Re: Console confusion

[R Bruce Hoffman <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, just to be clear, the twinax console on their existing box, would 
still function under 6.1 on that same box. True statement?


On 11/11/2009 07:59 AM, Lukas Beeler wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 13:42, R Bruce Hoffman
> <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>    
> > During service last week, their service rep told them that twinax was
> > not supported in V6R1.
> >      
> That's wrong.
>
>    
> > My understanding is that Power 6 machines do not
> > support IOPs and thus twinax, but that V6R1 doesn't impose any limits.
> >      
> Power 6 machines support IOPs and Twinax, but not in the CEC. You need
> an expansion unit, which offers legacy PCI slots.
>
> Power 7 will no longer support IOPs and thus Twinax.
>
>