IBM

5900C5L

RT RHEL

Third-party support for the IBM 5900C5L: 24/7 engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance — independent of the vendor contract.

IBM RT RHEL (PID 5900C5L) — enterprise software available through IBM Passport Advantage with 102 part numbers - Third party support available

Issue Management

24/7 engineers own your 5900C5L incidents end to end.

Vulnerability Remediation

Mitigation and patch-around guidance when the vendor no longer ships fixes.

Compliance Maintenance

Controls evidence and documentation that keep auditors satisfied.

Specifications

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5900C5L

Common Part Numbers(102)

Part NumberDescription
D15TYZXRHEL Svr with Sat for CAUDIT, Premium (50 Subscriptions, Phys or Virt Nds)
D15TZZXRed Hat Confirmed Stateside Support for Red Hat Platform
D15U0ZXRed Hat Confirmed Stateside Support for Red Hat Management
D15U1ZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters, Premium, Confirmed Stateside Support
D15U2ZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters, Standard, Confirmed Stateside Support
D15U3ZXRHEL Server, Premium, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15U4ZXRHEL Server, Standard, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15U5ZXResilient Storage, Confirmed Stateside Support
D15U6ZXExtended Update Support, Confirmed Stateside Support
D15U7ZXExtended Update Support for Unlimited Guests, Confirmed Stateside Support
D15U8ZXRHEL Extended Life Cycle Support, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15U9ZXRHEL Extended Life Cycle Support, CSS (Unlimited Guests)
D15UAZXExtended Life Cycle Support for RHEL for z Systems, CSS
D15UBZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters with Satellite, Premium, CSS
D15UCZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters with Satellite, Standard, CSS
D15UDZXRHEL Server with Satellite, Premium, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15UEZXRHEL Server with Satellite, Standard, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15UFZXRHEL for Virt DCs with Satellite + Resilient Storage, Standard, CSS
D15UGZXRHEL for IBM Power, LE w Smart Mgmt + Sat, Prem, CSS (4 Crs, Upto 4 LPARs)
D15UHZXRHEL for IBM Power, LE, Standard, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15UIZXRed Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation, Premium, Confirmed Stateside Support
D15UJZXRed Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation, Standard, Confirmed Stateside Support
D15UKZXRHEL Workstation, Standard (Up to 4 Guests), Confirmed Stateside Support
D15ULZXRHEL for IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE with Comprehensive Add-Ons, Premium, CSS
D15UMZXRHEL Server for ARM, Standard, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15UNZXRHEL Server for ARM with Satellite, Standard, CSS (Phys or Virt Nds)
D15UPZXRHEL Server for ARM with Satellite, Premium, CSS (Phys or Virt Nds)
D15UQZXRHEL Server for ARM, Premium, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15URZXExtended Update Support for Workstation (1 Guest), CSS
D15USZXExtended Update Support for Workstation (Up to 4 Guests), CSS
D15UTZXEnhanced Extended Update Support for RHEL, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15UUZXRHEL Svr with Ext Upd and LS for Migr, Prem, CSS (Phys Nd, Embd, Unl Gsts)
D15UVZXRHEL Svr for Virt DC w EULCS for Migr, Prem, CSS (Phys Nd, Embd, Unl Gsts)
D15UWZXRHEL Developer Support for Teams, Professional, CSS (25 Developers)
D15UXZXRHEL Developer Support for Teams, Enterprise, CSS (25 Developers)
D15UYZXRH Directory Svr with Extended Update Support, Confirmed Stateside Support
D15UZZXExtended Update Support for RH Directory Svr, Confirmed Stateside Support
D15V0ZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters Extended Life Cycle, Premium
D15V1ZXRHEL Server Extended Life Cycle, Premium (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15V2ZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters Extended Life Cycle with Satellite, Premium
D15V3ZXRHEL Server ELS with Satellite, Premium (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15V4ZXRHEL for SAP Applications for Virtual Datacenters ELS, Premium
D15V5ZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node ELS, Premium (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15V6ZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node ELS with Sat, Premium (Phys or Virt Nds)
D15V7ZXRHEL Server for HPC ELS, Premium, Single System (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15V8ZXRHEL Server for HPC ELS with Sat, Premium, Single System (Phys or Virt Nds)
D15V9ZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters Extended Life Cycle, Premium, CSS
D15VAZXRHEL Server Extended Life Cycle, Premium, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15VBZXRHEL for SAP Applications ELS, Premium, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15VCZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node ELS, Premium, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15VDZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters ELS with Satellite, Premium, CSS
D15VEZXRHEL Server ELS with Satellite, Premium, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15VFZXRHEL Server for ARM ELS, Premium (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15VGZXRHEL Server for HPC for ARM ELS, Premium, Single System (Physical)
D15VHZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node for ARM ELS, Premium (Physical)
D15VIZXRHEL Server for HPC for ARM ELS, Premium, Single System, CSS (Physical)
D15VJZXRHEL Server for ARM ELS with Satellite, Premium, CSS (Phys or Virt Nds)
D15VKZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node for ARM ELS, Premium, CSS (Physical)
D15VLZXRHEL Server for ARM ELS, Premium, CSS (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15VMZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node for ARM ELS with Sat, Premium, CSS (Phys)
D15VNZXRHEL Svr for HPC for ARM ELS with Sat, Premium, Single System, CSS (Phys)
D15VPZXDesignated Support Engineer for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
D15VQZXResilient Storage, Confirmed Sovereign Support - EU
D15VRZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters Extended Life Cycle, Premium, CSOV
D15VSZXRHEL Server Extended Life Cycle, Premium, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15VTZXRHEL for SAP Applications ELC, Premium, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15VUZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node ELC, Premium, CSOV (Phys or Virt Nds)
D15VVZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters ELC with Satellite, Premium, CSOV
D15VWZXRHEL Server ELC with Satellite, Premium, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15VXZXRHEL Server for HPC for ARM ELC, Premium, Single System, CSOV (Physical)
D15VYZXRHEL Server for ARM ELC with Satellite, Premium, CSOV (Phys or Virt Nds)
D15VZZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node for ARM ELC, Premium, CSOV (Physical)
D15W0ZXRHEL Server for ARM ELC, Premium, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15W1ZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node for ARM ELC with Sat, Premium, CSOV (Phys)
D15W2ZXRHEL Server for HPC for ARM ELC with Sat, Premium, Sngl Sys, CSOV (Phys)
D15W3ZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters, Standard, Confirmed Sovereign Support - EU
D15W4ZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters, Premium, Confirmed Sovereign Support - EU
D15W5ZXRHEL Server, Premium, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15W6ZXRHEL Server, Standard, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15W7ZXExtended Update Support, Confirmed Sovereign Support - EU
D15W8ZXExtended Update Support for Unlimited Guests, CSOV
D15W9ZXRHEL Extended Life Cycle Support, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15WAZXRHEL Extended Life Cycle Support, CSOV (Unlimited Guests)
D15WBZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node, Premium, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15WCZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node, Standard, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15WDZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node for IBM Power, LE, Standard, CSOV
D15WEZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters with Satellite, Premium, CSOV
D15WFZXRHEL Server for HPC Compute Node with Satellite, CSOV (Up to 1 Guest)
D15WGZXRHEL for Virtual Datacenters with Satellite, Standard, CSOV
D15WHZXRHEL Server with Satellite, Premium, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15WIZXRHEL Server with Satellite, Standard, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15WJZXRHEL Server with Sat + Resilient Storage, Premium, CSOV (Phys or Virt Nds)
D15WKZXRHEL for IBM Power, LE w SmMgmt + Sat, Prem, CSOV (4 Crs, Up to 4 LPARs)
D15WLZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node with Sat, Premium, CSOV (Phys or Virt Nds)
D15WMZXRHEL Server for HPC Head Node with Sat, Standard, CSOV (Phys or Virt Nds)
D15WNZXRHEL for IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE with Comprehensive Add-Ons, Premium, CSOV
D15WPZXRHEL Server for ARM, Standard, CSOV (Physical or Virtual Nodes)
D15WQZXRHEL Developer Support for Teams, Professional, CSOV (25 Developers)
D15WRZXRHEL Developer Support for Teams, Enterprise, CSOV (25 Developers)
D15WSZXRHEL Workstation, Premium, Confirmed Sovereign Support - EU
D15WTZXRHEL Workstation, Standard, Confirmed Sovereign Support - EU
D15WUZXRHEL Workstation, Standard (Up to 4 Guests), CSOV

