Thanks, I had just convinced myself of that part from one of their confusing tables. Adding to the confusion, we upgraded that system from a 520 to a 520 :) (POWER5 to POWER6)
The system firmware version detail page confirms that as well:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=01EL350_132_038#1.0_Systems_Affected
System i 520 (8203-E4A)
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Sean Porterfield
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Bipes
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 15:56
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: HMC software and V7R1
Well a E4A is a power 6, 520. I love how confusing IBM makes their model numbers. I liked the B10, C10, D10, E10, F10 series. We would be at L series if they just stayed the same.
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Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Porterfield, Sean
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:40 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: HMC software and V7R1
I looked through these links, the ones at
http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/HMC_Operations and the ones in some more recent mailing list messages, but I can't for the life of me find where it says what is required for V7R1.
I see the table of HMC version to firmware version.
I think one of the links below took me to a page where I could enter Model=E4A, Machine Type=8203, Feature code=5577, but the table returned only lists V6R1 and V5R4.
The wiki page above has a section
http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/HMC_Operations#What_versions_of_firmware_are_required_for_the_various_levels_of_i5.2Fos.3F that doesn't mention V7R1. I clicked the links for the V6R1 and V5R4 pages but didn't see anywhere on them that mentioned the OS version.
I'm on V5R4M5, HMC V7R3.5.0, Firmware EL350_039.
I did find
http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/osmapping.html that shows my other system (9406-520) supports 7.1, so I'm "assuming" my newer E4A does, but it's not on the list at all.
http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/v7r1/hardware.html just shows POWER6 Power 520, 550, 560, 570, 595. Where is E4A?
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