Re: V5R4M0 upgrade - HMC as well?

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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
>