Re: Upgrade path for model 800 to 520 Express

[Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pat,

I think it was me. The URL is:

http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/SLKBase.nsf/DocNumber/502180186

HTH,
Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries



On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is a book on just consoles... Somebody published the URL in the
> last couple of months and of course I can not find that particular message.
>
>
> Jim Franz wrote:
> > Is there a documented plan for upgrading (side by side) a Model 800 (V5R4) to a Model 520 Express?
> > I've searched IBM for a while, found nothing, and assume not. But the BP left the impression w/customer (and he perhaps misunderstood) it's a supported upgrade.
> > Also, losing the twinax console on the 800 for lan console on new system.
> > I've done unsupported upgrades before but wanted to check.
> > Any recent experience gotchas?
> >
> > Jim Franz
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