01EM340_039_039 On 9117-MMA systems with F/C 7540 (POWER6, 64-bit, 4.2 GHz, four core processor) installed and all 8234-EMA systems, a problem was fixed that caused a processor to checkstop after a reset/reload of the service processor. SRC B181D15F, B181E911, or B150B145 may be logged, and service processor dumps may be present, when this problem occurs. 01EM340_001_001 Firmware upgrade Features and functions added in this release. Support for the model 8234-EMA. Support for the 8GB fiber channel adapter, F/C 5735. Support for a virtual tape device. Support for USB flash memory storage devices. Support in the service processor firmware for IPv6. Support in the hypervisor for three types of hardware performance monitors. Support for installing AIX and Linux using the integrated virtualization manager (IVM). On systems running AIX, support was added for an enhanced power and thermal management capability. When static power save mode is selected, AIX will "fold" processors to free processors which can then be put in the "nap" state. Support for CIM (common information model) power instrumentation in the service processor firmware. Support for enhanced power management, including dynamic voltage and frequency slewing. Support for processor cards with two dual-core module (DCM) processors; the maximum configuration of the model MMA with these processor cards is 32 processors. On systems that have temperature and power management device TPMD hardware, support was added for a "soft" power cap. Support was added for the implementation of virtual real memory by the hypervisor. Support for concurrent processor node addition, as well as hot and cold node repair. System firmware changes that affect all systems A problem was fixed that prevented the default partition environment in the advanced system management interface (ASMI) power on/off menu from being set to "i5/OS" when it was blank. The firmware was enhanced so that SRC B1xx3409, which indicates an invalid state change (such as pushing the power on button twice quickly) will be logged as informational instead of predictive, and will not call home. A problem was fixed that caused a service processor dump to be taken and SRC B181EF88 to be logged, even though the operation of the system was not affected. A problem was fixed that, under certain rare circumstances, caused SRC B181E411 to be logged, a call home to be made, and a service processor dump to be taken. The firmware was enhanced so that SRC B1812224, which indicates that the user attempted to enable redundancy when the managed system was booting, will be logged as informational instead of predictive. A problem was fixed that prevented error log entries on the secondary service processor from generating a serviceable event on the hardware management console (HMC). A problem was fixed that prevented some of the service processor error log entries from being seen when the advanced system management interface (ASMI) menus were accessed on a TTY terminal. System firmware changes that affect certain systems On systems with the integrated x-series adapter (IXA), a problem was fixed that prevented the creation of a system plan on the HMC. On model MMA systems shipped before mid-May 2008, a problem was fixed the prevented RB keyword0 from being set in the advanced system management interface (ASMI) system keywords menu. On systems with multiple host channel adapter (HCA) cards, a problem was fixed that logical ports on the HCA cards to be intermittently inactive. In networks using a time server, a problem was fixed that caused the date on a client system to be reset to 1969 if the client system lost power.