ERROR NOTIFICATION INCLUDING DIAL-OUT CAPABILITY, FAIL-SAFE ACCESS IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGE, REMOTE POWER CYCLING AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION, WARNING ALARMS, USER AND ADMINISTRATIVE PASSWORD SECURITY, AND REMOTE CONSOLE CAPABILITIES. ADVANTAGES FOR REMOTE USERS AND SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS: THE PS/2 SERVER 195/295 WITH MASS/2 PROVIDES THE CAPABILITY TO MONITOR, TUNE AND CONTROL THE PS/2 SERVER FROM LOCAL OR REMOTE LOCATIONS. MASS/2 ALSO ALLOWS THE PS/2 SERVER TO RECOVER FROM HARDWARE FAILURES, SUCH AS DISK DRIVES, SCSI CONTROLLERS AND MEMORY AND CONTINUE TO RUN WITHOUT HUMAN INTERVENTION. WITH MASS/2, THE PS/2 SERVER 195/295 CAN BE GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS LARGE ORGANIZATIONS WHILE RETAINING THE ABILITY TO BE MANAGED IN A CENTRALIZED SUPPORT LOCATION. MASS/2 PROVIDES CONTINUAL MONITORING OF RESOURCES AND SYSTEM CRITICAL PARAMETERS. IN ADDITION, REMOTE POWER CYCLING AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION CONTROL, AS WELL AS ALARM PARAMETERS, ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES. MASS/2 FEATURES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE SYSTEM CONSOLE, FROM ANY PC ON THE NETWORK, OR BY MODEM FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WITH MASS/2, LAN NETWORKS CAN BE EASILY MANAGED WHETHER THEY ARE LOCAL OR THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY. MESSAGES, STATISTICS AND LOGS: WARNING PARAMETERS FOR THE SYSTEM CAN BE SET WITH MASS/2. ONCE SET, THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY SENDS WARNING ALERTS TO USERS, DIALS OUT TO REMOTE ADMINISTRATORS, OR SHUTS DOWN IF OPERATIONAL LIMITS SUCH AS TEMPERATURE REACH UNACCEPTABLE LIMITS. THE MASS/2 INFORMATION IS DISPLAYED LOGICALLY AND MORE DETAIL IS AVAILABLE AT THE CLICK OF THE MOUSE. THE SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL STATISTICS, SUCH AS CPUS, MEMORY, DISK UTILIZATION AND EVEN TEXT DISPLAYED ON THE REMOTE SERVER LCD PANEL, ARE AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME. MASS/2 DISPLAYS A RECORD OF THE LAST 60 MINUTES FOR EACH STATISTIC. THE STATISTICS ARE STORED TO DISK FOR LONG-TERM STORAGE AND ANALYSES. MASS/2 RECORDS ALL HARDWARE FAILURES, NETWORK ERRORS AND OTHER CRITICAL EVENTS. THESE ARE MAINTAINED IN A NON-VOLATILE LOG EASILY ACCESSED FOR REVIEW. BECAUSE THE RMP IS BATTERY-BACKED, THE LOG CAN ALWAYS BE ACCESSED EVEN IF THE SERVER IS NOT OPERATING. SYSTEM RECOVERY: WITH MASS/2, THE PS/2 SERVER 195/295 CAN RECOVER FROM FAILURES QUICKLY AND EASILY WITHOUT HUMAN INTERVENTION. IF A HARDWARE FAILURE OCCURS, DIAGNOSTICS RESIDENT IN THE SERVER IDENTIFY THE FAULTY COMPONENT AND ISOLATE IT FROM THE REST OF THE SYSTEM. IN THE CASE OF A SOFTWARE TIMEOUT, THE SERVER DETECTS ERRORS THROUGH A SERIES OF SECURITY TIMERS. IN THE CASE OF COMBINED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ERRORS, THE SYSTEM REBOOTS AND RECONFIGURES. AFTER REBOOT, ALL APPLICATIONS ARE AUTOMATICALLY RESTARTED. THE PS/2 SERVER 195/295 WITH RMP AND MASS/2 PROVIDE THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR WITH VERY HIGH LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL AND ASSURE CLIENTS THAT SYSTEM AVAILABILITY WILL BE MAXIMIZED. IBM MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2: IBM MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2 PROVIDES SOFTWARE SUPPORT FOR MULTIPROCESSING ON THE PS/2 SERVER 195/295. THIS ALLOWS HIGHER LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE AND REDUNDANCY, BOTH OF WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO DELIVER THE FUNCTIONS AND HIGH AVAILABILITY DEMANDED IN THE CUSTOMER'S MISSION-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS. IBM ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2: IBM ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2 IS A UNIQUE SOFTWARE APPLICATION THAT PROVIDES NOT ONLY THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF RAID-5 DATA PROTECTION, BUT ALSO PROTECTS THE CUSTOMER'S CRITICAL DATA FROM HARDWARE FAILURES OF THE ENTIRE SCSI SUBSYSTEM. THIS