Services withdrawal: Declaration of plan to discontinue support for select IBM DS8000 Expansion Units
IBM United States Withdrawal Announcement 922-030March 15, 2022
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Overview
End of Service
Periodically, IBM® provides notice to customers of plans to terminate services for IBM and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) machines under an IBM Agreement. At this time, we are providing notice that selected machine types, models, and features will be discontinued from maintenance services. IBM will send no further correspondence of this nature for these machine types, models, features, or RPQs.
After the effective date, IBM will no longer offer full hardware maintenance service for the listed machine types. If available, clients will continue to receive limited hardware maintenance service as described in the "Withdrawal" section of your terms with IBM, without lapse in coverage, for select machine types. For a list of affected products and effective dates, see the Description section.
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Description
End of Service
IBM will withdraw from its maintenance agreements the IBM machine types and models for the products listed below, effective on the listed End of Service (EoS) dates:
IBM products
Storage products
| Machine type | Model | Description | EoS effective date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2831 | 98B | IBM DS8884 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2831 | 98E | IBM DS8886 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2831 | 98F | IBM DS8888 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2832 | 98B | IBM DS8884 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2832 | 98E | IBM DS8886 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2832 | 98F | IBM DS8888 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2833 | 98B | IBM DS8884 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2833 | 98E | IBM DS8886 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2833 | 98F | IBM DS8888 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2834 | 98B | IBM DS8884 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2834 | 98E | IBM DS8886 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
| 2834 | 98F | IBM DS8888 Expansion Unit | December 31, 2022 |
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Business Partner information
If you are an IBM Business Partner acquiring IBM products or services directly from IBM, you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement.
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Country availability
| Country | Planned availability date |
|---|---|
| American Samoa | March 15, 2022 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | March 15, 2022 |
| Guam | March 15, 2022 |
| Marshall Islands | March 15, 2022 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | March 15, 2022 |
| Palau | March 15, 2022 |
| Puerto Rico | March 15, 2022 |
| US Virgin Islands | March 15, 2022 |
| United States | March 15, 2022 |
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