Re: Getting ready for 6.1.1 to 7.2 upgrade

[Tom <tomh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ours is an 8202-E4B, POWER7. Looks to be supported. I've not found where our
tape and optical drives are NOT supported as yet. 

Looking at Logical hardware Resources in STRSST I see the following:

(System bus resources)
                                                               Resource 
Opt Description                    Type-Model  Status          Name     
    HSL I/O Bridge                  2BFC-      Operational     BC01     
     Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC04    
      System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB05     
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI03D   
        Virtual IOP                 2BD9-001   Operational     CMB06    
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI01D
        Virtual IOP            *    2BE1-001   Operational     CMB01 
     Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC03 
      System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB04  
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI02D
    HSL I/O Bridge                  2BFC-      Operational     BC02  
     Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC05 
      System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB06  
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI04D
        Virtual IOP                 574E-001   Operational     CMB08 
     Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC06 
      System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB07  
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI05D
        Virtual IOP                 574E-001   Operational     CMB07 
     Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC07 
      System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB08  
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI06D
     Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC08 
      System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB09  
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI07D
    Local HSL NIC                   2BFC-      Operational     BCC09 
     System Bus                     2BFC-      Operational     LB01  
      Virtual IOP                   266D-001   Operational     CMB02 
    Virtual Bus Exp Adapter             -      Operational     BCC01 
     Virtual System Bus                 -      Operational     LB02  
      Virtual IOP                <  268C-001   Operational     CMB05 
      Virtual IOP                   6B03-001   Operational     CMB04 
      Virtual IOP                   6B03-001   Operational     CMB03 


(HSL resources):
                                                               HSL           
                              Resource   Hardware       Loop   OptiConnect   
Opt Description               Name       Status         Number Status        
    Local HSL NIC             BCC09      Operational                         
     HSL Loop                 SB01       Operational     1668  Not Available 


Reading thru the docs to see if all of that is supported...

Thanks,
TomH




On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 12:57 -0400, Rob Berendt wrote:
> When you're coming from hardware that old be sure that:
>
> A - The model you are upgrading from will support 7.2
> B - There are not particular cards and features within that model which 
> are not compatible with 7.2
>
> For (A) check out
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi
>
> For (B) we were killed by that.  Our model supported 7.2 but none of the 
> disk drives and cards within it would.  That's when we got all new Power 
> 8's.
> So this is not just "an unlikely possibility".
>
> http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/v7r2/hardware.html
> <snip>
> Hardware considerations before upgrading to IBM i 7.2 on POWER6, May 2014
> IBM i 7.2 will not support RIO/HSL loops or drawers on POWER6
> IBM i 7.2 on POWER6 does not support IOPs or IOP based adapters
> IOPless (Smart IOA) options are available for all I/O attachments (except 
> Twinax and IXS) and provide more efficient attachment of I/O. Customers 
> using IOP based I/O must move off IOPs to enable upgrading to IBM i 7.2.
> Go to IBM i 7.2 Memo to users for additional details.
> </snip>
>
> If you can't figure out what "IBM i 7.2 will not support RIO/HSL loops or 
> drawers on POWER6" means then the Memo to Users tries to explain that with 
> things like:
> IBM i 7.2 will not support RIO/HSL loops or drawers on POWER6
> RIO/HSL I/O drawer feature codes include:
> v #0595/5095/7311-D20
> v #0694
> v #0696
> v #5790/7311-D11
> v #5094/5294/5096/5296
> v #5088/0588
> v #5791/5794/7040-61D
> ...
> ...
> ...
>
> If you still can't figure this out, then you probably should contract this 
> upgrade out.
>
> <snip>
> A partial list of adapters supported on POWER6 servers which require an 
> IOP includes:
> v #4746 Twinax Workstation Controller (which means no twinax 
> displays/printers unless an OEM
> conversion device is used)
> </snip>
> Apparently the loss of twinax sends some into a curled up fetal position.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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