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  3. July 2006

Re: i5 vs. p5

On 7/28/06, Ingvaldson, Scott <SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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?


There is something called VPD - vital product data. Apparantly the VPD
is stored in firmware - probably a ROM chip.

It is know about in the AIX world
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.aix/search?group=comp.unix.aix&q=vital+product+data&qt_g=1&searchnow=Search+this+group

My guess is the i5 is a p5 with different values stored in the VPD chip.

-Steve

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