RE: HMC Console necessary?

Rob and others,

I just had a conversation with my IBM Techline guy and he confirmed our
findings with Rochester. The 7310-C04 won't be able to support Power7
boxes. He said they said, at best, it might be questionable if it only had
to support a single server with a few partitions, but would not be
supported. In my case, I want it to support a Power5 and a Power7 and they
said no.

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Garvey
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:18 PM
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Subject: RE: HMC Console necessary?

SEEMS that way.

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
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Subject: RE: HMC Console necessary?

Interesting. I read that first sentence and ignored the rest. So, while my
HMC's are CR2's I can upgrade them to V7R7 (already have), but I cannot
control any Power 7's from them. We just have Power 6 boxes. So, if we
upgrade to Power 7 I will need new HMC's.

Rob Berendt
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From: "Chris Bipes" <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/08/2010 05:40 PM
Subject: RE: HMC Console necessary?
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So it appears from the note below, I can run the latest software on my
C04 but cannot manage my Power 7 system on order. I will definitely call
IBM before the contract is signed. And if the business partner miss
directed me, they will have to upgrade my HMC for free...Ya right.

Package notes:
HMC Model 7310-C03 cannot be upgraded to HMC Version 7.7 If an HMC is used
to manage any POWER7 processor-based server, the HMC must be a model CR3, or
later model, rack-mount HMC or a model C05, or later model, desk-side HMC.
When IBM Systems Director is used to manage an HMC or if the HMC manages
more than 254 partitions, the HMC should have a minimum of 3GB of RAM and be
CR3 model or later rack-mount or C06 or later deskside. HMC Version 7.7.1
supports managing a maximum of 48 servers (non Power 590/595 models) or 32
IBM Power 590/595 servers with a maximum of 1024 partitions across the
managed servers. The following HMC System Plan functions are not implemented
for servers based on
POWER7 technology:
Create system plan (mksysplan) capture of VIOS provisioning info (storage
pools, etherchannels, shared ethernet adapters) Deploy system plan
Auto-install of VIOS, AIX and Linux partitions. Auto-provision storage
pools, shared ethernet adapters and etherchannels by system plan deployment.

--
Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 12:50 PM
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Subject: RE: HMC Console necessary?

I see that the C03 will not support the latest.
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/c32447c09fb9a1f186256a6c0050422
7/e7d7afbe7d971d1f862577a100698a82?OpenDocument

Where are you finding information about the C04?