Power7 System Firmware

*Applies to: 8231-E1C, 8231-E2C, 8202-E4C, 8205-E6C, 8492-DW3,

8493-SV3, 8246-L2C, 8246-L2S, 8246-L1C and 8246-L1S.***
This document provides information about the installation of Licensed
Machine or Licensed Internal Code, which is sometimes referred to
generically as microcode or firmware.
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Contents
* 1.0 Systems Affected <#1.0_Systems_Affected>
* 1.1 Minimum HMC Code Level <#1.1_Minimum_HMC_Code_Level>
* 2.0 Important Information <#2.0_Important_Information>
* 3.0 Firmware Information and Description
<#3.0_Firmware_Information_and_Description>
* 4.0 How to Determine Currently Installed Firmware Level
<#4.0_How_to_Determine_Currently_Installed>
* 5.0 Downloading the Firmware Package
<#5.0_Downloading_the_Firmware_Package>
* 6.0 Installing the Firmware <#6.0_Installing_the_Firmware>
* 7.0 Firmware History <#7.0_Firmware_History>
* 8.0 Change History <#8.0_Change_History_> Revised (02/28/2014)
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1.0 Systems Affected
This package provides firmware for Power 710 (8231-E1C), Power 730
(8231-E2C), Power 720 (8202-E4C), Power 740 (8205-E6C, 8492-DW3 and
8493-SV3), PowerLinux 7R2 (8246-L2C, 8246-L2S) and PowerLinux 7R1
(8246-L1C, 8246-L1S) servers only.
The firmware level in this package is:
* *AL740_121 / FW740.70
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1.1 Minimum HMC Code Level
This section is intended to describe the "Minimum HMC Code Level"
required by the System Firmware to complete the firmware installation
process. When installing the System Firmware, the HMC level must be
equal to or higher than the "Minimum HMC Code Level" before starting the
system firmware update. If the HMC managing the server targeted for the
System Firmware update is running a code level lower than the "Minimum
HMC Code Level" the firmware update will not proceed.
The Minimum HMC Code level for this firmware is: HMC V7 R7.4.0 (PTF
MH01273 or MH01274) with PTF MH01275 (Mandatory efix).
Although the Minimum HMC Code level for this firmware is listed above,
either of the following HMC Levles and eFixes are suggested for this
firmware level.
Note that the following levels contain important fixes and should be
installed prior to updating to this firmware level.
- HMC level V7 R7.4.0 Service Pack 3 (PTF MH01324) or higher.
or
- HMC level V7 R7.7.0 Service Pack 2 (MH01354) or higher.
For information concerning HMC releases and the latest PTFs, go to the
following URL to access Fix Central:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
For specific fix level information on key components of IBM Power
Systems running the AIX, IBM i and Linux operating systems, we suggest
using the Fix Level Recommendation Tool (FLRT):
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/flrt/home
***NOTES:*
-You must be logged in as hscroot in order for the
firmware installation to complete correctly.
- Systems Director Management Console (SDMC) does not
support this System Firmware level.
2.0 Important Information
Downgrading firmware from any given release level to an earlier release
level is not recommended.
If you feel that it is necessary to downgrade the firmware on your
system to an earlier release level, please contact your next level
of support.
IPv6 Support and Limitations
IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is supported in the System Management
Services (SMS) in this level of system firmware. There are several
limitations that should be considered.
When configuring a network interface card (NIC) for remote IPL, only the
most recently configured protocol (IPv4 or IPv6) is retained. For
example, if the network interface card was previously configured with
IPv4 information and is now being configured with IPv6 information, the
IPv4 configuration information is discarded.
A single network interface card may only be chosen once for the boot
device list. In other words, the interface cannot be configured for the
IPv6 protocol and for the IPv4 protocol at the same time.
Concurrent Firmware Updates
Concurrent system firmware update is only supported on HMC Managed
Systems only.
Memory Considerations for Firmware Upgrades
Firmware Release Level upgrades and Service Pack updates may consume
additional system memory.
