IBM 3850 X6 Podręcznik Użytkownika Pobierz pdf (Strona 9)

IBM System x3850 X6 9

Upgrading to x3950 X6

The x3850 X6 server supports up to four Compute Books (four processors and 96 DIMM sockets).

The x3850 X6 server has a flexible modular design that allows you to increase the server’s compute

power and I/O capabilities by adding additional Compute Books and I/O Books. The modular design also

means that if your business needs additional processing or I/O capability within the same system image,

then it is possible to migrate to an eight-socket x3950 X6.

IBM offers one method to do this upgrade now and plans to offer a second RPQ method:

Purchase an x3950 X6 with four Compute Books, and move your existing Compute Books, I/O Books,

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and Storage Books from the x3850 X6 to the new x3950 X6. This requires the processors in the

x3850 X6 to be the same E7-8800 v2 processors as in the x3950 X6. Also, the serial number on the

8-way server x3950 X6 will be different than the serial in the x3850 X6.

Purchase an upgrade offering through RPQ (planned for 1H/2014). IBM plans to have a service

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offering where a service engineer comes onsite with the new mechanical chassis and performs the

field upgrade by transferring all components to the new chassis. This method also requires the x3850

X6 compute books to be the same E7-8800 v2 processors as ordered for the RPQ, however, in this

scenario, the server maintain the original serial number.

Note: Intel Xeon E7-4800 v2 processors cannot be used in an x3950 X6. If your x3850 X6 has Compute

Books with E7-4800 v2 processors, then these must be replaced with Compute Books with E7-8800 v2

processors if you plan to upgrade to an x3950 X6. The memory in the Compute Books can be reused in

the x3950 X6, however.

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