Re: V5R4M0 upgrade - HMC as well?

Thanks again. Good news that I don't have to bring down the partitions!

No real *fear* of the HMC, just a lack of familiarity. Our company systems are a 270 and a small 520 with no HMC and I have 5 other customers that I regularly work with that don't have an HMC either. I have one larger customer who does have an HMC but since I don't regularly need system access, I haven't really used it all that frequently. We do, however, plan to get an HMC managed 525 when the lease is up on our 520, then I'll get a chance to get my hands dirty more often.

That is the great part about this list, there is always someone with some real world experience that can be tapped into.

I'll do some more homework and let you know how it goes.

Pete


rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Your FSP, (not your HMC), is not that far behind. You're on SF240_219. The latest is SF240_320_201. The cool part is that you can upgrade from 219 to 320 non-disruptive. Meaning that anything at SF240, and above 201 can be installed non-disruptive. Non-disruptive means that you do NOT have to power down the lpars to apply it. For confirmation on this check out:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/firmware/gjsn?mode=30&page=01SF240_320_201.html
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/ibmscdirect/E58D7BBF0EAC9A2786256EAD005F54D8

However you really need to get over your fear of your HMC and start using it, after all, you did pay for it. Stop using STRSST to check flash levels. Start using HMC to install upgrades, especially if you want to do them non-disruptive.

Now, according to this matrix:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/power5cm/supportedcode.html
clicking on "Supported HMC and POWER5 Server Code combinations (excluding 595 and 590)"
your level of HMC is not supported on that level of FSP.
So first I would upgrade your HMC to V6R1. Then I would upgrade your FSP to SF240_320. Then I would upgrade your HMC to V7R3 (and appropriate fix packs).
All this can be done without any notice by your end users.

For information as to how to get new HMC code, and new FSP code check out
http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral
- System i family
- Server Firmware and
- Hardware Management Console.


Rob Berendt