Upgrades, Upgrade Paths | Sun Microsystems X4200 M2 manual

Upgrades

Upgrade Paths

NetraTM X4200 M2 servers are eligible for the SunTM Upgrade Advantage Program (UAP). Through this program customers can trade-up their current Sun or non-Sun severs for a new Netra X4200 M2 server and receive a trade-in allowance that is applied as a percentage off of the list price on the new Netra X4200 M2 server. Customers can trade-in their old systems in on a 1 for 1 server basis or consolidate many servers.

Sun Upgrade Allowance Program (Sun UAP)

Since August 29, 2000, Sun has offered customers a simple, flexible, and easy-to-understand way of ordering server, storage or Desktop upgrades. The Sun UAP program works on a percentage-based upgrades model. This new model simplifies the upgrades process by providing a trade-in value as a percentage allowance. This percentage allowance can then be applied to the list price of a regular Sun system configuration.

Under the Sun UAP program, allowance codes or part numbers have been created and the percentage allowance is built into this part number (see below).

Allowance codes can be found in the Sun Pricebook starting with the September 2000 version. Note that allowance codes apply to configured systems.

Allowance Code Numbering Scheme

Below is an example allowance code, along with a breakdown of the components.

Allowance code = ALW-10-S-L-N87

•ALW = Upgrade identifier (All allowance codes start with ALW.)

•10 = Allowance percentage – Percentage is applied to the list price of a standard marketing part number. “10” means 10% off of list price, “08” means 8% off of list price, and so on.

(Note: Any other discounts such as volume discounts should also be taken off the list price and not the net of the above.)

•T = Desktop upgrades, S for server upgrades, and D for storage upgrades.

•L = Indicates the residue group—a way of grouping system in the Sun installed base. The letters A through X are reserved for Sun systems. The letter Z is used for competitive systems.

•N87 = Identifies the product family that the customer is purchasing.

•P2 (if there is a promotion) = Promotion code—used for tracking corporate sponsored and other types of promotions.

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