[Info-vax] New Hardware (rx2800) Compatibility

[serfsmith at gmail.com]

We are looking to upgrade our existing Itanium hardware (rx6600, Itanium 9000 series) with a newer, supported platform, namely: rx2800, Itanium 9520.

The operating system we currently run is OpenVMS 8.4, the new server will be running VSI V841H1.

I would like to know:

1. Assuming that the equivalent, latest layered products are installed on the new environment, will binaries compiled on the old platform be able to execute without incident on the new platform?

2. Will binaries compiled on the new platform be able to execute on the old platform?

3. What sorts of things should be on the radar to ensure that a migration of our present system to the new system will go smoothly?