Year 2000 Compliance Overview
Escala Powercluster

Last content update to this page: April 6, 1999 (see Notice)
Change history for Escala Powercluster pages

Escala Powercluster is Bull's high-end family of clustered SMP Unix systems.

Life cycle status

Actively sold and supported.

Testing status

Current tests aim to identify residual problems in component products and indicate the version which provides full Year 2000 compliance. Their results will be posted as updates to the compliance catalog.

Services

Your usual Bull representative will be pleased to discuss the different Year 2000 related services available.

Compliance catalog

We have organized the Escala Powercluster Catalog by operating system and hardware platform:

• AIX 4.3 Base System Software
• AIX 4.2 Base System Software
• AIX 4.1 Base System Software
• PowerConsole System Software
• Additional Basic Components
• Options
• Hardware

AIX 4.3 Base System Software

• See the general AIX Software section.

AIX 4.2 Base System Software

Product code	Name	Version	Year 2000 ready	Change
EXSU101-Qxxx	Escala Powercluster Node 4.2 System Software including:
	AIX	4.2.1	(1)	Dec 19, 1997
	HAS	4.2.1	(2)	Dec 19, 1997
	Netscape Navigator	3.1		Dec 19, 1997
	Cluster Management	3.1.0		Dec 19, 1997
EXSU103-P000	Cluster Management (System Upgrade) - Licence	3.1.0		Dec 19, 1997

(1) Year 2000 readiness requires installation of PTFs. For more details, please see the AIX 4.2 Year 2000 Readiness section.
(2) Information source: IBM.

AIX 4.1 Base System Software

Product code	Name	Version	Year 2000 ready	Change
EXSU101-Pxxx	Escala Powercluster Node 4.1 System Software including:
	AIX	4.1.5	(1)	Dec 19, 1997
	HAS	2.2.1	(2)	Dec 19, 1997
	Netscape Navigator	3.1		Dec 19, 1997
	Cluster Management	3.1.0		Dec 19, 1997
EXSU103-P000	Cluster Management (System Upgrade) - Licence	3.1.0		Dec 19, 1997

(1) Year 2000 readiness requires installation of PTFs. For more details, please see the AIX 4.1 Year 2000 Readiness section.
(2) Information source: IBM.

PowerConsole System Software

Product code	Name	Version	Year 2000 ready	Change
EXSU105-TPEA	POWERCONSOLE SYSTEM SOFTWARE		(1)	Update
EXSU105-TQEA	POWERCONSOLE SYSTEM SW 4.2		(2)	Update
EXSU105-TREA	POWERCONSOLE 2 SYSTEM SW		(3)	Update
EXSU106-TQE0	POWERCONSOLE SYSTEM SW UPDT		(2)	New
EXSU108-RT00	CLUSTER MGT APPLICATION		(3)	New
EXSU108-SR1E	CLUSTER MGT APPL.4.3.2 UPDATE		(3)	New
EXSU109-RT00	CLUSTER NODE MGT LICENSE			New
UTSU104-0000	CLUSTER ASSIST. SYS UPG - LIC			Update
UTSU104-SPCE	CLUSTER ASSISTANT - LIBRARY			Update

(1) Year 2000 readiness depends on AIX 4.1. For more details, please see the AIX 4.1 Year 2000 Readiness section. In addition, please see the Estrella Year 2000 Readiness section when your PowerConsole hardware platform is based on Estrella.
(2) Year 2000 readiness depends on AIX 4.2. For more details, please see the AIX 4.2 Year 2000 Readiness section.   In addition, please see the Estrella Year 2000 Readiness section when your PowerConsole hardware platform is based on Estrella.
(3) Year 2000 readiness depends on AIX 4.3. For more details, please see the AIX 4.3 Year 2000 Readiness section.

Additional Basic Components

Product code	Name	Version	Year 2000 ready	Change
EXSU104-P	HACMP (HAS/CRM)	4.2.1	(1)	Dec 19, 1997
UTSU105-TPEA	LoadLeveler for Escala Powercluster	1.3.0		Dec 19, 1997

(1) Information source: IBM.

Options

• See AIX Catalog.

Supporting hardware platforms

• See the general AIX Hardware section.

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Notice
Bull is making every effort to provide accurate and explicit information on the Year 2000 readiness of its products. The information on this page reflects the current results of our compliance tests and may be updated as testing continues. Please see the Bull Year 2000 Compliance Overview for an explanation of the terms used and our commitments.

Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Statements
Information contained on Bull past and present Year 2000 Internet Website pages regarding products and services offered by Bull are "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures" as defined by the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998, (The United States of America's Public Law 105-271, 112 Stat. 2386) enacted on October 19, 1998. Bull Year 2000 Internet website pages have been and will continue to be our primary mechanism for communicating year 2000 information.

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