RE: "Pretty" announcement for End Of Support for Power 9. -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi Jim,

I agree with what you are saying. The 42G which I was referring to has been withdrawn from Marketing. As I understand it the 42A EOSS End of Standard Support and a company can pay for extended support after January 2026. Just waiting to see what the EOSS is for 42G.

Gordon

From: Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: "Pretty" announcement for End Of Support for Power 9.

When IBM announces the end of service, be careful. Is that the end of Marketing where they just won't sell it anymore, and then there is over a year to update, or is it the actual end of support without an extended agreement. In the past
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When IBM announces the end of service, be careful. Is that the end of Marketing where they just won't sell it anymore, and then there is over a year to update, or is it the actual end of support without an extended agreement. In the past IBM has maintained support for the current model and one back, with a year's notice.

I've not read any of the announcements but a careful read of them is likely in order. Cutting off P9 hardware support without ample warning is not IBMs way.

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On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM Gordon Searles via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I am hearing similar from my IBM BP. Most likely IBM will announce the EOS for the 42G when the Power11 becomes available. I agree that it doesn’t make sense to buy a Power 10 when the Power 11 will be available soon.

Gordon

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Subject: RE: "Pretty" announcement for End Of Support for Power 9.

Well it's kind of stupid to force people to upgrade to a power10 when the power11 is right around the corner...

I am NOT buying a power10 just to have it EOS in a couple years.

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Subject: Re: "Pretty" announcement for End Of Support for Power 9.

IBM iNext will not run on a Power 9. I know that I advocate going to new releases quickly and some of you are slower. But you may change your mind on slow adoption. If IBM sticks to their usual pattern we'll all find out in 2-3 months.

On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM Greg Wilburn < gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

Gordon... my IBM BP went back to IBM and asked again (he was getting
conflicting messages). He came back late yesterday to confirm that
the 41G is NOT included in the withdrawal of support.

We are going to upgrade to the Power11 hopefully in 2026 (if it is
available) - just not in January.

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Subject: RE: "Pretty" announcement for End Of Support for Power 9.

Thanks Rob this is helpful.
We have a S914 9009-41G and a S924 9009-42G. When I go to the link it
has
S914 9009-41A and S924 9009-42A with EOSS 01-31-2026. When I click on
the IBM Product Lifecycle page and search for 9009, I see the 41A and
42A with the January 2026 date, however the 41G and 42G do not have an EOSS date.
Is it reasonable to conclude that IBM doesn't have an EOSS date for
them and it potentially may be later the January 2026? The 41G and
42G were GA over 2 years after the 41A & 42A.

I hope this makes sense.

Thanks,

Gordon Searles

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Subject: "Pretty" announcement for End Of Support for Power 9.

Although it was out there, if you knew where to look, IBM just
published the traditional EOS for Power 9 products.

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