| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 430.1 | BOX UPGRADE FOR 4000 TO 4100 | VYGER::HENDERSONL | | Fri Jan 24 1997 12:40 | 15 |
| Sorry, but only a box upgrade is offered.
Parts to order are;
DA-51Z1J-AA AS4000 TO AS4100 UNIX UPG
DN-51Z1L-AA AS4000 TO AS4100 WNT UPG
DY-51Z1K-AA AS4000 TO AS4100 OVMS UPG
The backplane and licences are the only difference but due to reason of
ease of instalation and future 4000 Box strategy it was decided to only
offer BOX swap upgrades with mandatory return of 4000 box.
Les
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| 430.2 | does this mean system drawer | TROOA::MSCHNEIDER | martin.schneider@tro.mts.dec.com | Fri Jan 24 1997 18:27 | 3 |
| Sorry, but please interpret.... is this a system drawer complete swap?
I still presume you keep the CPU and memory boards to move the new
drawer?
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| 430.3 | | POBOXB::BAK | | Fri Jan 24 1997 22:39 | 9 |
| Yes this upgrade is a system drawer swap. You get new sheet metal + power supply
+ mother/IO boards. This way you get a tested base drawer.
You transfer your CPU/memory +IO options.
We determined that the probablity of doing damage by just shiping out a new
motherboard was too high since to replace it is a total system teardown.
Dennis
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| 430.4 | Thanks, and any comments ? | HGOVC::NANDAN | | Sat Jan 25 1997 00:20 | 24 |
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Les, Martin & Dennis,
Thank you for your informative responses.
I read about a 4000A in earlier notes (don't know the details
though). I guess thats the reason its preferable to do a box
upgrade. i.e a 4000 to 4100 upgrade may be slightly different from
a 4000A to 4100 upgrade.
(Incidentally is there also a 4100A somewhere in the works?)
However, the user usually is scared off by the words "box upgrade"
since they think there is a higher cost involved. In this case we
will have to be careful in using the words "system drawer upgrade"
to imply the rest of the box - the pedestal/cabinet, SW shelves,
etc remain the same. This, ofcourse, is besides the CPU, memory,
I/O controllers that are reused.
Any comments ?
Nandan
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| 430.5 | Clarification | VYGER::HENDERSONL | | Mon Jan 27 1997 10:45 | 5 |
| It is a system box swap, the CPU, Memory and PCI options are retained
and used in the BA30A-AA 4100 Box (comes with the upgrade), only the
BA30C-AA 4000 (original) Box is returned.
Les
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| 430.6 | | LANDO::CUMMINS | | Mon Jan 27 1997 12:31 | 5 |
| Re: .4
What was planned to become the 4000A is now being called an AlphaServer
4000 with an I/O upgrade. See note 351.* if you need more information.
The I/O upgrade has not yet been announced.
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| 430.7 | | LANDO::CUMMINS | | Mon Jan 27 1997 15:47 | 2 |
| Check out note 7.24 if you want more details about 4100 and 4000
upgrades..
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| 430.8 | Thanks! | HGOVC::NANDAN | | Tue Jan 28 1997 08:43 | 6 |
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Les & Cummins,
Thanks for the comprehensive responses.
Nandan
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