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IBM eServer

IBM xSeries 336 servers
Developer	IBM
Type	Desktop server or Rack-mounted server
Released	2000
Discontinued	2006

IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM. Announced in 2000, it combined the various IBM server brands (AS/400, Netfinity, RS/6000, S/390) under one brand.^[1] The various sub-brands were at the same time rebranded from:

• IBM RS/6000 to IBM eServer pSeries, p for POWER
• IBM AS/400 to IBM eServer iSeries, i for Integrated
• IBM Netfinity to IBM eServer xSeries, x for eXtended architecture (with respect to "commodity" Intel-based servers)
• IBM System/390 was replaced by the 64-bit IBM eServer zSeries, z for Zero downtime.

The RS/6000 SP supercomputer line was replaced by Blue Gene platform.

In 2005, IBM announced a new brand, IBM System, as an umbrella for all IBM server and storage brands. The rebranding was completed in 2006 when the IBM xSeries became the IBM System x (later the Lenovo System x).

• IBM eServer zSeries became IBM System z
• IBM eServer pSeries became IBM System p
• IBM eServer iSeries became IBM System i
• IBM eServer xSeries became IBM System x (later Lenovo System x)
• IBM TotalStorage became IBM Storage
• IBM eServer BladeCenter became IBM BladeCenter
• IBM eServer 1350 became IBM System Cluster 1350

• IBM servers

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