Re: can IBM 8203-E4A IBM I backplane be installed in IBM p 8203-E4A?

i've got a couple 8203-E8A which, reading the original order, are AIX only.
When you see the "properties" page in the HMC you can see that it says "IBM
i capable = True" but "5250 capable = False".
I got as far as installing 7.1 with disks and lan provided by a VIOS
partition, but never tested what that lack of interactive meant...


On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Midrange <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No it's not the backplane, it's the VET code.

You CAN swap the backplane, and that can make running i easier because you
can use the internal disks then.

Even without swapping anything though an 8203-E4A can run IBM i, it just
cannot have i hosting i, any hosting must be VIOS hosting.

DrFranken..

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 10, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

here is an ebay auction for an 8203-E4A IBM I backplane

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-46K7784-4-2GHZ-Single-Core-Backplane-for-8203-E4A-Power-520-Server-53DE-/141023468474?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160

Is the backplane the part of the 8203-E4A system that differentiates it

as

an I or P?

Can an IBM I backplane be installed in an IBM p 520 8203-E4A? Would the
resulting system run? What would it boot as? P or I ? ( there are many
more 8203-E4A system p systems being sold on e-bay than there are such
system I systems. )

thanks,
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