Re: HMC and firmware upgrade Was: Power Outage Checklist? -- MIDRANGE-L

It almost sounds like the SPCN network is hosed on Frank's machine. If it were properly set up the individual components would all start when the host system is powered on as Rob describes. This does not mean the LPARs will all start, only that all the equipment would power up.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects

On 5/24/2012 8:53 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

There are communication cables that daisy chain each expansion unit to
each other or to the system unit. When the system unit says it's time to
wake up they do so. CC'ing you so that I can attach a simple video (which
the list strips off).

Rob Berendt
-- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept 1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 Ship to: Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com From: fbocch2595@xxxxxxx To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx, Date: 05/24/2012 09:36 AM Subject: Re: HMC and firmware upgrade Was: Power Outage Checklist? Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx Rob, so you don't have to physically go to the back of the rack and power up your disk units, etc.? -----Original Message----- From: rob <rob@xxxxxxxxx> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wed, May 23, 2012 3:05 pm Subject: Re: HMC and firmware upgrade Was: Power Outage Checklist? Go to ttps://yourhmc/hmc/connect og in as hscroot lick on "Systems Management". Expand "Servers". Put a check mark next o your server. At the bottom expand Operations. Select Power On or ctivate or whatever the terminology is. If you go to HMC Management and, click at the top, on HMC Version, what do ou have for version and release? ob Berendt - BM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 roup Dekko ept 1600 ail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 hip to: Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 ttp://www.dekko.com From: fbocch2595@xxxxxxx o: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx, ate: 05/23/2012 12:54 PM ubject: Re: HMC and firmware upgrade Was: Power Outage Checklist? ent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx hanks Rob. What's the steps on the HMC to complete the power on and is here any way to do it by activating a partition? rank -----Original Message----- rom: rob <rob@xxxxxxxxx> o: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ent: Wed, May 23, 2012 11:26 am ubject: Re: HMC and firmware upgrade Was: Power Outage Checklist? ssuming all your tape drives and disk drives are plugged into the rack th your hardware running IBM i then yes you could have powered it all up om the HMC. And you could have accessed your HMC remotely from home, ile in your PJ's, and have done so. 've powered off all three lpars on one rack, IPLed the rack to put on rmware, brought the lpars back up. Got into their system consoles, etc. nd not have been in the same city. ob Berendt M Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 oup Dekko pt 1600 il to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 ip to: Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 tp://www.dekko.com rom: fbocch2595@xxxxxxx : midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx, te: 05/23/2012 11:20 AM bject: Re: HMC and firmware upgrade Was: Power Outage Checklist? nt by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx Folks, we lost power last night and when it was restored I had to nually power on our disk units and tape drives, etc. Could I have wered up the HMC first and then used the HMC to power them up? anks for the info, Frank -----Original Message----- om: rob <rob@xxxxxxxxx> : Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> nt: Wed, May 2, 2012 4:35 pm bject: HMC and firmware upgrade Was: Power Outage Checklist? 've been in your shoes - actually much worse - on backlevel hmc and mware. Had to do multiple staggers. I had to stagger from V5something HMC to V7something because V7 offers kick butt remote control with ular browsers and no pc software required. C code can be upgraded midday with no downtime of your IBM Power tform. Actually upgrading the HMC controlling TWO Power 6's as I type s. tually, I recommend upgrading your HMC NOT at the same time as you're rading firmware. You don't want your console down when you're IPLing r Power platform. b Berendt Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 up Dekko t 1600 l to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 p to: Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 p://www.dekko.com rom: rob@xxxxxxxxx Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, e: 05/02/2012 02:53 PM ject: Re: Power Outage Checklist? t by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx ou may want to consider stepping up on all three: 1 to i7.1 3.3.0.1 to V7R7.4 20 to EM350 these last two - you're getting down towards a pinch off of support. 're already at the point where you have to stagger upgrades. ps://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/power5cm3/emtablep6.html st step: Upgrade your HMC from V7R3.3 to V7R3.5 ond step: Upgrade your firmware from EM320 to EM350 rd step: Upgrade your HMC from V7R3.5 to V7R7.4 aying current on firmware will: nsure you can put on hardware that needs it with less downtime at the e you need it catching up on firmware e ready for OS upgrades which may require new firmware f your HMC fries and IBM has to air you a new one preloaded at a higher vel of HMC code you're ready to go. ake advantage of fixes and security patches aying current on HMC code will: llow you to use newer browsers which may poorly render prior levels of code! et the best of experiences with remote connections and what not llow you to use latest firmware (see above) f your power 6 suffers catastrophic hardware loss and needs replacing 'll have a hmc ready to go at the latest firmware level. ven if just your FSP needs replacing it may come preloaded at newer mware. ake advantage of fixes and security patches. b Berendt Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 up Dekko t 1600 l to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 p to: Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 p://www.dekko.com rom: fbocch2595@xxxxxxx midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx, e: 05/02/2012 02:33 PM ject: Re: Power Outage Checklist? t by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx ob, we're at V6R1 of the OS and for HMC we're at V7R3.3.0.1 and 20_076. I think that s/b ok. Thanks -----Original Message----- m: rob <rob@xxxxxxxxx> Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> t: Wed, May 2, 2012 1:35 pm ject: Re: Power Outage Checklist? w much time have you got? st, ensure that your HMC is running a level of HMC code compatible with r power system's firmware. Some people do a big no-no on HMC managed ines and configure firmware upgrades to come from the ptf's applied to partition. The problem with that is your firmware can get so aded that your HMC can no longer manage it. Bringing the system up scratch after a power outage is not the time to discover that. s://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/power5cm/supportedcode.html n power off all partitions using your normal steps, with the last being DWNSYS RESTART(*NO), with other appropriate options n use the HMC to power off the 'system' itself. power off the HMC. n power is restored: our UPS got drained, wait until that builds up a little reserve. r up your HMC. your HMC to power up the 'system'. the system is ready, use your HMC to bring up your lpars. Bring up ed lpar's before bringing up any guest lpars. Berendt Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 p Dekko 1600 to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 to: Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 ://www.dekko.com om: fbocch2595@xxxxxxx midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx, : 05/02/2012 10:18 AM ect: Power Outage Checklist? by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx Folks, we've got a planned power outage coming up and I'm wondering the correct steps would be to power down and then start up after the r is out? t about the HMC, any specifics on how to shut that down, or is that necessary? What about startup too, will power be restored to the HMC iSeries and provide screen access to both? on't think we've ever lost power in our data center before. nks, Frank