Bug 852483
Summary: | Power Systems install guide suggestions for IBM POWER Architecture - Installation and Booting | ||
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Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | Beth Taylor <jetaylor> |
Component: | doc-Installation_Guide | Assignee: | Jack Reed <jreed> |
Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | ecs-bugs |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | unspecified | ||
Version: | 6.5 | CC: | bbaude, jskeoch, pbokoc |
Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | Documentation |
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | powerpc | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
Last Closed: | 2013-02-26 00:08:00 UTC | Type: | Bug |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Description
Beth Taylor
2012-08-28 16:54:22 UTC
Thanks for reporting this, Beth. Implementing this won't be a problem. I just need to clarify a couple of points though. Has the term "IBM POWER Architecture" been completely superseded in your standards? Its replacement in this introductory section with "IBM Power Systems" seems to imply this, but you state: "when not writing about 'POWER architecture'". Are there acceptable instances for the term "POWER architecture"? If so, what are they? I'm wondering if I should replace all instances of this term in the guide with "POWER Systems" or "POWER Systems servers" or just this specific instance you've suggested. On that note, do you consider these two terms interchangeable? Your choice of "POWER Systems Servers" for the introduction to a section that is not server-specific leads me to think so, or at least that the word "servers" is deployed more widely than in reference to actual server machines. If you could confirm this - or instead, when each term should be used - that would be great. Thanks in advance. Apologies, Beth. Please disregard my final question about interchangeable terms. I've realised it's erroneous. Hi Jack, sorry for the delay in responding. I was traveling yesterday. Here's some specific guidance from our naming guidelines: "Legally POWER and Power are interchangeable. However, for branding purposes, POWER is to be used when referring to the processor or processor technology and Power is to be used when referring to hardware (such as the servers themselves) and software products that run on those servers." Therefore, we use all caps for "POWER technology" or "POWER architecture", but only initial caps for "Power Systems". Also, "Power Systems" is trademarked for us. We are supposed to follow trademarked terms with a noun, so therefore we use "Power Systems server", where the noun, "server", is all lowercase. I would not say that the terms are interchangeable (as you realized yourself). But it's hard for me to say whether the text is really talking about the technology or architecture vs. the processor. Hopefully the explanation above helps you to decide. Personally, I find that I rarely use "POWER" because it seems that I am usually referring to the servers. Thanks so much for accepting these comments. We really appreciate your help. No problem, Beth. Thanks for clarifying the distinctions. I see now that there are a few references I'll need to update, but some can remain as they are. I'll get started on implementing these changes. This bug has been verified and implemented for 6.4, so I am changing the status to CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE. |