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Upgrade paths for Power 720 Express systems

Learn about the supported paths for upgrading from the IBM Power® 520 Express (8203-E4A) to the IBM 720 (8202-E4B) system.

The following table shows the adapter upgrades for the Power 520 Express 8203-E4A to the 720 8202-E4B systems.
Table 1. Adapter upgrades from the 8203-E4A to the 8202-E4B.

From POWER6® 8203-E4A

To POWER7® 8202-E4B

5903  - PCIe

380 MB cache

Dual x4  3 GB  SAS RAID Adapter

5805  - PCIe

380 MB cache

Dual x4  3 GB  SAS RAID Adapter
The following table shows the processor activation upgrades for the POWER6 Power 520 Express 8203-E4A to the POWER7 720 8202-E4B systems.
Table 2. Processor activation upgrades for the 8203-E4A to the 8202-E4B system.

From POWER6 8203-E4A

To POWER7

8203-E4B, 6 core,

3.0 GHz

FN 8351

To POWER7  
8202-E4B,  8 core,

3.0 GHz

FN 8352
4.7 GHz

FN 5577

4 memory DIMM slots

 Yes No
4.7 GHz

FN 5587

8 memory DIMM slots

 Yes No
4.2 GHz

FN 5634

4 memory DIMM slots

 Yes No
4.2 GHz

FN 5635

8 memory DIMM slots

 Yes No
4.7 GHz

FN 5577

4 memory DIMM slots

 No Yes
4.7 GHz

FN 5587

8 memory DIMM slots

 No Yes
4.2 GHz

FN 5634

4 memory DIMM slots

 No Yes
4.2 GHz

FN 5635

8 memory DIMM slots

 No Yes
The following table shows the Virtualization Engine upgrades from the 8203-E4A to the 8202-E4B system.
Table 3. Virtualization Engine upgrades from the POWER6 8203-E4A to the POWER7 8202-E4B system.
POWER6 8203-E4A To 8202-E4B FN 5225 PowerVM® Express® Edition To POWER78202-E4B FN 5227 PowerVM Standard Edition To POWER78202-E4B FN 5228 PowerVM Enterprise Edition

FN 7983

PowerVM Express Edition

Yes No No

FN 8506

PowerVM Standard Edition

 No Yes No

FN 8507

PowerVM Enterprise Edition

No No Yes
Parent topic: System upgrade information for POWER7 systems

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Last updated: Tue, June 10, 2014