RE: I5 vs. 810

[Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Besides LPAR, you need an HMC for *ANY system that is CUoD.

Al

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If there is NO LPAR then you  do not need the HMC.

At 10:25 AM 5/18/2004 -0500, Ingvaldson, Scott wrote:
>The i5 HMC is an ethernet attached (private network) laptop running
>Linux/"subset of AIX" depending on who you talk to.  The biggest drawback
I
>saw was that (unlike using Ops Nav) you can configure an LPAR that cannot
be
>IPLed using the HMC.
>
>If you are not using LPAR the 810 should be good enough, though it will
>likely have a somewhat shorter service life.  I know that 810 memory
prices
>have also been cut but not sure how they compare to i5 memory.
>
>In short, an 810 will not have the learning curve that an i5 will have.
If
>you don't have a business requirement for the i5 features and you don't
have
>the time for testing the 810 should work fine.
>
>BTW, if all you want to do is set up guest Linux LPARs an 810 will handle
>that just fine.
>
>Regards,
>
>Scott Ingvaldson
>iSeries System Administrator
>GuideOne Insurance Group
>
>-----Original Message-----
>date: Tue, 18 May 2004 10:20:07 -0400 (EDT)
>from: Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>subject: Re: I5 vs. 810
>
>On Tue, 18 May 2004 Jan.Rockstedt@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > i5 = no primary partition with LPAR
>
>Jan, I'm hearing you need an attached PC to config it...I'll be getting
>more details next week...
>
>Don in DC
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