Re: Is there such a thing as a Twinax controller for an E4A?

["Larry \"DrFranken\" Bolhuis" <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"It depends." :-)

Yes there was, BUT you couldn't put a FC #2844 or FC #2746 in the system 
unit. Because these are PCI-x cards they must go into an 0595 or a 5796 
expansion unit. Now you may not recall that those things were the 'blue 
cables' (HSL) and were supported on the E4A *ONLY* with IBM i 7.1. Once 
you upgraded to i 7.2 those drawers simply vanished!

So effectively the answer is 'No' but historically it was possible.

P.S. if you want a funny story, ask Jim Buck what happens when you 
upgrade to i 7.2 on an E4A with HSL attached disk. ;-)

	- L

On 8/5/2021 11:54 AM, James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
> The question was just raised this morning, of whether it would be 
> possible to retrofit our E4A with a Twinax controller.
>
> Is there such a thing?
>
> We haven't been a Client Access shop since the days when it was called 
> PC Support, and while we have a CA installation that can connect with 
> the console and virtual front panel, it's problematic at best.
>
> --
> JHHL