Hello,
We've just discovered (after 1 full year of operation) that DEC goofed when
they built our systems at the factory. We ordered alpha 2100A's and they
built us a set of 2100 servers. No one noticed that until last week when we
discovered that we needed more expansion and had to add a supplementary
card in a PCI slot. We then discovered that we had only 3 PCI slots !
Now, it's in the hands of DEC. They say that they could upgrade the main
boards of our rackmounted systems to a 2100A, but they asked a lot of
questions about our hardware + software config.
We are running DU 3.2D-1, we applied a couple of patches to the OS, we also
run oracle 7.2.3, ploycenter scheduler and DecSafe. We also have a pair of
dual redundant HSZ40's configured and a shared scsi bus between the 2 servers.
Did anyone ever do that kind of upgrade ? Was it a painful experience ?
What kind of pitfalls should I avoid ?
Does DU 3.2D-1 run with a 2100_A_ ?
Thanks !
Guy Dallaire
dallaire_at_total.net
"God only knows if god exists"
Received on Wed Apr 09 1997 - 21:16:05 NZST