Re: No connection to System from HMC after firmware upgrade

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Remember there are charts which say which versions of HMC are compatible
with which versions of firmware
IBM - FLRT Supported code combinations for IBM Power Systems
<https://esupport.ibm.com/customercare/flrt/mtm#tab_p5>
Hopefully you didn't upgrade one or the other outside the overlaps.


On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 4:33 PM Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "She's dead Jim" is all the comes to mind....
>
> Finally got around to updating the HMC (went well) and then decided to
> bite the bullet and upgrade the firmware on my Power 9.  All seemed to
> be going well until I got to the activating stage where the FSP was
> supposed to reboot.  It never came back....
>
> Upgraded the firmware from VL910 to VL950.  System is a 9009-41A, IBM i
> at 7.4 (latest TR and PTF IIRC).  The error I see on the system panel in
> the HMC is "Firmware not ready" - No connection 0406-0001-000000.  All
> things point to the FW upgrade failing somehow.  The system is remote so
> I will need to get in front of it to see what SRC's are displaying.  Not
> sure how to recover from a firmware upgrade failure at this point.  No
> hardware support on this box, just SWMA.
>
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