https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_i Gives some good insight into portability on the different hardware.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Yer right! > > And http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization/index.html > would seem to imply that the hardware/firmware is the same for AIX and i. > Well, it says that PowerVM can run them both, but does not actually *say* at > the same time on the same hardware/firmware, but I would think that would be > the case. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Pommier, Rex > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 2:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Alleged mainframe breach to add to the list > > Actually I think IBM System i is still valid. Yes, back around the 2008 > timeframe, IBM merged their iSeries and pSeries (IIRC) hardware into the > power line, so now both System i and System p run on the same hardware line > (I don't remember if they are identical up to the OS or if they run > different firmware on the iron). The difference between them is the System > p is in the operating system. The System p runs either AIX or Linux and the > System i runs whatever OS/400 morphed into. > > I extrapolated the above from > > http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/about.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
