Chapter 7. Hardware configurations and upgrade considerations

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Hardware configurations and upgrade considerations

In this chapter, we describe the hardware configurations and upgrade considerations for the TS7700.

This chapter includes the following topics:

•7.1, “TS7700 hardware components” on page 252

•7.2, “TS7700 component upgrades” on page 271

•7.3, “TS7700 upgrade to Release 5.1” on page 289

•7.4, “Adding clusters to a grid” on page 290

•7.5, “Removing clusters from a grid” on page 301

7.1 TS7700 hardware components

IBM TS7700 Release 5.1 microcode runs only on a 3957 model VEC/VED with necessary hardware ...

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