[Info-vax] September 6, 2016 - new Roadmap and State of the Port updates now on VSI website

[Michael Moroney]

Dirk Munk <munk at home.nl> writes:

>Really. I don't even know where to put those PCI and PCI-X adapters. The 
>only new Itanium rack system that HPE is selling *and* is certified for 
>VMS, is the RX2800. It doesn't have PCI or PCI-X slots........

>I wonder is there is any Itanium system with PCI or PCI-X slots, perhaps 
>this list of adapters was copied from the HP Alpha quickspecs for VMS 8.4??

>Since VSI is only selling VMS for Itanium, I wonder if these PCI and 
>PCI-X adapters should be listed at all.

My rx2600 at home has PCI and PCI-X slots, with boards that VMS understands
in them.  Of course that system is quite "experienced" as VSI puts it...

I don't know what less ancient "experienced" systems such as the rx2620
and rx2660 use.