The RPM file provided on this web site is only for use when installing firmware on a pSeries p5 Server using the AIX or Linux Operating System on a server without an HMC attached.

Instructions for unpacking and installing firmware on a server without an HMC attached can be found at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/eserver/

Note: If you only want to update your system microcode and no other microcode, you can download this p5 and i5 iso image and create a CD-ROM to use with your HMC. If your HMC is internet connected, we recommend you update microcode using the Internet connection.

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01SF220_041_041
Base 01SF220_041_041
Defect Description Conclusion Circumvention
9A77028 New firmware release New functions added N/A

 

01SF220_043_043
Base 01SF220_041_041
Defect Description Conclusion Circumvention
MB00573 Hmc may not connect to system. Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
MB00576 System terminating with a A700xxxx error code after a reset/reload of the service processor. Removed erroneous reject of host intiated reset/reload. None.
MB00575 Increase resources in order to allow the use of more I/O adapters in a large configuration. Increase partiton resources. None.

 

01SF220_044_044
Base 01SF220_043_043
Defect Description Conclusion Circumvention
MB00579 Dynamic memory remove from a partition fails. The code was incorrectly indicating that memory was unavailable for dynamic removal. The code has been changed to correctly
indicate when memory is available for dynamic removal.
None.
MB00580 Concurrent replace of an IOP fails. The code was not properly deallocating hypervisor resources belonging to the I/O resource being removed from the system.
The code has been corrected.
None.
MB00581 A logical partition exhibits time-of-day drift across a system IPL. Problem fixed in hypervisor code. None.
MB00582 Reserve Processors for Capacity On Demand are supposed to be idle until called upon for partition workloads. In some cases, all the reserved processors were put into use right away when they were not needed. The algorithm for deciding when the line of usage got far enough into the Reserve Processor capabilities was not accurate enough. None.
MB00583 A Trial CoD activation may be accepted while there are
unreturned Trial resources.
Trial activation will not be allowed while there are unreturned Trial resources of the same resource type. None.
MB00584 CoD history log entries are not being produced when Trial CoD expiration results in unreturned resources or when unreturned
Trial or On/Off resources have all been reclaimed.
CoD history log entries will be produced when Trial CoD
expiration results in unreturned resources or when unreturned
Trial or On/Off resources have all been reclaimed.
None.
MB00585 Confirmation of a Capacity on Demand code for Trial
resources may not work correctly depending on the number of available resources for conversion to Trial resources.
The system hypervisor will be fixed to correctly
handle CoD Trial resource confirmation requests.
None.
MB00586 After replacement of card, unreturned CoD resources were reported as unreturned Trial instead of unreturned On/Off. When CoD resources become unreturned for reasons other than Trial CoD expiration, they will be treated as unreturned On/Off
CoD resources.
None.
MB00587 HMC displayed fields for Capacity on Demand memory amounts total to more memory than is installed in the server. Firmware is updated to correctly pass to the HMC for display the Capacity on Demand memory amounts. None.
MB00588 Entering an On/Off CoD termination code while there were unreturned On/Off CoD resources resulted in an extended error code of 0x'200A', which means that an On/Off request is active, rather than an error code of 0x'2018', which means the key failed because of unreturned resources. The failure code will be changed to indicate when a code is rejected due to unreturned resources. None.
MB00589 After activation and expiration of On/Off Processor resources, the entitled number of resources that LPAR should allow is not correct. The calcluations done after expiration of the On/Off Processor requests, as this testcase represented, were inaccurate. This inaccuracy was corrected and now the reported useable resource numbers are correctly being sent to the LPAR componentry. None.
MB00593 After a PCI bus error occurs that would require the PCI bus to be reset and recovered, about 2 seconds after the error occur, other IO error events may be received by the partition. Code has been fixed to remove the erroneous IO error events while the PCI bus is being recovered. None.
MB00594 Error log ID not the same for error entries fromt he same I/O error. Problem has been fixed so error entries due to the same error will get the same error log ID. None.
MB00595 Hardware recovery on an AIX or LINUX system does not always re-enable interrups. Leaving the devices in a non-functional state. Device recovery now restores devices to full function. None.
MB00596 Tower concurrent maintenence and DLPAR of slot holding an IOP is failing. The DLPAR and Tower concurrent maintenence operations
succeed with this fix.
None.
MB00597 The system may become unresponsive. The Licensed Internal Code will be changed so that the
system will not become unresponsive.
None.
MB00590 Error adding a cpu. Need to change the cache building scheme in firmware. None.
MB00591 VSCSIDisk not showing up. Changed calculation and the drives now appear. None.
MB00592 DIAG CD not IPLing in Slave CD/DVD Slot. Fixed. None.

