Data available through the IBM Find and Compare Tool (FACT) on 03 Mar 2008 will be supported and maintained through 2008. New and additional products announced after 03 Mar 2008 have not been and will not be added. A limited version of the tool will remain in place in 2009 with reduced capability. Pricing and upgrade paths are no longer maintained in the tool and will be removed beginning in January 2009. We do not anticipate replacing the FACT tool with a similar tool at this time. Rather, our strategy is to provide equivalent capability through a variety of other tools and documents.

Other sources of data that might interest you.

• IBM Power Systems Facts and Features
• IBM Power Systems overview page
• IBM i V6.1 Performance Capabilities Reference
• Performance Management
• Power Systems Quick Product Reference and Pricer (Requires an IBM ID from IBM PartnerWorld)
• System i Quick Product Reference and Pricer (Requires an IBM ID from IBM PartnerWorld)

Other detailed information can be found in the following publications:

• IBM Power 570 and Power 595 (POWER6) System Builder
• IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction
• IBM Power Systems 520 Technical Overview and Introduction
• IBM System i Overview: Models 515, 525, 550, 570, 595, and More
• PCI, PCI-X, PCI-X DDR, and PCIe Placement Rules for IBM System i Models (all IBM i POWER5 models and IBM i POWER6 9406-MMA)
• POWER6 PCI card placement documentation Hardware Information Center URL
• The IBM Prerequisite web site

Additionally, the possibility of providing a simple program via PTF in IBM i V6.1 that will allow users to query the system for detailed information regarding the number of processors installed, active, and other virtualization data is under investigation. It would be intended to remove the need for querying the processor feature code in IBM i using the QPRCFEAT command and looking it up in FACT to deduce various system information. More information about this program will be posted here, if and when it becomes available.

Please direct your comments, suggestions & questions to rcholine@us.ibm.com.