Server firmware requires memory to support the logical partitions on the
server. The amount of memory required by the server firmware varies
according to several factors.
Factors influencing server firmware memory requirements include the
following:
* Number of logical partitions
* Partition environments of the logical partitions
* Number of physical and virtual I/O devices used by the logical
partitions
* Maximum memory values given to the logical partitions
Generally, you can estimate the amount of memory required by server
firmware to be approximately 8% of the system installed memory. The
actual amount required will generally be less than 8%. However, there
are some server models that require an absolute minimum amount of memory
for server firmware, regardless of the previously mentioned considerations.
Additional information can be found at:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/topic/p7hat/iphatlparme
mory.htm
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3.0 Firmware Information and Description
Use the following examples as a reference to determine whether your
installation will be concurrent or disruptive.
For systems that are not managed by an HMC, the installation of system
firmware is always disruptive.
Note: The concurrent levels of system firmware may, on occasion, contain
fixes that are known as Deferred and/or Partition-Deferred. Deferred
fixes can be installed concurrently, but will not be activated until the
next IPL. Partition-Deferred fixes can be installed concurrently, but
will not be activated until a partition reactivate is performed.
Deferred and/or Partition-Deferred fixes, if any, will be identified in
the "Firmware Update Descriptions" table of this document. For these
types of fixes (Deferred and/or Partition-Deferred) within a service
pack, only the fixes in the service pack which cannot be concurrently
activated are deferred.
*Note: *The file names and service pack levels used in the following
examples are for clarification only, and are not necessarily levels that
have been, or will be released.
System firmware file naming convention:
01ALXXX_YYY_ZZZ
* XXX is the /release/ level
* YYY is the /service pack/ level
* ZZZ is the /last disruptive service pack/ level
*NOTE:* Values of service pack and last disruptive service pack level
(YYY and ZZZ) are only unique within a release level (XXX). For example,
01AL720_067_045 and 01AL740_067_053 are *different* service packs.
An installation is *disruptive* if:
* The /release/ levels (XXX) are different.
Example: Currently installed release is AL710, new release is AL720
* The /service pack/ level (YYY) and the /last disruptive service
pack/ level (ZZZ) are the same.
Example: AL720_120_120 is disruptive, no matter what level of AL720 is
currently installed on the system
* The s/ervice pack/ level (YYY) currently installed on the system
is lower than the last disruptive service pack level (ZZZ) of the
service pack to be installed.
Example: Currently installed service pack is AL720_120_120 and new
service pack is AL720_152_130
An installation is *concurrent *if:
The r/elease /level (XXX) is the same, and
The /service pack/ level (YYY) currently installed on the system is the
same or higher than the last disruptive service pack level (ZZZ) of the
service pack to be installed.
Example: Currently installed service pack is AL720_126_120, new service
pack is AL720_143_120.
*Firmware Information and Update Description*
*/Filename/* */Size/* */Checksum/*
01AL740_121_042.rpm 39088973 53383
Note: The Checksum can be found by running the AIX sum command against
the rpm file (only the first 5 digits are listed).
ie: sum 01AL740_121_042.rpm
*AL740
*For Impact, Severity and other Firmware definitions, Please refer to
the below 'Glossary of firmware terms' url:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/power5cm/home.html#termdefs
The complete Firmware Fix History for this Release Level can be reviewed
at the following url:
http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/server/firmware/AL-IOC-Firmwa
re-Hist.html
*AL740_121_042 / FW740.70
*11/14/13 Impact: Availability Severity: SPE
*New features and functions
*
* Support was added in Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI)
for saving and restoring network settings using a USB flash drive.
* Support was dropped for Secured Socket Layer (SSL) Version 2 and
SSL weak and medium cipher suites in the service processor web
server (Ligthttpd). Unsupported web browser connections to the
Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) secured port 443
(using https://) will now be rejected if those browsers do not
support SSL version 3. Supported web browsers for Power7 ASMI are
Netscape (version 9.0.0.4), Microsoft Internet Explorer (version
7.0), Mozilla Firefox (version 2.0.0.11), and Opera (version 9.24).
