RE: Is this Power 9 GA2 firmware?

Rob,

Any update on this?
Do you think we, (you and me) will be able to use our P8/P7 SSDs on P9.

Thanks
Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Berendt
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 10:28 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Is this Power 9 GA2 firmware?

On a LinkedIn post a knowledgeable IBMer informed me that this is NOT GA2. The announcements are just catching up.
So sad.

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Steinmetz, Paul --- RE: Is this Power 9 GA2 firmware? ---
From:"Steinmetz, Paul" <PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx>To:"'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Date:Tue, Jul 10, 2018 12:02 PMSubject:RE: Is this Power 9 GA2 firmware?

Rob,I didn't see those drives on the list of SSD that can be migrated.Let me know what you find out.Good luck.I'm in a similar boat.Paul-----Original Message-----From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob BerendtSent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 11:43 AMTo: Midrange Systems Technical DiscussionSubject: RE: Is this Power 9 GA2 firmware?Found a "SYSTEM CONFIGURATION LIST" from May of this year.5887's are full of 59C2-109, Part number = 00LY369ESLS's are full of 5B11-109, Part number = 00E8705Trying to bring alive the 5887's.Rob Berendt-- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1Group DekkoDept 1600Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738Ship to: Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755http://www.dekko.comFrom: "Steinmetz, Paul" <PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx>To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Date: 07/10/2018 11:23 AMSubject: RE: Is this Power 9 GA2 firmware?Sent by:

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Rob,Do you have access to any of the paper work from your previous P8s.The SSD feature would be included there if your BP sends you the .csv or .rtf files. Paul-----Original Message-----From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob BerendtSent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 11:11 AMTo: Midrange Systems Technical DiscussionSubject: RE: Is this Power 9 GA2 firmware?What I've currently running on Power 9 are these SSD's:Type. . . . . . . . . . . . : 5B11 Model . . . . . . . . . . . : 109 Level . . . . . . . . . . . : 2 Resource Name . . . . . . . : DMP067RAID 5/ActiveHot spareLeaving the size of each disk at 727418.According to https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ca/POWER8/p8ecs/p8ecs_drive_parts.htmThese are 775GB drives at 4k block size.These are newer drives than the ones I-Your data has been truncated.