Re: Getting ready for 6.1.1 to 7.2 upgrade -- MIDRANGE-L

Ours is an 8202-E4B, POWER7. Looks to be supported. I've not found where our
tape and optical drives are NOT supported as yet.

Looking at Logical hardware Resources in STRSST I see the following:

(System bus resources)
                                                               Resource
Opt Description                    Type-Model  Status          Name
    HSL I/O Bridge                  2BFC-      Operational     BC01
     Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC04
      System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB05
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI03D
        Virtual IOP                 2BD9-001   Operational     CMB06
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI01D
        Virtual IOP            *    2BE1-001   Operational     CMB01
     Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC03
      System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB04
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI02D
    HSL I/O Bridge                  2BFC-      Operational     BC02
     Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC05
    System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB06
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI04D
        Virtual IOP                 574E-001   Operational     CMB08
     Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC06
      System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB07
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI05D
        Virtual IOP                 574E-001   Operational     CMB07
    Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC07
    System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB08
       Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI06D
    Bus Expansion Adapter          2BFC-      Operational     BCC08
     System Bus                    2BFC-      Operational     LB09
      Multi-adapter Bridge         2BFC-      Operational     PCI07D
   Local HSL NIC                   2BFC-      Operational     BCC09
    System Bus                     2BFC-      Operational     LB01
    Virtual IOP                   266D-001   Operational     CMB02
   Virtual Bus Exp Adapter             -      Operational     BCC01
    Virtual System Bus                 -      Operational     LB02
     Virtual IOP                <  268C-001   Operational     CMB05
      Virtual IOP                   6B03-001   Operational     CMB04
     Virtual IOP                   6B03-001   Operational     CMB03

(HSL resources):
                                                               HSL
                              Resource   Hardware       Loop   OptiConnect
Opt Description               Name       Status         Number Status
    Local HSL NIC             BCC09      Operational
     HSL Loop                 SB01       Operational     1668  Not Available

Reading thru the docs to see if all of that is supported...

Thanks,
TomH

On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 12:57 -0400, Rob Berendt wrote:

When you're coming from hardware that old be sure that:

A - The model you are upgrading from will support 7.2
B - There are not particular cards and features within that model which
are not compatible with 7.2

For (A) check out
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi

For (B) we were killed by that.  Our model supported 7.2 but none of the
disk drives and cards within it would.  That's when we got all new Power
8's.
So this is not just "an unlikely possibility".

http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/v7r2/hardware.html
<snip>
Hardware considerations before upgrading to IBM i 7.2 on POWER6, May 2014
IBM i 7.2 will not support RIO/HSL loops or drawers on POWER6
IBM i 7.2 on POWER6 does not support IOPs or IOP based adapters
IOPless (Smart IOA) options are available for all I/O attachments (except
Twinax and IXS) and provide more efficient attachment of I/O. Customers
using IOP based I/O must move off IOPs to enable upgrading to IBM i 7.2.
Go to IBM i 7.2 Memo to users for additional details.
</snip>

If you can't figure out what "IBM i 7.2 will not support RIO/HSL loops or
drawers on POWER6" means then the Memo to Users tries to explain that with
things like:
IBM i 7.2 will not support RIO/HSL loops or drawers on POWER6
RIO/HSL I/O drawer feature codes include:
v #0595/5095/7311-D20
v #0694
v #0696
v #5790/7311-D11
v #5094/5294/5096/5296
v #5088/0588
v #5791/5794/7040-61D
...
...
...

If you still can't figure this out, then you probably should contract this
upgrade out.

<snip>
A partial list of adapters supported on POWER6 servers which require an
IOP includes:
v #4746 Twinax Workstation Controller (which means no twinax
displays/printers unless an OEM
conversion device is used)
</snip>
Apparently the loss of twinax sends some into a curled up fetal position.

Rob Berendt
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