Re: i on Blade - Experiences?

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ditto my comment to Lukas, Steve.  I want you guys to work out all the 
issues before I get mine :-)

Pete


Steve Richter wrote:
> mine is on order.  July delivery.   a brutally time consuming ordering
> process. More than one BP gave up in frustration because they could
> not order the system for me.  Finally got the system from IBM direct
> for a decent discount.
>
> note the "add to cart" option on this page has not been working for
> the last 3 weeks, so I question how many are being sold.
>
> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/servers/js12/799860xi.html
>
> Looking forward to learning how to config the system.
>
> any idea what is the difference between the regular and intelligent
> versions of the copper passthru module?
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Lukas Beeler
> <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've got my hands on a BladeCenter S and a JS12 Blade for
> > Testing/Evaluation purposes. Unfortunately, i only have SATA Disks in
> > my BladeCenter S, and can't create an IBM i Partition just yet. Was
> > able and get the VIO Server running with the latest fixes.
> >
> > I haven't read much about the JS12/JS21 Blades here on this list yet,
> > and didn't find anything in the archives either (just some discussion
> > of the announcements).
> >
> > Is anyone here running IBM i on Blades? If yes, do you have any tips
> > to share for someone who is new to both Blades and VIO/IVM?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Lukas
> >
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