Re: 9406 515 vs 8203 E4A

Since that configuration would also violate the Terms and Conditions of your software agreements and maintenance contracts, IBM could exercise its authority under those agreements to force you into compliance. All in all, a bad idea.

Some folks have tried putting the 8GB dimms in the memory slots rather than the limited 4GB dimms, guess what, they are not recognized, so there are some hard limits in the 4core that are not in the 6 - 8 way systems.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 4/16/2013 7:55 PM, Evan Harris wrote:

Well you could configure them into an IASP and then vary it off and
disconnect it when you need service;)

of course, if you need support for an IASP problem you are really in a
hole....


On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:34 PM, DrFranken<midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes I strongly suspect there is no 'hard stop' on doing this with a four
> core, at least not from a 'would it function' standpoint. However I
> guarantee that it puts you into an 'Unsupported Configuration' situation
> and then if you call for support IBM may very well exercise the clause
> in your contract that says you must remove all items from the
> configuration that are unsupported before they will help you. Clearly
> removing much of your disk capacity wouldn't be good for continued
> operation of your system.:-)
>
> "Don't try this at home, we're what you call 'Experts!'"
>
> - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
>
> www.frankeni.com
> www.iDevCloud.com
> www.iInTheCloud.com
>
> On 4/16/2013 7:10 PM, Nathan Andelin wrote:
>

> >> if you have a 6 or 8 core, you can put a 5887 off the SAS port,
> >> and that same internal CEC Disk controller will drive all 32 drives.

> >
> > There's quite a bit of evidence suggesting that the same 32 drive

> configuration would work off the 4-core 720 SAS port, but it's not
> permitted in the configurator for "marketing reasons". Dr Franken should
> test that. Just order a refurbished 5887 w/ disks off Ebay.

> >
> > -Nathan.
> >

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