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OEM vs. 3rd Party Support

See how third-party support compares to the vendor contract for 5900C5L — monitoring, break/fix, vulnerability work, operations and compliance, before and after EOSL.

FeatureOEM Support3rd Party Support
Post-EOSL Support
Break/Fix Support
Until EOSL
24/7 Monitoring
Vulnerability Scanning & Remediation
Managed Operations
Procedure & Configuration Review
Compliance & Audit Documentation
Limited
Discounted Migration to Other Platforms

Why Choose 3rd Party Support for 5900C5L?

Vulnerability Remediation

Scanning, mitigation and patch-around guidance for 5900C5L when the vendor no longer ships fixes.

Compliance Maintenance

Procedure review, controls evidence and the documentation auditors ask for — maintained continuously, not scrambled at audit time.

24/7 Expert Support

Engineers who know this release monitor, manage and fix issues around the clock — break/fix to managed operations.

5900C5L Support: Frequently Asked Questions

Is the IBM 5900C5L still supported?

Yes. The 5900C5L is currently supported by IBM, and third-party support is available as an alternative — issue management, vulnerability remediation, and compliance help independent of the vendor contract.

How much does third-party support for the 5900C5L cost?

Typically 40-70% below the OEM maintenance renewal price. Exact pricing depends on quantity, service level and location — request a quote and we respond within 24 hours.

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