IBM System x3750 M4
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Warranty options
The IBM System x3750 M4 has a three-year on-site warranty with 9x5/next business day terms. IBM
offers the warranty service upgrades through IBM ServicePac offerings, described in this section. The
IBM ServicePac is a series of prepackaged warranty maintenance upgrades and post-warranty
maintenance agreements with a well-defined scope of services, including service hours, response time,
term of service, and service agreement terms and conditions.
IBM ServicePac offerings are country-specific, that is, each country might have its own service types,
service levels, response times, and terms and conditions. Not all covered types of ServicePac offerings
might be available in a particular country. For more information about the IBM ServicePac offerings that
are available in your country, visit the IBM ServicePac Product Selector, found at the following address:
https://www-304.ibm.com/sales/gss/download/spst/servicepac
The following table explains the warranty service definitions in more detail.
Table 17. Warranty service definitions
Term
Description
IBM on-site
repair (IOR)
A service technician comes to the server's location for equipment repair.
24x7x2 hour
A service technician is scheduled to arrive at your customer’s location within two hours after
remote problem determination is completed. We provide service around the clock, every day,
including IBM holidays.
24x7x4 hour
A service technician is scheduled to arrive at your customer’s location within four hours after
remote problem determination is completed. We provide service around the clock, every day,
including IBM holidays.
9x5x4 hour
A service technician is scheduled to arrive at your customer’s location within four business hours
after remote problem determination is completed. We provide service from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
in the customer's local time zone, Monday through Friday, excluding IBM holidays. If the time is
after 1:00 p.m., and it is determined that on-site service is required, the customer can expect the
service technician to arrive the morning of the following business day. For noncritical service
requests, a service technician arrives by the end of the following business day.
9x5 next
business day
A service technician is scheduled to arrive at your customer’s location on the business day after we
receive your call, following remote problem determination. We provide service from 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. in the customer's local time zone, Monday through Friday, excluding IBM holidays.
In general, the types of IBM ServicePac offerings are as follows:
Warranty and maintenance service upgrades:
One, 2, 3, 4, or 5 years of 9x5 or 24x7 service coverage
On-site repair from next business day to 4 or 2 hours
One or two years of warranty extension
Remote technical support services:
One or three years with 24x7 coverage (severity 1) or 9x5/next business day for all other
severities
Installation and start-up support for System x servers
Remote technical support for System x servers
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