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  • Upgrade Paths Are Available for User-Capped Standard Edition i5 520s

    October 23, 2006 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    This could go down as the shortest article I have ever written. When IBM announced the i5 520 Solution Editions with user-caps two weeks ago, it was not entirely clear that there were upgrade paths for these boxes.

    In fact, as it turns out, you can convert from a 20-user box to a 40-user box through a feature conversion. Specifically, you convert from i5 520 processor feature 7786, which is the 20-user machine, to feature 7787, the 40-user machine. This conversion costs $12,200, which is the $12,000 price difference between the two boxes plus $200 that is apparently for paperwork since nothing changes physically in the box.

    IBM is also offering upgrades from the top-end i5 520 user-capped box, which is called the Solution Edition Growth server, to a regular i5 520 Standard Edition with feature 7785. This upgrade costs $36,000, and it converts it from a 40-user box to a box with unlimited users. If you have already activated the second core in the box and paid for the i5/OS V5R4 Standard Edition license on that core, then you are good to go. It costs $1,800 to turn on the second core in the Solution Edition Growth box, and then $21,000 to add i5/OS to it.

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    • Some Insight Into IBM’s Server Sales for Q3
    • iTera Offers Big Discounts on Echo2 Software for New CBUs
    • CDW Buys Its Way Into the i5 Business Through Berbee Acquisition
    • Upgrade Paths Are Available for User-Capped Standard Edition i5 520s
    • IBM Offers Rebates on i5 Disks and Disk Controllers
    • Some Insight Into IBM’s Server Sales for Q3
    • The System i VOIP Solution: Now Ready for Prime Time
    • System i Awareness Campaign Depends on Print Advertising Effectiveness
    • Software, Unix and Mainframe Servers Boost IBM’s Profits in Q3
    • Will New Rebates on Standard Edition i5s Boost Sales?

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