Re: Power 10 alt ipl from RDX via USB

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think IBM pulled RDX this week.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/hardware-withdrawal-2q2025-select-power-systems-features

On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM Jim Franz <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> According to this doc - it is supported (with later firmware)
>
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-removable-media-tape-and-tape-library-devices#VIOS
> but question from customer is - the ibm drive is supposedly hard to get or
> cannot be ordered, but customer has Tandberg 3.0 RDX (which they say is the
> manufacturer of IBM's) and working well on a Power 9. I've often avoided
> non IBM primary save device, but anyone have experience (good or bad) with
> Tandberg's RDX.?  This is a tiny system with minimum backup needs and has
> been on RDX for years.
>
> Jim Franz
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