01ES330_034_034
System firmware changes that affect all systems
DEFERRED HIPER A problem was fixed that, under certain rarely occurring circumstances, an application could cause a processor to go into an error state, and the system to crash.
HIPER A problem was fixed that caused the system to terminate abnormally with SRC B131E504.
HIPER A problem was fixed that might cause a partition to crash during a partition migration before the migration was complete.
A problem was fixed that caused the location codes of multi-port PCI adapters, such as a 4-port Ethernet card, to be displayed incorrectly.
A problem was fixed that caused multiple instances of SRC B1818A03 and B1818A0A to be logged erroneously, and multiple calls home to be made, during a frame connection reset.
A problem was fixed that caused SRC B1819506 to be erroneously generated, and a call home to be made, when service processor (or system controller) error log entries were generated faster than they could be processed.
A problem was fixed that caused the hardware management console (HMC) to show an "Incomplete" state after it attempted to read a file with an incorrect size from the service processor (or system controller). This problem also occurred if the "factory configuration" option was used on the advanced system management interface (ASMI) menus.
Enhancements were made to the firmware to improve the FRU callouts for certain types of failures of the time-of-day clock circuitry.
A problem was fixed that prevented a dump file larger than 4 GB from being successfully off-loaded to the hardware management console (HMC).
On systems with redundant bulk power controllers, a problem was fixed that caused the hardware management console (HMC) to get stuck at "Pending Authentication" for one of the bulk power controllers (BPCs).
On systems with I/O drawers attached, a problem was fixed that might have caused some I/O slots in the drawers not to be configured when the system was booted.
In systems with clustered processors, various problems were fixed in the InfiniBand interconnection networks.
A problem was fixed that caused the location codes of the external InfiniBand ports on a 5791 I/O drawer with the InfiniBand interface, to be reported incorrectly on the HMC.
A problem was fixed that caused SRC B7006971 to be generated because the firmware was incorrectly performing operations on PCI-Express I/O adapters during dynamic LPAR (DLPAR) operations on memory.
A problem was fixed the might have caused an out-of-memory condition in the hypervisor, with SRC B7000200 being logged.
A problem was fixed in the thermal management firmware that caused SRCs B1812635 and B1812636 to be logged, and the system or node to run in low power mode when it should have been in nominal, or nominal when it should have been in low power mode.
A problem was fixed that caused SRC B1818A10 to be erroneously generated after a successful installation of system firmware.
A problem was fixed that caused the AIX commands "lsmcode" and "diag" to fail after a partition migration.
A problem was fixed that caused the message "BA330000malloc error!" to be displayed on the operating system console after a partition migration, even though SRC BA330000 had not been logged. When this problem occurred, the partition migration appeared to be successful. However, a process within the partition was either hung or had failed, and in most cased the partition had to be rebooted to fully recover.
A problem was fixed that caused the status of the connection between the hardware management console (HMC) and the service processor to be set to an invalid state. This might cause problems when the HMC and service processor tried to communicate.
A problem was fixed that caused partitions that were being rebooted to hang at D200E0AF after a concurrent firmware update under certain circumstances.
01ES330_018_018
This level is a disruptive update from the prior level, ES330_018. The system should be powered off before installing this level of system firmware. If this level is installed when the system is running, the CECs will be rebooted, causing all partitions to be terminated, and a reboot will be required.
System firmware changes that affect all model F2A systems:
HIPER A problem was fixed that caused a concurrent firmware installation to hang with SRC BA00E840 being logged. This problem may also cause a partition migration to hang, under certain circumstances, with the same SRC, BA00E840, being logged. This SRC will be logged when this level of firmware is installed and will generate a call home; it should be ignored. It will not be logged during subsequent installations.
HIPER The processor initialization settings were changed to reduce the likelihood of a processor going into an error state and causing a checkstop or system crash.
HIPER A problem was fixed that caused large numbers of enhanced error handling (EEH) errors to be logged against the 4-port gigabit Ethernet adapter, F/C 5740, under certain circumstances.
HIPER A problem was fixed in the hypervisor that might cause a partition migration to fail.
A problem was fixed that caused the /tmp directory on the system controllers and the service processor in the bulk power controller (BPC) to fill up, which results in an out-of-memory condition. When this problem occurred, the system controllers or service processor in the BPC usually performed a reset/reload. This is one possible cause of SRC B1817201 being logged.
A problem was fixed in the repair and verify (R and V) function on the HMC that caused an unnecessary shutdown of the processor node when an error was logged against a bulk power regulator (BPR).
A problem was fixed that caused a partition using a host channel adapter (HCA) or host Ethernet adapter (HEA) to appear to hang (with progress code D200C1FF being displayed) before successfully shutting down. The amount of time the partition appeared to hang depended on the amount of memory assigned to the partition and the usage of HCA or HEA.
A problem was fixed that prevented the HMC from connecting to the managed system if the HMC's DHCP server IP range is changed when the managed system is running.
The firmware was enhanced so that the IDs "celogin1" and "celogin2" allow an authorized service provider to log into the bulk power controller (BPC).
The firmware was enhanced to improve the system memory error recovery.
The firmware was enhanced so that the contents of /tmp are included when a service processor dump is taken.
The firmware was enhanced so that:
1. A failure when writing VPD to a P6 processor will cause the node to be deconfigured rather than terminating the system.
2. The failure of a VPD write operation will not corrupt the VPD table, which may lead to unnecessary system
down-time and unnecessary FRU replacement.
System firmware changes that affect certain model F2A systems:
On systems using QLogic InfiniBand switches, a problem was fixed that caused the PortInfo:linkWidthActive and PortInfo:linkSpeedActive to be inaccurately stored and displayed on the display of subnet parameters.
01ES330_001_001
System Firmware Release for the General Availability of the Power 6 System p 9125 Server (9125-F2A)