Re: HMC 7310-CR3

[Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

HMC is supported on POWER5 hardware and UP, POWER5 hardware requires a
minimum of v5r3m0 (m5 for p5+ machines) so i guess the lowest you can go is
v5r3m0 on a POWER5.
I currently have my hmc (7310-CR3) at v7r7.3.0.1 (have to update it later)
controlling:
2x 8204-E8A (power6 550)
1x 9405-520 (power5+ 520)
1x 9406-520 (power5 520)
1x 9407-M15 (power6 520 Express IIRC)

And all of them work perfectly.

Best Regards,



On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:09 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/osmapping.html
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi
>
> I don't think there's ever been a firmware that was too new for a level of
> IBM i.  Hardware's another matter.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   Joe Wood <wood3875@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Date:   06/03/2013 10:51 AM
> Subject:        Re: HMC 7310-CR3
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>
>
> Rob,
>
> Thank you for your insight and additional links.
>
> Out of curiosity, with current HMC code and Firmware on
> Power5/Power5+/Power6, what is theoretical "oldest" OS/400 release that
> could be installed.  What dictates or controls that ?  I assume V5R4 and
> later would install under the HMC environment, but "could" you go back
> preV5R4 to create a
> LPAR running non-supported OS/400 test bed ?
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:46 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Yes, a CR3 can handle Power 7.  As per:
> > http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=MH01343
> > We're running a couple of CR2's which will not.
> > "HMC V7R760 was the last release supported on models 7310-C04 and
> > 7310-CR2."  Which leads me to believe that 7.7.7 should work on your
> CR3.
> > Check
>
> https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/power5cm/supportedcode.html
>
> > and
> > DSPFMWSTS
> > to ensure that you're ready to rock.
> >
> > As soon as you get to HMC change your system to upgrade firmware from
> that
> > and NOT *OPSYS!  Otherwise there is a potential to upgrade your firmware
> > past that which your HMC will support.
> >
> > I will say that we went from HMC V5 to V7 after I saw the capabilities
> of
> > V7.  Awesome compared to earlier releases.  We had to step upgrade
> > hmc-firmware-hmc-firmware-hmc-... to get there.  We were really behind.
> > (see previous paragraph)
> >
> > STW on Infocenter and changing console.
> > One link (that started acting up while I was using it)
>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/hw/index.jsp?topic=/iphca/chgconsoles.htm
>
> >
>
> http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzahc/rzahcswsdsppor2t.htm
>
> > 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:   Joe Wood <wood3875@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Date:   05/31/2013 11:14 AM
> > Subject:        HMC 7310-CR3
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> >
> >
> >
> > HMC Users/Experts,
> >
> > We are strongly leaning towards implementing a HMC 7310-CR3 running V7.7
> > (latest code) as it supports Power5, Power6, and Power7.
> >
> > What are the gotcha's, best practices, and lessons learned that you can
> > share as we travel this path.  I could be highly influenced as we have
> no
> > commitments in place.  It must support existing Power5/6 (V5R4 & V7R1).
> >  The existing machines are LAN console'd and current on Firmware Status
> > set
> > to *OPSYS.  All that I've read tells me this model is also Power7
> capable,
> > so we have future growth options.
> >
> > Thanks for sharing.
> >
> >
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