*System firmware changes that affect all systems**
*
* A problem was fixed that caused a service processor dump to be
generated with SRC B18187DA "NETC_RECV_ER" logged.
* A problem was fixed that caused a L2 cache error to not guard out
the faulty processor, allowing the system to checkstop again on an
error to the same faulty processor.
* A problem was fixed that caused a HMC code update failure for the
FSP on the accept operation with SRC B1811402 or FSP is unable to
boot on the updated side.
* A problem was fixed that caused a 1000911E platform event log
(PEL) to be marked as not call home. The PEL is now a call home
to allow for correction. This PEL is logged when the hypervisor
has changed the Machine Type Model Serial Number (MTMS) of an
external enclosure to UTMP.xxx.xxxx because it cannot read the
vital product data (VPD), or the VPD has invalid characters, or if
the MTMS is a duplicate to another enclosure.
* A problem was fixed that caused a built-in self test (BIST) for GX
slots to create corrupt error log values that core dumped the
service processor with a B18187DA. The corruption was caused by a
failure to initialize the BIST array to 0 before starting the tests.
* A problem was fixed that caused the system attention LED to be lit
without a corresponding SRC and error log for the event. This
problem typically occurs when an operating system on a partition
terminates abnormally.
* DEFERRED: A problem was fixed that caused a system checkstop
during hypervisor time keeping services. This deferred fix
addresses a problem that has a very low probability of
occurrence. As such customers may wait for the next planned
service window to activate the deferred fix via a system reboot.
* DEFERRED: A problem was fixed that caused a system checkstop with
SRC B113E504 for a recoverable hardware fault. This deferred fix
addresses a problem that has a very low probability of
occurrence. As such customers may wait for the next planned
service window to activate the deferred fix via a system reboot.
*System firmware changes that affect certain systems*
* On systems in manufacturing default configuration (MDC), a problem
was fixed that caused the system to change from MDC to Hardware
Management Console (HMC)-managed mode even though the HMC was
unable to authenticate to the service processor. A system must
be successfully discovered by a HMC as a prerequisite to becoming
HMC-managed.
* On systems with a F/C 5802 or 5877 I/O drawer installed, the
firmware was enhanced to guarantee that an SRC will be generated
when there is a power supply voltage fault. If no SRC is
generated, a loss of power redundancy may not be detected, which
can lead to a drawer crash if the other power supply goes down.
This also fixes a problem that causes an 8 GB Fiber channel
adapter in the drawer to fail if the 12V level fails in one
Offline Converter Assembly (OCA).
* On systems managed by an HMC with a F/C 5802 or 5877 I/O drawer
installed, a problem was fixed that caused the hardware topology
on the management console for the managed system to show "null"
instead of "operational" for the affected I/O drawers.
* On systems with a ethernet PCI-Express adapter under a PLX switch,
an extended error handling (EEH) problem was fixed in run-time
abstraction services (RTAS) that caused fundamental resets of the
adapter to fail during error recovery, leaving the adapter in a
non-pingable state and off the network. Besides failure to ping,
the other symptom is that an AIX OS command of "enstat -d entX"
where X is the adapter number will fail with the following
message: "enstat -0909-004, Unable to get statistics on device
entX, errno=11".
* A problem was fixed in the run-time abstraction services (RTAS)
extended error handling (EEH) for fundamental reset that caused
partitions to crash during adapter updates. The fundamental reset
of adapters now returns a valid return code. The adapter drivers
using fundamental reset affected by this fix are the following:
o QLogic PCIe Fibre Channel adapters (combo card)
o IBM PCIe Obsidian
o Emulex BE3-based ethernet adapters
o Broadcom-based PCIe2 4-port 1Gb ethernet
o Broadcom-based FlexSystem EN2024 4-port 1Gb ethernet for compute
nodes
* On systems with a F/C 5802 or 5877 I/O drawer installed, a problem
was fixed that where a Offline Converter Assembly (OCA) fault
would appear to persist after a OCA micro-reset or OCA
replacement. The fault bit reported to the OS may not be cleared,
indicating a fault still exists in the I/O drawer after it has
been repaired.
