Re: i5 520 control panel

Not to beat this to a pulp, but is "A" and "B" no longer the
designation for temp & perm and now it is "T" and "P" ?
If so, does A/B have any real meaning on i5?
jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Haase, Justin C." <justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:04 AM
Subject: RE: i5 520 control panel


> 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
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