Re: Firmware entitlement key?

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Under updates in the HMC select the Power8 and view system information 
and then display current values. That will show an "Update Access Key 
Expiration" value for any POWER8 server.

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 10/30/2015 2:12 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I was reading Pete Massiello's company's newsletter at:
> http://info.itechsol.com/newsletter-oct-2015?ecid=ACsprvvgyRHOCdgKZ-AlG07752tFpBpHmXdYG1wMv1cJz5LW1RX5exBmEodKCeNWpSzWkBMso7UO&utm_campaign=monthly-newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=23323543&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--14jwSBmIyxY4Y7g8EcNhH6j2yXXUv7q6R41X6I2h_Aa1LkQCZMDqFepZF6Sv3VNUMfxsW0HNsJMf98Kb-ZBm6YJhfxw&_hsmi=23323543
> and it talks about a firmware entitlement key.
>
> I have a power 8.  I checked firmware on a HMC managed 7.2 lpar and I see
> no sign of said key.
>                             Display Firmware Status
>
> Service partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   No
> Firmware update policy  . . . . . . . . . . :   *HMC
> Server IPL source . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   Temporary
> Firmware product ID/release . . . . . . . . :   5733908  V1R1M0
>               ---Server firmware----
>               Fix           PTF
> Copy         pack          ID
> *ACTIVE      SV830_068     MH01544
>               FW830.10
> *TEMP        SV830_068     MH01544
>               FW830.10
> *PERM        SV830_068     MH01544
>               FW830.10
>
>
>
>
> Rob Berendt