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RS6000 Support for AIX 5.2
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G60corrado
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AIX 5L version 5.1 is the last release of AIX that will support RS/6000 hardware based on the Micro
Channel Architecture (MCA) and POWERPC Reference Platform (PReP). Future releases of AIX,
beginning with AIX 5L version 5.2, which is scheduled for availability in October 2002, will not support
hardware based on these bus architectures or related processors and I/O adapters.
Future releases of AIX, beginning with the availability of AIX 5L version 5.2, will not support:
· RS/6000 or OEM hardware based on the MCA bus
· Scalable Parallel (SP) nodes based on the MCA bus
· RS/6000, POWER Personal Systems or OEM hardware based on the PReP architecture
· POWER 1, POWER 2, POWER Single Chip (RSC), POWER 2 Single Chip (P2SC), 601, and
603 processors
· PCI adapters that were only available on PReP hardware
· All ISA adapters
Channel Architecture (MCA) and POWERPC Reference Platform (PReP). Future releases of AIX,
beginning with AIX 5L version 5.2, which is scheduled for availability in October 2002, will not support
hardware based on these bus architectures or related processors and I/O adapters.
Future releases of AIX, beginning with the availability of AIX 5L version 5.2, will not support:
· RS/6000 or OEM hardware based on the MCA bus
· Scalable Parallel (SP) nodes based on the MCA bus
· RS/6000, POWER Personal Systems or OEM hardware based on the PReP architecture
· POWER 1, POWER 2, POWER Single Chip (RSC), POWER 2 Single Chip (P2SC), 601, and
603 processors
· PCI adapters that were only available on PReP hardware
· All ISA adapters
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