AIX 5L™
Delivering the new generation of AIX on Escala PL servers, a full
range of advanced platforms based on the Power processor.
AIX 5L™ represents the new generation of AIX™ , combining
the best UNIX technologies and providing the level of flexibility,
availability, compatibility and performance required to meet the
high demands of mission-critical e-business applications.
More openness and flexibility
Linux affinity:
You benefit from a very large portfolio including thousands of
Linux applications as a result of the compatibility of the AIX 5L™ with
Linux applications.
The Linux development environment has been integrated into AIX™. You
can now easily develop and maintain applications in a single standardized environment
and deploy them on both the cost efficient Linux platforms and highly scalable
Escala PL servers.
Platform independent administration:
The Web-based System Manager (WebSM) delivers a state-of-the-art
user interface which allows a platform independent administration
for managing Escala PL systems and provides a quick and easy access
to the most important status information and frequently performed
tasks.
Heterogeneous environments addressed:
To improve ease of management for administrators in their heterogeneous
Unix environments, including Solaris™, SCO Uniware…,
some commands and tools have been added into AIX 5L™ for common
system administration tasks.
Integration of standards:
Java 2 platform V1.3 for building sophisticated Web applications
easily and quickly and then deploying them
HTML/XML for enabling platform independent presentation of information
An openness based on integrated standards which can be deployed
on the server that offers you the right combination of cost, performance
and growth capacity.
Peace of mind with AIX 5L™
AIX 5L™ version 5.2, certified for UNIX 98, is based on the sound legacy
of AIX™ and is recognised for its ability to manage the Internet and
its applications.
AIX™ is backed up by open technologies from some of the world's
top providers. By operating a wide range of servers, from 2-processor
entry servers to 32-processor high-end servers, AIX 5L™ ensures
the reliability, availability, high performance levels and security
required for e-business and enterprise servers.
Continual innovations and improvements to enhance the scalability, reliability,
availability and serviceability of the system: a new file system manages the
storage of large files during the implementation of e-business applications
security.
AIX 5L™ enhances the functions in relation to network security, workload
and system management: WLM (Workload Manager) is provided free with AIX™ to
ensure the response time of applications, even during periods of high workload.
Internet and Web applications: AIX™ supports the greatest number of protocols
required to run the new Internet technologies.
Preservation of your existing applications: On a system with 64-bit architecture,
32-bit and 64-bit applications can run at the same time. This enables you to
conserve your 32-bit applications, which are the most widely used applications
at present.
An operating environment with the best functionality for ensuring an extremely
high level of compatibility with your existing infrastructure.
Ready for the future
Partitioning enables you to operate your resources in parallel and provides
a high degree of flexibility in your system operation. For example, this
complete independence means that you can run a production environment and
a test environment on the same server at the same time.
AIX 5L™ provides you with greater scalability with its NUMA (Non-Uniform
Memory Access) architecture, which is well suited for e-business environments,
and greater flexibility in the administration of your resources and workload.
Optimisation and protection for your investments, with a reduction in administration
and maintenance costs and new prospects for performance.
Exceptional 64-bit performance
The 64-bit architecture provides you with new levels of performance and scalability
essential to the deployment of applications in the following areas:
- Data Warehousing
- Business Intelligence Internet applications requiring a secure environment
Scientific/Engineering technical computing Multimedia applications (streaming
video…)
- Financial simulations
With Bull you get strong expertise in AIX™
Since signing an AIX™ cooperation agreement with IBM in 1992, Bull has
been continuously involved in the development of AIX™ and has actively
participated in the definition and development of AIX 5L™. Bull has made
a significant contribution to a number of different areas including:
- Scalability enhancements: implementation of SMP architecture on
AIX™, locking
- Internet: IPV6 implementation Security: B1 security, IPsec & mobile IP
implementation
- Administration: Workload Manager, WebSM
Bull has already installed more than 70,000 AIX™ systems worldwide.
Bull can offer you the best AIX™ experts in Europe and can
work with you to design the best infrastructure for your applications.
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