ADDITIONAL PROTECTION, CALLED ORTHOGONAL, PROVIDES HIGHER LEVELS OF AVAILABILITY AND RELIABILITY THAN TRADITIONAL RAID-5 IMPLEMENTATIONS. IBM PARALLEL NETWORK ARRAY FOR NETWARE PROVIDES CUSTOMERS THE ABILITY TO HAVE HOT STANDBY PROTECTION FROM FAILURE OF NETWORK ADAPTER CARDS. WITH PNA/NW, IF A NETWORK CARD FAILS, THE SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER THE TRAFFIC ON THE LAN TO THE SPARE ADAPTER WITHOUT SERVICE INTERRUPTION TO THE CLIENTS ON THE LAN, ASSURING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF SYSTEM AVAILABILITY AND USER PRODUCTIVITY. INVESTMENT PROTECTION THE IBM MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2 AND IBM ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2 APPLICATIONS PROTECT NOT ONLY THE CUSTOMER'S INVESTMENT IN HARDWARE, BUT INVESTMENT IN SOFTWARE AND VITAL COMPANY RECORDS. THE HARDWARE INVESTMENT IS PROTECTED SINCE BOTH OF THESE APPLICATIONS ALLOW THE CUSTOMER TO MIGRATE TO HIGHER LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY BY SIMPLY UPGRADING AN EXISTING SYSTEM. MULTI PROCESSING AND ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 ENABLE GROWTH PATHS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM CAPACITY, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE FAULT TOLERANT FUNCTIONS THAT PROTECT THE CUSTOMER'S INVESTMENT IN SOFTWARE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. WITH IBM ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2, THE TOTAL SYSTEM CAPACITY OF 28GB CAN BE UTILIZED. THE CAPABILITY TO HAVE ONLINE SPARES AND "HOT PLUGGING" DISK DRIVES, COMBINED WITH THE ABILITY TO REBUILD THE DISK ARRAY WITHOUT INTERRUPTION TO CLIENT SERVICES, RESULTS IN BOTH HIGH PERFORMANCE AND HIGH AVAILABILITY IN A SYSTEM THAT CAN EXPAND TO MEET THE CUSTOMER'S NEEDS. PRODUCT POSITIONING IBM MAXIMUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORT SYSTEM/2 IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PS/2 SERVER 295 SYSTEM CONCEPT AND IS AVAILABLE AS AN UPGRADE ON THE PS/2 SERVER 195. THIS SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROVIDES SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS WITH A SOPHISTICATED TOOL TO MANAGE LARGE GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSE NETWORKS, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH IBM MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2 AND IBM ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2, PROVIDES INNOVATIVE FUNCTIONS FOR HIGH-END, MISSION-CRITICAL INSTALLATIONS. IN ADDITION, MASS/2 CAN BE LAUNCHED THROUGH LAN NETVIEW (R) AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT ADDITIONAL LAN NETVIEW FACILITIES. IBM MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2 PROVIDES HIGHER LEVELS OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE BY ENABLING MULTIPROCESSING IN THE PS/2 SERVER 195 AND 295. CUSTOMERS WHO REQUIRE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE IN MISSION-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS CAN REACH THE GOALS USING THIS APPLICATION. ALSO, SINCE THE APPLICATION IS DESIGNED TO RUN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MASS/2 SOFTWARE, CUSTOMERS ARE ABLE TO RETAIN COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES ESSENTIAL TO LARGE DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS. IBM ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2 PROVIDES LARGE-CAPACITY, HIGH-PERFORMANCE DISK ARRAYS REQUIRED IN LARGE DATABASE OR FILE SERVER APPLICATIONS. IN ADDITION, DATA INTEGRITY IS MAINTAINED WITH THE FULLY INTEGRATED RAID-5 TECHNOLOGY. THIS NOT ONLY PROTECTS THE CUSTOMER'S DATA, BUT ALLOWS FOR CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE LAN, EVEN WHILE THE ARRAY IS BEING RECONFIGURED. BECAUSE IBM ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2 IS INTEGRATED WITH MASS/2, MOST ERROR RECOVERIES ARE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT HUMAN INTERVENTION OR LOSS OF SERVICES TO CLIENTS. IBM PARALLEL NETWORK ARRAY FOR NETWARE PROVIDES CUSTOMERS THE ABILITY TO HAVE HOT STANDBY PROTECTION FROM FAILURE OF NETWORK ADAPTER CARDS. WITH