Re: Firmware entitlement key? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Under updates in the HMC select the Power8 and view system information and then display current values. That will show an "Update Access Key Expiration" value for any POWER8 server.

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On 10/30/2015 2:12 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I was reading Pete Massiello's company's newsletter at:
http://info.itechsol.com/newsletter-oct-2015?ecid=ACsprvvgyRHOCdgKZ-AlG07752tFpBpHmXdYG1wMv1cJz5LW1RX5exBmEodKCeNWpSzWkBMso7UO&utm_campaign=monthly-newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=23323543&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--14jwSBmIyxY4Y7g8EcNhH6j2yXXUv7q6R41X6I2h_Aa1LkQCZMDqFepZF6Sv3VNUMfxsW0HNsJMf98Kb-ZBm6YJhfxw&_hsmi=23323543
and it talks about a firmware entitlement key.

I have a power 8. I checked firmware on a HMC managed 7.2 lpar and I see
no sign of said key.
Display Firmware Status

Service partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Firmware update policy . . . . . . . . . . : *HMC
Server IPL source . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Temporary
Firmware product ID/release . . . . . . . . : 5733908 V1R1M0
---Server firmware----
Fix PTF
Copy pack ID
*ACTIVE SV830_068 MH01544
FW830.10
*TEMP SV830_068 MH01544
FW830.10
*PERM SV830_068 MH01544
FW830.10

Rob Berendt

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