Re: IMPL of P0 partition -- MIDRANGE-L

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Why is this a lie? There is no disk controller, no disks, no LAN card, slots used. No i5/OS maintenance or security. Nothing to load when you get the machine like a P0 partition, the FSP code is already there. The FSP sits in a reserved slot leaving all other resources for your use. In addition many FSP fixes can now be loaded concurrently without taking down any partitions at all. This is a great improvement over LPAR on pre-i5 machines. Granted it's not perfect and you do have to restart all partitions during an FSP Version upgrade, but it's certainly better and is improving. It's clearly not a lie.

- Larry

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

And, are you ready for the big lie? When you go to an i5 (520, etc) there will be no controlling partition. It's all done with a FSP (Flexible Service Processor) controlled by a HMC (Hardware Management Console).

However, when you put on a firmware upgrade on to the FSP you still have to IPL the FSP will which, in turn, require you to drop all the partitions. Same stuff, different day. Even if you have redundant FSPs.

Rob Berendt

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