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The V=F is the speed of the IPL, usually not used unless your CE is there or you do a serious hardware install, as far as I know. The T can be T or P and it shows which side of the SERVER microcode (FSP code) which the system is booting to (temp or perm, just like A and B for iSeries). SupportLine is correct that the setting is important. It should *ALWAYS* be at T unless you have some sort of major issue with the server microcode. I am not aware of any reason to change it otherwise and highly recommend against it. Personally, I wouldn't touch it unless IBM said so. The main difference between a single-image system (twinax console, no HMC) is that by default when you load a cume PTF package, the server firmware is updated at the PWRDWNSYS, which is why a powerdown after a cume with an updated microcode PTF (MHxxxxx) on a single-image box takes 30-45 minutes. If you have an HMC-managed box, the standard setting in ASM is for the server firmware (FSP) to be updated via code links from HMC, which is why if you load a cume pack in an i5/OS partition you'll see "Server firmware updates not allowed" or some such message on the DSPPTF of 5722999. I'm not sure of the exact message text. Additionally, setting the A/B/C/D and manual/normal bits is set in HMC on a multi-partition system, whereas on a single-image box it's done via the control panel. Same goes for server firmware boot-side, although it can also be changed in ASM on both a single-image and HMC-managed. I'm going to recommend infocenter at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/infocenter, and go from there for more details. I'd add a link or two, but it seems to be impossible to link to infocenter anymore! =) Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Administrator IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5 Kingland Systems Corporation email - justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Franz Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:43 AM To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: i5 520 control panel Is there an easy way to know right control panel settings for ipl's and applying ptfs? I had a talk with Rochester when an iop card went bad on my 520. Used to be : 01 B N was a normal ipl 01 B M was a manual ipl Now they have added a new character 01 B N V=F T (on 2nd line) they told me the "T" is very important. It can be other characters. He gave me a brief explanation which I didn't get. I need to understand this for both twinax console and hmc console machines. jim -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication, including attachments, is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential, and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or believe you received this communication in error, please reply to the sender indicating that fact and delete the copy you received. In addition, retention, dissemination, distribution, copying, or otherwise use of the information contained in this communication is strictly prohibited. Thank you.
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