Re: Power 7 Order and Return

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

Probably the 720 was an MES upgrade to the 520.  Once ordered, the 520 is a
deprecated system in IBM's records.

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd like to understand this better. Why couldn't the 520 be upgraded to
> 7.1? Was it off S/W maintenance? And if that were the case, then how would
> an order for a new machine change that?
>
> -Nathan
>
>
>
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> From: "broehmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <broehmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 8:30 AM
> Subject: Power 7 Order and Return
>
> Just a heads up for those of you moving to the new 7xx boxes.
>
> My wife works for a bank that recently ordered and received a new Power 7+
> 720.  Really
> nice little P05 that is big enough to support this small community bank.
>
> She's been trying to get 7.1 keys for the existing 520 and expected that
> when she ordered the
> system she would have time to test and move the old system to the new and
> also expected
> that she'd upgrade to 7.1 from 6.1 on her 520 for an easy transition.
>
> By ordering and therefore, tipping her hand, IBM removed her ability to
> order and get 7.1 for
> for her 520.  They will only give her 15 day keys.     She's so upset with
> this tactic, she's returning the
> system.
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