* On systems involved in a series of consecutive Live Partition
Mobility (LPM) operations, a memory leak problem was fixed in the
run time abstraction service (RTAS) that caused a partition run
time AIX crash with SRC 0c20. Other possible symptoms include
error logs with SRC BA330002 (RTAS memory allocation failure).
*AL740_112_042 / FW740.61
*07/26/13 Impact: Availability Severity: SPE
*System firmware changes that affect all systems**
*
* A problem was fixed that caused a migrated partition to reboot
during transfer to a VIOS 2.2.2.0, and later, target system. A
manual reboot would be required if transferred to a target system
running an earlier VIOS release. Migration recovery may also be
necessary.
* A problem was fixed that can cause Anchor (VPD) card corruption
and A70047xx SRCs to be logged. Note: If a serviceable event
with SRC A7004715 is present or was logged previously, damage to
the VPD card may have occurred. After the fix is applied,
replacement of the Anchor VPD card is recommended in order to
restored full redundancy.
*AL740_110_042 / FW740.60
*04/30/13 Impact: Serviceability Severity: ATT
*New features and functions
*
* Support for booting an IBM i partition from a USB flash drive.
*System firmware changes that affect all systems**
*
* A problem was fixed that prevented the system attention indicator
from being turned off when a service processor reset occurred.
* A problem was fixed that caused SRC B1813221, which indicates a
failure of the battery on the service processor, to be erroneously
logged after a service processor reset or power cycle.
* A problem was fixed that caused the Advanced System Management
Interface (ASMI) to produce a service processor dump when changing
the admin user password.
* A problem was fixed that caused various SRCs to be erroneously
logged at boot time including B181E6C7 and B1818A14.
* A problem was fixed that caused a card (and its children) that was
removed after the system was booted to continue to be listed in
the guard menus in the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI).
* A problem was fixed that caused the service processor to crash
when it boots from the new level during a concurrent firmware
installation.
* A problem was fixed that caused the management console to display
incorrect data for a virtual Ethernet adapter's transactions
statistics.
* A problem was fixed that caused a hibernation resume operation to
hang if the connection to the paging space is lost near the end of
the resume processing. This is more likely on a partition that
supports remote restart.
* A problem was fixed that caused the system to terminate with a bad
address checkstop during mirroring defragmentation.
* A problem was fixed that caused the hibernation validation of a
remote restart partition operation to fail with an "NvRam size
error". This also affects the capability to migrate the partition.
* The Power Hypervisor was enhanced to insure better synchronization
of vSCSI and NPIV I/O interrupts to partitions.
* On systems managed by a management console, a problem was fixed
that was caused by an attempt to modify a virtual adapter from the
management console command line when the command specifies it is
an Ethernet adapter, but the virtual ID specified is for an
adapter type other than Ethernet. The managed system has to be
rebooted to restore communications with the management console
when this problem occurs; SRC B7000602 is also logged.
* A problem was fixed that caused an error log generated by the
partition firmware to show conflicting firmware levels. This
problem occurs after a firmware update or a Live Partition
Mobility (LPM) operation on the system.
*System firmware changes that affect certain systems*
* On systems with I/O towers attached, a problem was fixed that
caused SRC 10009135, followed by SRC 10009139, to be logged,
indicating that SPCN loop mode was being broken, then reestablished.
* On systems with I/O towers attached, a problem was fixed that
caused multiple service processor reset/reloads if the tower was
continuously sending invalid System Power Control Network (SPCN)
status data.
* On 8202-E4C and 8205-E6C systems with the PCIe expansion card
feature code (F/C) 5610 or F/C 5685 installed, a problem was fixed
that caused the wrong FRU part number (74Y8565 instead of 74Y5221)
to be called out when the fan on the expansion card failed.
* On partitions with the virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM)
enabled, a problem was fixed that caused a memory leak, and
failure, when vTPM was disabled, a vTPM-enabled partition was
migrated, or a vTPM-enabled partition was deleted.
