Upgrade from K260 to K460

[TYP3R]

Hi

Our company have a K260 server but they want to upgrade it to a K460. I have found a document mentioning upgrading from K360 - K460 but not a K260 - K460.. Is this posibile ? I have checked all the i/o boards,PSU,Mmemory,CPU etc.. and they all will work on a K460.. They only difference is the systemboard.. Does this mean that all i need to chance is the systemboard to upgrade this?? Or is there more to it ?

Any Help would be gratefull

Will

[Torsten.]

The K460 is very similar to the K260, but it has more (activated) I/O slots and can have more memory (due to a second memory extender).

But do you reallay want to "upgrade" an oldtimer to another oldtimer?

Many companies are already about to discard the successors of these systems.

[Jesse Dougherty · Accepted solution]

The system board is all the hardware you need to upgrade. The system board you need for the upgrade is A3284-69505 or A3284-60005 average price is $125.00. I looked it up and below is the info from HP ordering guide

A3189A Option #859
K260 to K460 Upgrade - Includes K460 System board.
The upgrade cost was $20,900.00 in 1999


hope this helps

Jesse
Cypress Technology Inc

[TYP3R]

Yes i know Torsten that its an oldtime but what can i do lol.. They just want to upgrade it to an K460..

Cheers Jesse for that.. That is all i want to know

[Neil Ashworth_3]

I have done similar upgrades and all you need is the backplane. If I can be of assistance please contact me. I can find a supplier also. neil@hpssltd.co.uk

[TYP3R]

Cheers Neil Ashworth for that but our company have some supplier they can ask for that part

Will