PNA/NW, IF A NETWORK CARD FAILS, THE SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER THE TRAFFIC ON THE LAN TO THE SPARE ADAPTER WITHOUT SERVICE INTERRUPTION TO THE CLIENTS ON THE LAN -- ASSURING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF SYSTEM AVAILABILITY AND USER PRODUCTIVITY. (R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. TECHNICAL INFORMATION SPECIFIED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT MACHINE REQUIREMENTS: MAXIMUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORT SYSTEM/2: O REQUIRED ON THE PS/2 SERVER 295 (8600-001, 002) O MAY BE INSTALLED ON A PS/2 SERVER 195 (8600-003) OR A PS/2 SERVER 295 ONLY O REQUIRES THE REMOTE MAINTENANCE PROCESSOR (RMP), STANDARD ON THE PS/2 SERVER 295. MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2: O REQUIRED ON THE PS/2 SERVER 295 O MAY BE INSTALLED ON A PS/2 SERVER 195 OR PS/2 SERVER 295 ONLY O SECOND PROCESSOR MODULE MUST BE INSTALLED ON THE PS/2 SERVER 195 O MASS/2 IS REQUIRED. ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2: O MAY BE INSTALLED ON A PS/2 SERVER 195 OR PS/2 SERVER 295 ONLY O SYSTEM MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO HARD FILES FOR DISK MIRRORING OR THREE HARD FILES FOR RAID-5 DISK ARRAY O ONLY IBM 400MB OR IBM 1GB HARD FILES ARE SUPPORTED O HARD FILES CANNOT BE MIXED WITHIN AN ARRAY O HARDWARE SECURITY KEYS MUST BE INSTALLED IN EACH SYSTEM PROCESSOR. PARALLEL NETWORK ARRAY FOR NETWARE: O MAY BE INSTALLED ON A PS/2 SERVER 195 OR PS/2 SERVER 295 ONLY O REQUIRES NETWARE FROM IBM V3.11 O REQUIRES MASS/2 NW. PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS: O IBM OS/2 STANDARD EDITION 1.3, OR NETWARE V3.11 MUST BE SPECIFIED FOR EACH PS/2 SERVER 295 OR 195 ORDERED. O PS/2 SERVER 295 REQUIRES MP EXTENSIONS NW. O MP EXTENSIONS/2 NW REQUIRES MASS/2 NW. O PNA FOR NETWARE REQUIRES ENHANCED ADAPTER DRIVERS FOR THE NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS. INITIALLY, LANSTREAMER MC 32 ADAPTER (#8942) WILL BE SUPPORTED. O PNA FOR NETWARE REQUIRES MASS/2 NW. O SECOND PROCESSOR ON PS/2 SERVER 195 REQUIRES MP EXTENSIONS/2 NW. O SUPPORTED NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE: - IBM OS/2 LAN SERVER 2.0 ADVANCED - LAN MANAGER (2) 2.2 NETWARE V3.11. (2) Registered trademark of Microsoft, Inc. LIMITATIONS: THE IBM MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2 IS ONLY SUPPORTED IN A MULTI-PROCESSOR CONFIGURATION OF THE PS/2 SERVER 295 OR 195. PLANNING INFORMATION PACKAGING: THE IBM MAXIMUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORT SYSTEM/2 CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: O TWO 3.5-INCH DISKETTES O IBM PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT O IBM LICENSE INFORMATION BOOKLET O IBM PROOF OF LICENSE. THIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE PS/2 SERVER 295 AND MAY BE SHIPPED PRELOADED ON EACH SYSTEM. THE IBM MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2 CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: O TWO 3.5-INCH DISKETTES O IBM PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT O IBM LICENSE INFORMATION BOOKLET O IBM PROOF OF LICENSE. THE IBM PARALLEL NETWORK ARRAY CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: O TWO 3.5-INCH DISKETTES O IBM PROGRAM AGREEMENT O IBM LICENSE AGREEMENT BOOKLET O IBM PROOF OF LICENSE. THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE IS SHIPPED WITH EACH SYSTEM. THE IBM ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2 CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: O TWO 3.5-INCH DISKETTES O IBM PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT O IBM LICENSE INFORMATION BOOKLET O IBM PROOF OF LICENSE. THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE IS SHIPPED WITH EACH SYSTEM. SECURITY, AUDITABILITY AND CONTROL THE IBM MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2 AND IBM ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2 USES THE SECURITY AND AUDITABILITY FEATURES OF OS/2 OR NETWARE. MASS/2 HAS ADDITIONAL PASSWORD SECURITY FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND CLIENTS. USER MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATION, SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY FEATURES, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND APPROPRIATE CONTROLS IN APPLICATION SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES. ORDERING INFORMATION ORDERS ENTERED WITH A HARDWARE ORDER FOR THE 8600 WILL BE ASSIGNED THE SAME SHIPMENT DATE AS THE HARDWARE ORDER. INDEPENDENT ORDERS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR SHIPMENT IN AAS ON THE FRIDAY FOLLOWING THE WEEK OF ORDER ENTRY, OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS SUPPLY PERMITS. TO ORDER THE PROGRAMS IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, FOR ORDER TYPE, SPECIFY THE ORDER TYPE NUMBER, FEATURE NUMBER, PART NUMBER, PROGRAM NAME, MEDIA AND QUANTITY. PROGRAM PACKAGE -- PROGRAM DISKETTE WITH DOCUMENTATION. ORDER TYPE PART FEATURE PROGRAM NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NAME MEDIA PRODUCTS FOR NETWARE FROM IBM V3.11 5875-RAL 61G2234 5299 MASS/2 NETWARE 3.5-INCH 5875-RAL 61G2235 5300 MP/2 NETWARE 3.5-INCH 5875-RAL 61G2236 5301 DISK ARRAY/2 NETWARE 3.5-INCH 5875-RAL 61G2237 5302 PARALLEL NETWORK ARRAY 3.5-INCH 5871-RAL 61G2238 5303 5 USER PRELOAD 3.5-INCH 5871-RAL 61G2239 5304 10 USER PRELOAD 3.5-INCH 5871-RAL 61G2240 5305 20 USER PRELOAD 3.5-INCH 5871-RAL 61G2241 5306 50 USER PRELOAD 3.5-INCH 5871-RAL 61G2242 5307 100 USER PRELOAD 3.5-INCH 5871-RAL 61G2243 5308 250 USER PRELOAD 3.5-INCH NOTE: THESE PROGRAMS WHEN ORDERED WITH THE PS/2 SERVER 195/295 ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRELOAD ON THE SYSTEM AS A CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE. TERMS AND CONDITIONS LICENSING: THE PROGRAMS IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE LICENSED UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE IBM PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT. A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM PACKAGE. LIMITED WARRANTY: PROGRAM: YES. MEDIA: THREE MONTHS. PROGRAM SERVICES: CENTRAL SERVICE, INCLUDING THE IBM SUPPORT CENTER, WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING THE FIRST 12 MONTHS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF DELIVERY TO THE CUSTOMER BY IBM, BUT NOT LATER THAN JULY 30, 1994. THE STATEMENT OF SERVICE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM PACKAGE DESCRIBES THIS SERVICE. CUSTOMER FULFILLMENT OPTION: YES. VOLUME DISCOUNT: VOLUME DISCOUNTING IS AVAILABLE UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE IBM CUSTOMER AGREEMENT (ICA) AND THE VOLUME DISCOUNT EXHIBIT -- PERSONAL COMPUTER/SYSTEM PROGRAMS (PCLP). THE PROGRAMS IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE INCLUDED IN THE ELIGIBLE PROGRAM LIST FOR PERSONAL COMPUTER/SYSTEM PROGRAMS (PCS). THEY MAY BE ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE CATEGORY IN THE SPACE PROVIDED ON THE ELIGIBLE PROGRAM LIST. PROGRAM PRODUCTS 5875-RAL ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR VPA. PROGRAM PRODUCTS 5871-RAL ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VPA AND ARE INCLUDED IN CATEGORY A. NATIONAL EDUCATION LICENSE FEE: A NATIONAL EDUCATION LICENSE FEE (NELF) IS AVAILABLE UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EDUCATION ALLOWANCE ATTACHMENT. THE NELF DISCOUNT OF 6.5% FOR 5875-RAL PRODUCTS AND 40% FOR 5871-RAL PRODUCTS OFF THE SINGLE UNIT PRICE, ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY FURTHER DISCOUNT OR ALLOWANCE. CHARGES PROGRAM NUMBER PROGRAM NAME ORDER TYPE OTC PRODUCTS FOR NETWARE FROM IBM V3.11 61G2234 MAXIMUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORT SYSTEM/2 PROGRAM PACKAGE $12,440 61G2235 MULTI PROCESSING EXTENSIONS/2 PROGRAM PACKAGE 4,995 61G2236 ORTHOGONAL RAID-5 DISK ARRAY/2 PROGRAM PACKAGE 7,495 61G2237 PARALLEL NETWORK ARRAY FOR NETWARE PROGRAM PACKAGE 4,995 61G2238 5 USER PACKAGE PROGRAM PACKAGE 985 61G2239 10 USER PACKAGE PROGRAM PACKAGE 2,270 61G2240 20 USER PACKAGE PROGRAM PACKAGE 3,180 61G2241 50 USER PACKAGE PROGRAM PACKAGE 4,495 61G2242 100 USER PACKAGE PROGRAM PACKAGE 6,350 61G2243 250 USER PACKAGE PROGRAM PACKAGE 11,340