Re: Power 7 Order and Return

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Almost correct, there is no MES upgrade into a 720.  What did happen is 
the software was moved from the old box to the new one.

Once the software was moved, (since there is really only one copy) it 
makes no sense to issue permanent keys for the 520 since it does not 
have any software associated with it.

The is totally the business partner that fouled up by not understanding 
the customer requirements and following up on the pre-requisites of the 
sale.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 3/5/2013 12:19 PM, John Jones wrote:
> 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  ----- Original Message -----
> > >  From:"broehmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"  <broehmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >  To:MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >  Cc:
> > >  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.