Re: SRC B600-F103 (was "Howto get full SRC info") -- MIDRANGE-L

Did you check that the two I_Base CDs were both the same level?  There is
a little letter about the I_Base and it will say RSG or RSF or RSE.  You
always want to use the latest letter.  Basically the later the last letter
the more current the 5722-999 (micro-code) product is with PTFs.  This is
only the microcode, all other CDs are the exact same.

Pete

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Subject: SRC B600-F103 (was "Howto get full SRC info")
From:    "Antonio Fernandez-Vicenti" <afvaiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:    Sat, November 5, 2005 6:21 pm
To:      "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> As promised, my "update", but not quite:
>
> Today we tried again the Upgrade from V5R2 to V5R3 that gave us SRC
> B600-F103 as mentioned in my previous posts.
> We were supposed to repeat everything again, to provide Rochester with
> add'l info (words 12, 13.. 19) on SRC B600F103 we had received, up until
> now.
>
> Today we tried it again, but ... Customer had received two identical
> shipments for the upgrade CD's. Don't know why. Indeed we had checked
> them in advance just to make sure they were "absolutely the same" (same
> built, same code, same everything...).
> So, when we started today, I just thought, let's try with the other CD
> set... It should make no difference... and to our surprise it worked!
>  Installed Microcode, OS/400 and LPP's.
>
> Well, things never come easy... After upgrading, had to install PTFs:
> Cumulative and Hiper/DB Group PTFs .
> Fifth CD from the Cumulative gave an error. What shall we do if PTFs
> can't install?
> Happily enough, the 820 had two OPT drives..  Tried from OPT02 and it
> could read the same CD OPT01 couldn't!
>
> So, finally everything worked out...
>
> Now : we did not provide Rochester with feedback for B600F103...
> Don't either know why PTFs fifth CD couldn't be read from OPT01 but was
> read by OPT02...
>
> I'm just writing this down just in case anybody else runs into similar
> problems.
> Thanks to all who answered my original post.
>
> Antonio Fernandez-Vicenti escribió:
>
>> Larry, John, Jim, ... Thanks to all who answered.
>> Tomorrow Saturday is the day. Will keep our fingers crossed..., and
>> will keep you informed of the outcome.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Larry Bolhuis escribió:
>>
>>> Antonio,
>>>
>>>  You are correct. When the server stops yellow light on an SRC it
>>> displays word 11 by default. You may then up arrow to word 12 and
>>> press enter (blue) to display it. Same with 13 etc. Some words may be
>>> all 0's. Additinally some SRCs populate more words than others so
>>> just keep pressing up and enter until no more words are available.
>>
>>
> --
> Antonio Fernandez-Vicenti
> afvaiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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