[Info-vax] rx2620 PCI-X limitation

[Hans Vlems]

On 29 dec, 19:20, MG <marcog... at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 17-12-2011 21:03, MG wrote:
>
> > Recently I was going through the rx2620 documentation, as I wanted
> > to look something up. Then I came across the following, regarding
> > PCI-X cards (from the HP Integrity rx2620 Server User Service Guide,
> > 2010, third edition), in some of the 'fine print' of the manual:
>
> > [...]
>
> > I've been running two rx2620s with two AB287A cards in each PCI-X
> > card cage and I haven't run into any problems.
>
> > As a hobbyist I have no means to contact anyone about this (say, at
> > HP), but what I'm mostly wondering about is if the above warning
> > refers to possible physical damage or performance issues? I could
> > live with the latter being solely the case.
>
> Any possible ideas, in the meantime?
>
>   - MG

Not really, other than HP sticking to the formal specifications for
systems under a support contract.
Just guessing here but HP might have replaced too many power supplies
in these systems and are
now trying to reduce the cost of maintenance?
Hans