Disk Unit Conversion; Rpq 847102 10K Rpm Dasd To Pci Tower Mounting - IBM eserver i5 Handbook

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Disk unit conversion

The direct access storage device (DASD) units that can be migrated to the 810,
825, 870, 890, 520, 550, 570, or 595 servers, or their supporting towers, include
those features that support 80-pin connections and are of 10K RPM or faster.
10k RPM Disk Unit Conversion
Conversion of 10k RPM Disk Unit features is available to support upgrades to
810, 820, 825, 830, 840, 870, 890, 520, 550, 570, and 595 servers. Feature
conversion facilitates moving existing disk units to newer HSL expansion towers.
The feature conversions that are supported are:
#6817 and #8817 to #4317
#6818 and #8818 to #4318

RPQ 847102 10K RPM DASD to PCI tower mounting

Note: On 12 February 2002, this RPQ was replaced with direct support in the
marketing configurator to convert #6817 and #8817 Disk Units to #4317 Disk
Units and #6818 and #8818 Disk Units to #4318 Disk Units during MES
upgrades. RPQ 847102 remains available for those instances when a MES
upgrade path is not available to facilitate the feature conversion.
RPQ 847102 ships the disk mounting hardware and instructions to convert one
#6817/#8817 disk unit (8.58 GB) to a #4317 or one #6818/#8818 disk unit to a
#4318. This conversion allows the customer to move their 8.5GB 10K RPM and
17GB 10K rpm files from current towers to the PCI Storage Tower Feature
#5065, #5066, #5074, #5075, #5079, the Model 270, and the 8xx models, the
Model 520, and the Model 570. This conversion also allows the customer to
move their 8.5GB 10K RPM and 17GB 10K RPM files from current towers to the
PCI-X Storage Tower Features #5094, #5095, #5294, and the new 8xx models
(800, 810, 825, 870, 890), the Model 520, and the Model 570.
After the conversion, process an RPO change to add a #4317 or #4318 feature
for each #6817/#6818/#8817/#8818 feature converted, and remove the
appropriate number of #6817/#6818/#8817/#8818 features.
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Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004