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Mar 23

2011

POWER6 Product Withdrawal Details

Tagged in: Power7 , IBM POWER 595 , IBM POWER 575 , IBM POWER 570 , IBM POWER 560 Express , IBM POWER 550 Express , IBM POWER 520 Express , IBM , HP Proliant , Business Continuity

With IBM Recently anouncing that they are no longer offering their IBM POWER6 product range, I looked at what this meant and possible upgrade options available for upgrades and how best to maximise any machines that still have spare CPU/RAM slots that could be upgraded.
The withdrawal dates for IBM POWER6 after which you can't buy new machines (nor POWER5 to POWER6 upgrades) are as follows:...

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Feb 11

2010

POWER6 firmware issue for 12X io drawers

Posted by Robin Webster in Support

Tagged in: IBM POWER 595 , IBM POWER 575 , IBM POWER 570 , IBM POWER 560 Express , IBM POWER 550 Express , IBM POWER 520 Express , IBM

IBM have issued the following bulletin for POWER6 systems with 12X I/O PCIe drawers attached. If you need some help checking/updating your system please get in touch.

System Firmware Recommendation for Power 6 Systems with F/C 5802 or 5877 drawer (in a 19" rack), or F/C 5803 or 5873 drawer (in a 24"rack), attached

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