* On systems running multiple IBM i partitions that are configured
to communicate with each other via virtual Opticonnect, and Active
Memory Sharing (AMS), AMS operations may time-out. When this
problem occurs, a platform reboot may be required to recover.
* On systems running Active Memory Sharing (AMS) partitions, a
problem was fixed that may arise due to the incorrect handling of
a return code in an error path during the Live Partition Mobility
(LPM) of an AMS partition.
* On systems using IPv6 addresses, the firmware was enhanced to
reduce the time it take to install an operating system using the
Network Installation Manager (NIM).
* On systems with F/C EU07, the RDX SATA internal docking station
for removable disk cartridge, a problem was fixed that caused SRCs
BA210000 and BA210003 to be logged, and the System Management
Services (SMS) menu firmware to drop into the ok> prompt, when the
default boot list was built.
* A problem was fixed that caused SRC BA330000 to be logged after
the successful migration of a partition running Ax740_xxx firmware
to a system running Ax760, or a later release, or firmware. This
problem can also cause SRCs BA330002, BA330003, and BA330004 to be
erroneously logged over time when a partition is migrated from a
system running Ax760, or a later release, to a system running
Ax740_xxx firmware.
* On system running an IBM i partition, the partition boot may
succeed after a long delay, or may fail, if a mode D boot attempt
is made, there is more than one USB device attached, and the IBM i
operating system (OS) image is on the second USB device.
* On system running an IBM i partition, a problem was fixed that
caused a number of informational SRC BA09000F to be logged when a
mode D partition boot is done. This SRC is logged if a device
that supports removable media is installed and the media is not
present.
* On systems running Active Memory Sharing (AMS) partitions, a
timing problem was fixed that may occur if the system is
undergoing AMS pool size changes.
*AL740_100_042
*12/05/12 Impact: Serviceability Severity: ATT
*System firmware changes that affect all systems**
*
* A problem was fixed that can cause fans in the server to run at
maximum speed and generate a serviceable event during system boot
(B130B8AF, a predictive error with hardware callout) as a result
of an incorrect calibration of a particular thermal sensor.
*AL740_098_042
*11/28/12 Impact: Availability Severity: SPE
*System firmware changes that affect all systems**
*
* HIPER/Non-Pervasive: DEFERRED: A problem was fixed that caused a
system crash with SRC B170E540.
* HIPER/Non-Pervasive: A related problem was also fixed that could
cause a live lock on the power bus resulting in a system crash.
* To address poor placement of partitions following a reboot of a
server with unlicensed cores, the firmware was enhanced to run the
affinity manager when the initialize configuration operation is
done from the HMC. A problem was also fixed that caused the
hypervisor to be left in an inconsistent state after a partition
create operation failed.
**
*AL740_095_042
*09/19/12 Impact: Availability Severity: SPE
*New features and functions
*
* Support for booting the IBM i operating system from a USB tape drive.
*System firmware changes that affect all systems**
*
* The firmware was enhanced to correctly diagnose the failing FRU
when SRC B1xxE504 with error signature "MCFIR[14] - Hang timer
detector" was logged.
* A problem was fixed that caused the system to crash after a
recoverable error was logged on an I/O hub.
* A problem was fixed that caused a "code accept" during a
concurrent firmware installation from the HMC to fail with SRC
E302F85C.
* The firmware was enhanced to continue booting when SRC B181C803
with description "WIRE_PROC_CST_HW_FAIL" is logged during boot.
* A problem was fixed that caused the suspension of a partition to
fail if a large amount of data has to be stored to resume the
partition.
* A problem was fixed that caused a system crash with unrecoverable
SRC B7000103 and "ErFlightRecorder" in the failing stack.
* A problem was fixed that caused an external interrupt to get stuck
for some period of time before being presented to the operating
system in certain scenarios in which there is a high rate of
interrupts.
* On 8231-E1C and 8231-E2C systems, the firmware was enhanced to
improve the service actions for SRC 11002691.
