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The Question is: I'm preparing to upgrade my Alpha 2100a system running OpenVMS 6.2-1h3 to OpenVMS 7.2-2 or OpenVMS 7.3. Are my HSZ40 raid controllers still fully supported in OpenVMS 7.2-2 and OpenVMS 7.3? Has the decision been made yet as to which version of OpenVMS w ill no longer support the HSZ40 and/or the Alpha 2100a and if so what version will that be? The Answer is : Please see the OpenVMS Software Product Description (SPD) for the list of the supported hardware products, and for the details of any hardware and platforms that are expected to be retired in a future release, if any retirements are currently planned. (In the OpenVMS V7.3 SPD for instance, there are announcements of the planned retirements of OpenVMS software support for certain older specific VAX platforms and specifically those lacking CD-ROM access, as well as a notification of the planned software retirement of the DEC 2000 series platform.) The OpenVMS Wizard is not aware of any plans to remove OpenVMS support for the HSZ40 or similar controllers controllers. You will want to differentiate the support and the firmware upgrades for various hardware -- the hardware support -- from the on-going OpenVMS software support for the particular device -- the OpenVMS software support. OpenVMS does not generally explicitly remove support for any hardware, even when retired. Testing for older (and retired) platforms is no longer conducted when support for a platform is retired (by OpenVMS), but normally nothing is done to explicitly disable the platform. See the SPD for details of the hardware currently considered to be retired. The OpenVMS FAQ has a pointer to the OpenVMS SPD.
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