 

01SF220_045_045
Base 01SF220_041_041
Defect Description Conclusion Circumvention
MB00620 Error logs are being incorrectly created during firmware downloads to I/O towers. Changed the error logs to informational logs only. N/A

 

01SF220_046_046
Base 01SF220_041_041
Defect Description Conclusion Circumvention
MB00624 If an ethernet cable is not plugged into the service processor port, the service processor may not reach standby because the webserver dies causing the service processor to reboot and then hang. The service processor will configure the adapter even if the network ethernet cable is not plugged in for any port. Take a regular ethernet cable and connect it in a loop from HMC1 port to HMC2 port of the service processor

 

01SF220_047
Base 01SF220_046_046
Defect Description Conclusion Circumvention

 

01SF220_048
Base 01SF220_047_047
Defect Description Conclusion Circumvention
475379 B181F7BB error running mixed processors System configurations with 1.9Ghz processors may have a mix of High voltage and nominal voltage processors in the same system. Code updated to support this configuration. Do not mix high and nominal voltage processors in the same system.
472934 B1818A09 after power problem Code bug fixed to not report erroneous error. N/A

 

01SF220_049
Base 01SF220_048_048
Defect Description Conclusion Circumvention
MB00611 The IPL of a system connected in an HSL Opticonnect cluster may
hang at SRCC7004080.
The code was getting into a deadlock state during clustering initialization. The Licensed Internal Code has been corrected to avoid this deadlock. None.
MB00612 Adapter descriptions displayed on HMC are incorrect after resources are physically moved. Hypervisor logic will be more sensitive to IO resource changes. None.
MB00613 System profile fails to activate Hypervisor memory validation is not accounting for memory currently assigned to the partition. None.
MB00614 Reserve Processor request gets started successfully but the processors are not present in the Shared Pool. With this corrective package, Reserve Processors are fully integrated into the Shared Pool so their capacity can be accessed as expected. None.
MB00615 Systems participating in an HSL Opticonnect cluster with 3 systems on the same HSL ring may not connect. Licensed Interal Code Changed None.
MB00618 Resolved potential cause for system hang at checkpoint C7004078 when HSL Opticonnect starts. Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
MB00629 Corrected truncated serial number information displayed by lscfg command for I/O drawers or towers. Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
MB00630 Profile activation may fail when changing partition max memory. Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
MB00631 The server connection status displayed by the Server and
Partition Management utility on the Hardware Management Console
goes to Incomplete after a concurrent tower move.
The server connection status displayed by the Server and
Partition Management utility on the Hardware Management Console
will not go to Incomplete after a concurrent tower move.
None.
MB00634 A deadlock can occur causing console to not be able to comunicate with system. Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
MB00635 Opticonnect HSL links are not marked failed correctly when an optical cable is removed. Code updated to correctly mark links failed. None.
MB00636 Corrected potential cause for IPL hang at checkpoint C700406E Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
MB00639 Reserve CoD menus incorrectly display maximum number of processors supported instead of number which are physically installed Reserve CoD was using the maximum possible processors when calculating the number allowed to be activated. It has been changed to use the actual installed processors, which will produce results consistent with the number shown for available processors. None.
MB00652 Corrected potential cause for HMC Console going to incomplete state. Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
MB00659 Advanced POWER Virtualization: Current Shared Procs allowed to Violate Min and Max rules. Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
MB00660 OptiConnect High-Speed link (HSL) speeds may be set incorrectly. Licensed Internal Code updated to correctly initialize HSL links. None.
MB00661 OptiConnect High-Speed link (HSL) links fail to recover after cable replugged Licensed Internal Code updated to properly recover HSL links. None.
MB00603 IBM 4758 PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor does not identify in which slot is is physically plugged. Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
MB00605 Linux partition was failed to boot with error BA210000. Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
MB00638 Linux partitions boot slowly from Virtual SCSI. Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
471504 UPS detection is intermittent Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
469391 Cannot connect to ASM menus via network interface Licensed Internal Code Changed Reboot the service processor (FSP)
471583 Improved FRU isolation for error B181FB53 Added DIMM replacement procedure. None.
471703 B181F23E on IPL with missing SMP cable Licensed Internal Code changed to Allow system to IPL with only the first node present. None.
472017 ASM TTY interface hangs when web interface has non-English language selected Licensed Internal Code Changed Set web interface to English.
475594 Serial ports not functional of p570 systems equipped with multiple processor drawers (8, 12 and 16 way systems) Licensed Internal Code Changed Access ASM via HMC or graphics adapter.
474917 Corrected cause for false cooling fan faults when system in standby. (Affects 9111 systems only) Licensed Internal Code Changed None.
473413 Improved FRU isolation for error B123E500 Licensed Internal Code Changed None.