Re: IOA FW level determination from IBM i?

Oh, In this case it's an EJ0L card, the SAS controller that's also the
internal controller in most of the P8's.
The latest FW is 19512900, and if the VIOS card levels are any indication,
they are no higher than 145xxxx
Just as well that I usually update all IO cards manually when building a
new machine. I'll consider running that macro to obtain fw levels and check
for critical updates, just another thing that I cannot get programmatically.

Roberto

On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 3:25 PM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What is the card feature code?
What is the desired firmware level?

Rob Berendt
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Hi all,

One thing that I have to admit is easier on AIX/Linux is to keep track and
update FW for the various devices in the system.
In this particular case I am trying to find out the FW level of a SAS card
since it is one of those P8/P9 cards that have FW issues that lead to the
cache being disabled. I find no mention of the FW level in my search of the
PTF repository nor a mention of "This level is included in PTF XXXXXXXXX"
when searching for the adapter itself on Fix Central.
I can create an LPAR profile for AIX, boot the diag CD and find out/apply
the fix, but I would find it hard to believe that IBM i would not apply
critical fw fixes such as these in a PTF, and yet my google-fu cannot find
a document where a PTF is mentioned side by side a fw level...

What might I be missing?

Best Regards,

Roberto
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