[geeks] Octane questions

Big Endian bigendian at mac.com
Fri Feb 15 12:19:30 CST 2002


>Questions posed from a co-worker:
>
>"How difficult is it to go from a single R10k Octane to a dual R10k, how
>about a R12k or R14k?"

Pull the systemboard, pop the proc(s) and drop the new one(s) in.  No 
need to reinstall anything.

>"Can you go from SI (or SSI) to SE (or SSE) without upgrading anything
>else?  What about VPro?"

Changes in graphics families (extreme to impact, impact to E series 
or vpro) usually require a major os changeout due to so much of the 
os being coded to the  asics on the card(s).

daniel
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