Services withdrawal: Declaration of plan to discontinue lease, rental, and maintenance services for selected machines

IBM Europe Withdrawal Announcement ZS19-0044
October 1, 2019

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Overview

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Periodically, IBM® provides notice to clients of plans to withdraw 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 standard 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, refer to the Description section.

For assistance in transition planning for products being announced to go End of Service (EOS), see the IBM IT Infrastructure website.



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Description

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IBM will withdraw from its maintenance agreements the IBM machine types and models for the products listed below, effective on the End of Service (EOS) date listed:

Machine Type Model Product Name EOS Date
8202 E4D IBM Power® 720 Express® Server December 31, 2020
8205 E6D IBM Power 740 Express Server December 31, 2020
8231 E1D IBM Power 710 Express Server December 31, 2020
8231 E2D IBM Power 730 Express Server December 31, 2020
8246 L1D IBM PowerLinux 7R1 Server December 31, 2020
8246 L1T IBM PowerLinux 7R1 Server December 31, 2020
8246 L2D IBM PowerLinux 7R2 Server December 31, 2020
8246 L2T IBM PowerLinux 7R2 Server December 31, 2020
8248 L4T BM PowerLinux 7R4 Server December 31, 2020
8268 E1D IBM Power 710 Express Server December 31, 2020
8408 E8D IBM Power 750 Express Server December 31, 2020
8412 EAD IBM Power ESE Server December 31, 2020
9109 RMD IBM Power 760 Server December 31, 2020
9117 MMD IBM Power 770 Server December 31, 2020
9119 FHB IBM Power 795 Server December 31, 2020
9179 MHD IBM Power 780 Server December 31, 2020


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Announcement countries

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Country Effective date
Europe
Aland Islands December 31, 2020
Albania December 31, 2020
Andorra December 31, 2020
Armenia December 31, 2020
Austria December 31, 2020
Azerbaijan December 31, 2020
Belarus December 31, 2020
Belgium December 31, 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina December 31, 2020
Bouvet Island December 31, 2020
British Indian Ocean Territory December 31, 2020
Bulgaria December 31, 2020
Comoros December 31, 2020
Croatia December 31, 2020
Cyprus December 31, 2020
Czech Republic December 31, 2020
Denmark December 31, 2020
Estonia December 31, 2020
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) December 31, 2020
Faroe Islands December 31, 2020
Finland December 31, 2020
France December 31, 2020
French Guiana December 31, 2020
French Polynesia December 31, 2020
French Southern Territories December 31, 2020
Georgia December 31, 2020
Germany December 31, 2020
Gibraltar December 31, 2020
Greece December 31, 2020
Greenland December 31, 2020
Guadeloupe December 31, 2020
Guernsey December 31, 2020
Holy See (Vatican City State) December 31, 2020
Hungary December 31, 2020
Iceland December 31, 2020
Ireland December 31, 2020
Isle of Man December 31, 2020
Israel December 31, 2020
Italy December 31, 2020
Jersey December 31, 2020
Kazakhstan December 31, 2020
Kyrgyzstan December 31, 2020
Latvia December 31, 2020
Liechtenstein December 31, 2020
Lithuania December 31, 2020
Luxembourg December 31, 2020
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia December 31, 2020
Malta December 31, 2020
Martinique December 31, 2020
Mayotte December 31, 2020
Republic of Moldova December 31, 2020
Monaco December 31, 2020
Montenegro December 31, 2020
Netherlands December 31, 2020
New Caledonia December 31, 2020
Norway December 31, 2020
Pitcairn December 31, 2020
Poland December 31, 2020
Portugal December 31, 2020
Reunion December 31, 2020
Romania December 31, 2020
Russian Federation December 31, 2020
Saint Barthelemy December 31, 2020
Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha December 31, 2020
Saint Martin (French Part) December 31, 2020
Saint Pierre and Miquelon December 31, 2020
San Marino December 31, 2020
Serbia December 31, 2020
Slovakia December 31, 2020
Slovenia December 31, 2020
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands December 31, 2020
Spain December 31, 2020
Svalbard and Jan Mayen December 31, 2020
Sweden December 31, 2020
Switzerland December 31, 2020
Tajikistan December 31, 2020
Turkmenistan December 31, 2020
Ukraine December 31, 2020
United Kingdom December 31, 2020
Uzbekistan December 31, 2020
Vanuatu December 31, 2020
Wallis and Futuna December 31, 2020
Middle East and Africa
Afghanistan December 31, 2020
Algeria December 31, 2020
Angola December 31, 2020
Bahrain December 31, 2020
Benin December 31, 2020
Botswana December 31, 2020
Burkina Faso December 31, 2020
Burundi December 31, 2020
Cameroon December 31, 2020
Cape Verde December 31, 2020
Central African Republic December 31, 2020
Chad December 31, 2020
Congo December 31, 2020
The Democratic Republic of the Congo December 31, 2020
Cote d'Ivoire December 31, 2020
Djibouti December 31, 2020
Egypt December 31, 2020
Equatorial Guinea December 31, 2020
Eritrea December 31, 2020
Ethiopia December 31, 2020
Gabon December 31, 2020
Gambia December 31, 2020
Ghana December 31, 2020
Guinea December 31, 2020
Guinea-Bissau December 31, 2020
Iraq December 31, 2020
Jordan December 31, 2020
Kenya December 31, 2020
Kuwait December 31, 2020
Lebanon December 31, 2020
Lesotho December 31, 2020
Liberia December 31, 2020
Libya December 31, 2020
Madagascar December 31, 2020
Malawi December 31, 2020
Mali December 31, 2020
Mauritania December 31, 2020
Mauritius December 31, 2020
Morocco December 31, 2020
Mozambique December 31, 2020
Namibia December 31, 2020
Niger December 31, 2020
Nigeria December 31, 2020
Oman December 31, 2020
Pakistan December 31, 2020
State of Palestine December 31, 2020
Qatar December 31, 2020
Rwanda December 31, 2020
Sao Tome and Principe December 31, 2020
Saudi Arabia December 31, 2020
Senegal December 31, 2020
Seychelles December 31, 2020
Sierra Leone December 31, 2020
Somalia December 31, 2020
South Africa December 31, 2020
South Sudan December 31, 2020
Swaziland December 31, 2020
United Republic of Tanzania December 31, 2020
Togo December 31, 2020
Tunisia December 31, 2020
Turkey December 31, 2020
Uganda December 31, 2020
United Arab Emirates December 31, 2020
Western Sahara December 31, 2020
Yemen December 31, 2020
Zambia December 31, 2020
Zimbabwe December 31, 2020
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