Re: What's an MMA?

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I just unpacked a new System i 570 3 lpar system. It also is labeled MMA

Dave Willenborg
FNTS
Omaha Ne
---- CRPence <crp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>    The IBM System i POWER6 570 has machine type and model number 
> 9406-MMA which is used effectively, only as an ordering specification. 
> The former model number 570 is [now] the model _name_, thus remaining 
> the _System i 570_ across each of POWER5, POWER5+, and POWER6 as its 
> underlying architecture.  I am not clear on why the QMODEL [had to?] 
> reflects what it does; part of license keys, or so which system was 
> ordered is visible on the system.?
>    The draft Redbooks document redp5052 refers to the System i POWER6 
> 570 as a 9406-MMA in some cases to explicitly refer to the POWER6 570, 
> because within the same document, references are made to all three 
> variants.  For a couple characters more, the replacement of [almost] all 
> occurrences with the moniker _POWER6 570_, would be just as explicit; 
> that is probably the intent for the final document.
>
> Regards, Chuck
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>
> James Lampert wrote:
> > I vaguely recall seeing a reference to a model called an "MMA" (or 
> > MM-something) in my research on zero LPARs, but never actually 
> > encountered one.
> >
> > Now we've got a customer with one. Supposedly, the front of the box says 
> > 570, but it reports its model number as "MMA."
> >
> > What in blazes is an MMA?
>
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