Re: Are these I/O LIC updates concurrent?

IOA fw updates are NOT concurrent, by that i mean that depending the order
in which the HMC decides to apply them, the time between updates and how
much redundancy you configured into the VIOS (SEA with FailOver?, Same
disks presented by each VIOS to each LPAR? etc) you might experience an
outage.
While AIX updates an HBA's firmware said HBA is NOT moving data, the same
happens for the 10Gb Eth cards.
IO Updates have to be scheduled but if you have a well implemented DualVios
solution, you can do one first and the other next.

Best Regards,
Roberto

On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 4:58 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am doing a concurrent update of Power 8 firmware from FW810.20 (101),
aka 01SV810, to FW810.21 (108).
My Power 8's each have two lpars of VIOS. Two of the three Power 8's have
an lpar of AIX. They all have 4-5 lpars of IBM i.

During the process I get this window which states: "Select I/O LIC to
install updates. Click Advanced to view I/O device details or to change
the selected I/O devices."
I clicked on the Advanced and get this window with columns detailing each
"Device". For example:
cd0 - SATA DVD-RAM Drive RMBO0140512
ent1 - PCIe2 2-Port 10GbE SFP+Copper or 10GbE SR Adapter
ent2 - PCIe2 2-Port 10GbE SFP+Copper or 10GbE SR Adapter
fcs0 - 8 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre Channel Adapter
fcs1 - 8 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre Channel Adapter
pdisk0 - Savvio 15K.3 146/300GB SAS Disk Drive
pdisk1 - Savvio 15K.3 146/300GB SAS Disk Drive
sissas0 - PCIe3 RAID SAS Adapter Quad-port 6Gb x8 & PCIe3 SAS Tape Adapter
...

Off to the right are columns entitled: Current Level, Available Level,
Effect, Suggested Action.
Effect is always "Take Offline", irregardless of whether or not the
current level matches the available level.
Suggested Actions is either "No action" or "Update", depending on whether
or not the current level matches the Available level.

Judging by that "Take Offline" I am concerned about trying these
concurrently. What say ye?

Rob Berendt
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