Hi all,

At the MPE Roundtable at HPWorld last week I absentmindedly neglected to
address a presubmitted question posed by Chris Bartram.  I abjectly
apologize!  Chris's question was:

"Will it (is it?) possible to order/obtain the new charcoal colored
faceplates and "HPe3000" tags for existing systems on hardware maintenance?"

I posed the question to Dave Snow of HP.  His answer is:

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Well Bill, the answer is "yes" and "no".

The new Slate Gray 9x8 and 9x9KS bezels for racked mounted servers which
also include the new HP e3000 nameplates are orderable.  For 9x8 Servers you
would order product number A6142A at $US 150, and for 9x9KS Servers you
would order product number A6143A at $US 300.  These kits should be shipping
in the next couple of weeks.  Keep in mind that non-racked servers do not
come with a Slate Gray bezel.

Racking kits which also include the Slate Gray bezel with new HP e3000
nameplates are also orderable.  For 9x8 Servers the racking kit is A5859A at
$US 265, and for the 9x9KS Servers the racking kit is A5860A at $US 800.
These kits have the added hardware allowing a non-racked server to be
racked.

We have looked into making the nameplates orderable by themselves and have
decided to not do it.  The costs of handling an order would make the price
of the nameplates higher than most folks would want to pay.  However, as I
noted above, if you want the complete new HP e3000 look on a racked server,
you can get it with the purchase of both the bezel and nameplate.

Dave Snow
CSY Marketing

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Again, my apologies to Chris for missing his question.

HTH,

Bill Lancaster