It is box swap for z900 for sure, but it is considered an upgrade because serial number of machine stays the same. Good for financing etc. Box look the same as z990 inside, but there are 16 instead of 12 STIs. So just adapters can be moved, much everything else is changed. And look, there is BLUE stripe on the box, so it must be changed too :)
On 7/26/05, R.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Timothy Sipples wrote: > [...] > > - Direct frame upgrade paths from z900 and z990. > > Just curious: What does it mean exactly ? > Is it marketing or technical option/possibility ? > > > Explanation of terms above > - marketing upgrade: you sign contract for 'upgrade' and IBM takes your > old RVA and delivers new ESS Shark. Technically one box is pulled, > another is pushed. > - technical upgrade: you sign contract for ESS Shark upgrade (i.e. add > more 8-packs) or upgrade 2084A08-303 to -304 model, or even A08 to B16. > > Personally I don't believe how it would be possible to replace some > components in z/900 to have z990. Another cabinet, MCM, memory, etc. > Haven't seen new z9 animal. > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
