Re: V5R4M0 upgrade - HMC as well?

Thanks. Pete had given me good counsel on this.

Pete or Rob, any WAG on the time required to move an old HMC version to the latest and greatest? Biggest concern is the amount of time the System i would be down. I plan to take care of the HMC upgrade first, let the dust settle, and then go to V5R4M0. As a quick refresher the HMC version info is:

V 4.0
Release 3.3
HMC Build level 20050114.1
MH00224
Backup/Restore fix level (02-17-2005)

FLASHLEVELS in SST show:

LS Flash Sync Enabled. OS MANAGED Base Level: Side Date/Time MI Keyword PTFs (V5R3M0)
------------- ------------- ---------- -------------
Memory 20060505/1020 SF240_219 MH00678 Flash P 20050311/1416 SF225_096 MH00248 Flash T 20060505/1020 SF240_219 MH00678 Load Source A 20050311/1416 SF225_096 MH00248 Load Source B 20060505/1020 SF240_219 MH00678

Thanks,

Pete Helgren

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

There was a most recent discussion on this. I was pointed to an excellent cross reference.

Keep in mind that there are three things to keep in mind:
- Version of HMC code.
- Version of FSP code. (FSP is like the old controlling partition.)
- Version of i5/os.

This reference tells you what is supported with what. In our case we had to upgrade our HMC from V5.? to the last version of V6 currently available. Then we upgraded our FSP code. Then we finished upgrading our HMC to V7.
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/power5cm/supportedcode.html

Viewing existing firmware levels:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r3s/topic/ipha5/viewexistlevel.htm

Rob Berendt