* A problem was fixed that caused DIMMs to be deconfigured, and SRC
B123E504 to be erroneously logged, when additional DIMMs of larger
capacity than the DIMMs already in the system were added.
*System firmware changes that affect certain systems*
* On systems that are managed by a Hardware Management Console
(HMC), and on which Internet Explorer (IE) is used to access the
Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) on the HMC, a problem
was fixed that caused IE to hang for about 10 minutes after saving
changes to network parameters on the ASMI.
* A problem was fixed that caused a network installation of IBM i to
fail when the client was on the same subnet as the server.
* On systems with a 5796 or 5797 I/O drawer attached, a problem was
fixed that could cause a system hang.
* On systems with I/O drawers feature code (F/C) 5802 or 5877
attached, and running the Active Energy Manager, a problem was
fixed that caused SRC B7000602 to be erroneously logged.
*AL740_088_042
*05/25/12 Impact: Availability Severity: SPE
*New features and functions
*
* Support for IBM i Live Partition Mobility (LPM)
* Support for the EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer, feature code (F/C) 5888.
* Support for the 8246-L2C and 8246-L2S systems.
* Support for the 8246-L1C systems.
* Support for the 8246-L1S systems.
*System firmware changes that affect all systems**
*
* A problem was fixed that prevented the user from changing the boot
mode or keylock setting after a remote restart-capable partition
is created, even after the partition's paging device is on-line.
* A problem was fixed that caused a partition with dedicated
processors to hang with SRC BA33xxxx when rebooted, after it was
migrated using a Live Partition Mobility (LPM) operation from a
system running Ax730 to a system running Ax740, or vice-versa.
* A problem was fixed that caused the service processor's eth0 or
eth1 IP addresses to change to "IPv6 NA" when viewed on the
control (operator) panel when a laptop was connected to the
service processor.
* A problem was fixed that caused booting from a virtual fibre
channel tape device to fail with SRC B2008105.
* The firmware was enhanced to increase the threshold of soft NVRAM
errors on the service processor to 32 before SRC B15xF109 is
logged. (Replacement of the service processor is recommended if
more than one B15xF109 is logged per week.)
* A problem was fixed that caused informational SRC A70047FF, which
may indicate that the Anchor (VPD) card should be replaced, to be
erroneously logged again after the Anchor card was replaced.
* On system managed by an HMC, a problem was fixed that caused the
lsstat command on the HMC to display an erroneously high number of
packets transmitted and received on a vlan interface.
* A problem was fixed that caused a partition that owned a
powered-off slot to hang when being shutdown after a DLPAR
operation was performed on it.
*System firmware changes that affect certain systems*
* The firmware resolves undetected N-mode stability problems and
improves error reporting on the feature code (F/C) 5802 and 5877
I/O drawer power subsystem.
* On systems on which the service processor is using IPv6 Ethernet
addresses, a problem was fixed that caused a service processor
dump to be taken with SRC B181EF88.
* On systems running the virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM), a
problem was fixed that caused the system to crash when the vTPM
adjunct was reset.
* On 8231-E1C, 8231-E2C, 8202-E4C and 8205-E6C systems running IBM i
partitions, a problem was fixed that prevented slots on the same
PCI bus from being assigned to different partitions. This can
result in SRC B600690B being logged when a partition is booted.
* The Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) menus were
enhanced to more clearly indicate which processor cores were
deconfigured by the Field Core Override option (F/C 2319).
* A problem was fixed that caused various operations to hang, such
as running lsvpd from a partition, or a concurrent firmware
installation.
*AL740_077_042
*03/06/12 Impact: Availability Severity: HIPER - High
Impact/PERvasive, Should be installed as soon as possible.
*System firmware changes that affect all systems**
*
* The firmware was enhanced to log SRC B7006A72 as informational
instead of predictive. This will prevent unnecessary service
actions on PCIe adapters and the associated I/O planars.
