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OK, to further my questions on HMCs: What sort of longevity is to be expected from a HMC? Here's our situation: In a few months we'll have 3 520s (one is currently an 800 and will become a 520 soon) with 2 520s in one building and 1 520 in another building 1/2 mile distant. We are considering getting into the HMC world (with no need/plans for LPAR or CUOD) and putting one HMC in each location cabled so either HMC can manage each of the 3 machines in both locations (we have plenty of fiber avail. that will facilitate private/open networks for the HMC/system connections). For the one machine that currently needs console access in both locations we have a twinax/switchbox setup, but don't want to have to duplicate this for the box that's moving out to the 2nd location, we are also interested in moving away from the current twinax switchbox setup. Our upgrade cycle for the 3 machines is roughly every 3 years and we have historically leased all 3 machines. Two of the three get replaced at once and the third gets replaced the following year. In looking at the HMCs, we're trying to see how they would fit into the replacement cycle we're currently on with iSeries servers. I'm trying to get a feel for how this would work best... is it reasonable to expect 3 years from a HMC version? Also, another question that comes to mind is how difficult/disruptive it is to change a current iSeries over from a twinax console to HMC? When TCP/IP is ended on the server, it maintains full TCP/IP connectivity to the private/open connections to the HMC, correct? Any thoughts are appreciated, i'm picking through the HMC section of an LPAR redbook... it's the best resource i've read so far, but have alot to learn on the HMC. I need to go visit someone who's running one... "Jeff Kennedy" <jkennedy@certcoi nc.com> To Sent by: "Midrange Systems Technical midrange-l-bounce Discussion" s@xxxxxxxxxxxx <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc 04/05/2006 12:15 Subject PM RE: HMC Cost? Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@midra nge.com> Ours cost about $6100 including the color monitor, doesn't include the rack. We have rack mounted 520 with the HMC, 520, Xserver and 5081 in it. Jeffry A. Kennedy Certco,Inc jkennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ChadB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:46 AM To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Subject: HMC Cost? Does anyone know an approximate cost for a HMC setup for a smaller 520+ system? -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com _____________________________________________________________________________ ForwardSourceID:NT0004248E
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