Re: i5 vs. p5

I would guess it's a 'simple' change for IBM, but that they've protected
the ability to make the change very well.

                                                                       
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You cannot load i5/OS on "any" p5.

I tried loading v5r5 on a p5 520 specificially:
Machine type-model: 9111-520

I brought in parts to support it but I could not get it to "D" IPL to CD.

After talking to some IBM'ers there appears to be some kind of  feature
code stuck in the FSP that will not allow i5/OS
to be loaded.



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Bryan Dietz
Aktion Associates

"i want an i"




midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 07/28/2006 10:46:18 AM:

-> Seriously what's the difference?  Can anyone definitively say that you
-> can't (or can) load i5/OS on any 5xx model p5 or load AIX on any 5xx
-> series i5?
->
-> I took a plant tour at IBM Rochester yesterday and the tour guide
-> specifically said that there was no way to tell an i5 from a p5 until
-> the cover was put on.  Later I asked one of the engineers and she said
-> that other than licensing and support issues she didn't know why it
-> wouldn't work.
->
-> A thread earlier this week suggested that i5/OS could only run on p5 in
-> a "limited fashion" and it would cost "a GAZILLION dollars."   Does
-> anyone really know?
->
-> Regards,
->
-> Scott

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