*System firmware changes that affect certain systems**
*
On systems running system firmware level AL740_075 and managed by a
Hardware Management Console (HMC), a problem was fixed that prevented
HMC authentication to a managed system in the "Pending Authentication"
state, and prevented the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI)
admin user's password from being changed.
4.0 How to Determine Currently Installed Firmware Level
For HMC managed systems: From the HMC, select Updates in the navigation
(left-hand) pane, then view the current levels of the desired server(s).
For standalone system running IBM i without an HMC: From a command line,
issue DSPFMWSTS.
For standalone system running IBM AIX without an HMC: From a command
line, issue lsmcode.
Alternately, use the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) Welcome
pane. The current server firmware appears in the top right corner.
Example: AL710_yyy.
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5.0 Downloading the Firmware Package
Follow the instructions on Fix Central. You must read and agree to the
license agreement to obtain the firmware packages.
*Note: If your HMC is not internet-connected you will need to download
the new firmware level to a CD-ROM or ftp server.*
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6.0 Installing the Firmware
The method used to install new firmware will depend on the release level
of firmware which is currently installed on your server. The release
level can be determined by the prefix of the new firmware's filename.
Example: ALXXX_YYY_ZZZ
Where XXX = release level
* If the release level will stay the same (Example: Level
AL710_075_075 is currently installed and you are attempting to
install level AL710_081_075) this is considered an update.
* If the release level will change (Example: Level AL710_081_075 is
currently installed and you are attempting to install level
AL720_096_096) this is considered an upgrade.
***HMC Managed Systems:
*Instructions for installing firmware updates and upgrades on systems
managed by an HMC can be found at:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/index.jsp?topic=/p7ha1/
updupdates.htm
*Systems not Managed by an HMC:*
*p Systems:
*Instructions for installing firmware on systems that are not managed by
an HMC can be found at:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/index.jsp?topic=/p7ha5/
fix_serv_firm_kick.htm
*IBM i Systems:
*See "IBM Server Firmware and HMC Code Wizard":
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/DocNumber/408316083
NOTE: For all systems running with the IBM i Operating System, the
following IBM i PTFs must be applied to all IBM i partitions prior to
installing AL740_121:
* V7R1M0 - MF51869
* V6R1M1 - MF51864
NOTE: For all systems running with the IBM i Operating System and
without an HMC attached, the following IBM i PTFs must be applied to all
IBM i partitions in addition to the PTFs listed above, prior to
installing AL740_121
* V7R1M0 - MF51814 and SI41153:
* V6R1M1 - MF51225
These PTFs can be ordered through Fix Central
<http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/>.
7.0 Firmware History
The complete Firmware Fix History for this Release Level can be reviewed
at the following url:
http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/server/firmware/AL-IOC-Firmwa
re-Hist.html
8.0 Change History
Date
Description
February 28, 2014 - Fix description updates for firmware level
AL740_121_042 / FW740.70
chsyscfg -r prof -m sys154 -i name=mobility,lpar_name=sys154c4,\"virtual_fc _ada
pters+=\"\"/client/1/sys154v1/23/c0507600667 c0018,c0507600667c0019/1\"\"\",
chsyscfg -r prof -m stl12n1-8408-E8D-SN10B614T -i name=Normal,lpar_name=clsbxn1,
\"virtual_fc_adapters=\"\"8/client/1/stl12n1vio2/52/c0507606f9e10002,c0507606f9e
10003/1\"\"\",\"\"6/client/2/stl12n1vio1/42/c0507606f9e10000,c0507606f9e10001/1\
"\"\""
\"virtual_fc_adapters=\"\"6/client/2/stl12n1vio1/42/c0507606f9e10000,c0507606f9e
10001/1\"\",\"\"8/client/1/stl12n1vio1/52/c0507606f9e10002,c0507606f9e10003/1\"\
"\""
\"virtual_fc_adapters=\"\"10/client/20/VIOS1-Dilling/34/c0507602f9ac000a,c050760
2f9ac000b/1\"\",\"\"8/client/20/VIOS1-Dilling/5/c0507602f9ac00a0,c0507602f9ac00a
1/1\"\"\""