Re: HMC question

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not so fast! You CAN Hook a blade to an HMC now with 7.7.6 or newer HMC 
Code.

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On 7/22/2013 3:05 PM, Roberto José Etcheverry Romero wrote:

> Rob beat me to it. But yes, ALL power5 and up machines (except Blades, of
> course) can be connected to an HMC. You MIGHT have a not optimal situation
> if the HMC is at 7.7.x but it's not Unsupported, just not optimal (Power5
> only HMC's should stay at 7.3.5.xx IIRC).
> Best Regards,
> Roberto
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:00 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > You might want to read the topic "Cabling a model 9406-520, 9406-525, or
> > 9407-515 and the Hardware Management Console (HMC)"
> > at
> > http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/topic/iphah_p5/e520.htm
> >
> > And tell whomever said that it wasn't possible to RTFM.
> >
> > Rob Berendt
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> > From:   "optional info0rmation" <ldwopt@xxxxxxx>
> > To:     "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'"
> > <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Date:   07/22/2013 02:44 PM
> > Subject:        HMC question
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> >
> >
> >
> > I am back with another question about a 9406 520
> >
> >
> >
> > It is 9406 520 Feature code 7734. We were told that an HMC cannot hook up
> > to
> > this system.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is that statement true?
> >
> >
> >
> > If it can be is there anything special that has to be done?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dave Willenborg
> >
> > FNTS
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> > Omaha NE
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