Re: Note on SF240_382 firmware

["Justin C. Haase" <jchaase@xxxxxxxxx>]

Aaaah, indeed!  Should have specified that my caveat was not the only
way it could be disruptive.  I guess I should also mention if you're
going up a release level (SF235 to SF240, for example), that's also
disruptive.

But all the "nerdery" aside, I'm sort of disappointed - we've gone
soooooo long without a need for a disruptive - back in the SF230,
SF235's it seemed to happen more often.  Wonder if the FW will consume
any more memory this time around.  Hopefully we can go another 12
months or so without a disruptive.

The wording on the cover letter is hilarious though - something about
"if you put this on, the CEC will drop and you'll need to restart your
partitions."  Yeah - just restart them - no worries about how they
came down or restarting processes or anything like that.  Good times!

jch

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Pete
Massiello<pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Justin,
>
>        It's also disruptive when the last number is greater than the
> current fixlevel you are running.  So as an example, if you had loaded onto
> your machine, 01_SF240_338.  Then, when you load the lastest fix of
> 01_SF240_382_382, the last 3 digits are greater than the current fix package
> of 338, so it will be disruptive.
>
>        Good catch, and thanks for the warning.
>
>        Pete
>
> Pete Massiello
> iTech Solutions
> http://www.itechsol.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Justin C. Haase
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 4:31 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Note on SF240_382 firmware
>
> Be sure to read the cover letter.  This one is disruptive due to a
> change of the last number in the firmware level.  The one which
> doesn't usually get mentioned.  SF240 has had the same "last
> disruptive" of 201 since it came out.  And from the wording on the
> cover letter, it sounds like it doesn't give you any warning when it
> bounces the CEC and all your LPARs.  Haven't tried and don't care to
> crash LPARs to find out, tho.
>
> A service pack is disruptive if the service pack level and the last
> disruptive service pack level are equal.  The latest version is
> SF240_382_382.
>
> Enjoy!
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