Re: Power 8 EOS -- MIDRANGE-L

The problem light is easy enough to turn off via SST, but the real issue as
I understand it with an expired UAK is that a new firmware level cannot be
loaded...

From: "Brad Stone" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
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Date: 01/22/2024 05:42 PM
Subject: Re: Power 8 EOS
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Ok. I thought last time my UAK expired (because I couldn't get ahold of
anyone at IBM for 2 months to pay HWMA) something happened.. maybe an
attention light? I can't stand having those on. lol.

I'm sure the people at IBM I dealt with to purchase my Power 8 are no
longer around so I should probably think about trying to find someone new
there. joy.

I would go to the cloud but the quotes I get I can get my system paid for
in a year (dev discounts) with their costs. I just hope they have a
physically smaller system than my 41A.. lol It's a tank!

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM Jim Oberholtzer
<midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Yes but just because the UAK goes out it will not stop you from using

your

system, just no support.

HW maintenance can be contracted through non-IBM hardware maintenance
outfits if you wish. IBM will not provide HW support any longer,

including

software fixes.

Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Jan 22, 2024, at 4:15 PM, Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So, just curious with the Power 8 EOS announcement, does that mean that

I

won't be paying for Hardware maintenance any more and I won't be able

get new firmware keys rendering the hardware unusable? Or will I just

unable to get hardware support if something fails.

I do plan on updating hardware.. just thinking of waiting for power 11.

Or

move to the cloud if that's viable.

Bradley V. Stone

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