Power5 Firmware

Applies to:  OpenPower, i5 and p5 Servers and IntelliStation 285

This document provides information about the installation of Licensed Machine or Licensed Internal Code, which is sometimes referred to generically as microcode or firmware.

Contents

1.0 Systems Affected

This package provides new firmware for OpenPower, i5 and p5 Servers and IntelliStation 285.

The firmware level in this package is:

2.0 Cautions and Important Notes

Do not attempt to backlevel firmware from any given release level to an earlier release level unless directed to do so by IBM.   If you feel that it is necessary to backlevel the firmware on your system to an earlier release level and you have not been directed to do so by IBM, please contact your next level of support.

The following page will display the recommended HMC code and server firmware levels for the currently supported Power5 releases.  Power5 Code Matrix:  http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/hmc/power5/tips/matrix.html.

Memory Considerations for Firmware Upgrades

Customers may encounter changes in the amount of memory the firmware requires when upgrading to a new release level.  These memory usages inscreases are to accommodate the increase in firmware functiononality the new release provides.

HMC-MANAGED SYSTEMS

Attention:  Before installing firmware on an HMC managed system: Note: Only  575 systems will display multiple components. All other system types will only return a single line for each managed system.

Systems at Firmware Level SF230_120 or SF230_126

If your system is HMC managed, and is currently at system firmware level SF230_120 or SF230_126, you may see a failure on upgrades to this SF235 service pack. The failure is due to a timing condition in the SF230_120 or SF230_126 firmware  (look for an error log with the SRC B181873C). If this problem is the cause for your failure, it is recommended you update to SF230_145 or a later SF230 service pack prior to performing the upgrade to this SF235 service pack.  The update from SF230_120 or SF230_126 to a later SF230 level can be done concurrently.

Important Information for 9117-570 and 9406-570 Systems with 12 or 16 Processors

Installation of the SF235_160 level erroneously sets the maximum number of partitions on systems with 12 or 16 processors to 80, which will cause the system to go to Recovery or Incomplete state when the HMC is rebooted.  While this problem is resolved by a concurrent update contained in this service pack, the recommended method of installation is to quiesce and power down the managed system prior to installation of the service pack.  Concurrent installation and activation is possible in most cases; however, it requires that the following instructions be followed explicitly.  Regardless of which method of installation is chosen, the HMC must be rebooted after the service pack is installed.

Note: These instructions are only applicable to systems that were upgraded from a prior release level to the SF235_160 level. New systems that were received with system firmware level SF235_160 installed at the factory will have the 80 partition limit set but will not require these steps to be performed to install the service pack concurrently.

Concurrent recovery instructions:

1) Reboot the HMC.  The managed system will be in the recovery state.
2) Recover the partition data using the option to restore the profile data from the HMC backup data.
3) After the system returns to Operating state, install the service pack immediately.  Do NOT attempt any LPAR management tasks (such as activate, deactivate, create partitions or change profile definitions).  If the system does not return to the Operating state, concurrent recovery will not be possible.  Do NOT proceed.  Schedule a service window which will allow the update to be installed at power off state.
4) After a message indicating a successful completion of the service pack installation is received, reboot the HMC again. In the event that the update fails while attempting to return the managed system to its original state (indicated by message HSCL0037), then a reboot of the managed system will be required followed by a reboot of the HMC.
 

Installing System Firmware using a CD

Note:  When attempting to install system firmware from CD media you may receive an HMC error approximately 10 seconds after starting the installation. Here are probable causes for this problem:

3.0 Firmware Information and Description

IBM introduced the Concurrent Firmware Maintenance (CFM) function on p5 systems in system firmware level SF230_126_120, which was released on June 16, 2005.  This function supports nondisruptive system firmware service packs to be applied to the system concurrently (without requiring an IPL to activate changes).

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. These deferred fixes can be installed concurrently, but will not be activated until the next IPL.  Deferred fixes, if any, will be identified in the "Firmware Update Descriptions" table of this document.  For deferred fixes within a service pack, only the fixes in the service pack which cannot be concurrently activated are deferred.

Use the following example as a reference to determine whether your installation will be concurrent or disruptive.

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:

     01SFXXX_YYY_ZZZ

NOTE:  Values of service pack and last disruptive service pack  level (YYY and ZZZ) are only unique within
a release level (XXX).  For example, 01SF235_250_120 and 01SF240_250_200 are different service packs.

An installation is disruptive if:

               Example:  Currently installed release is SF225, new release is SF230                Example:  SF230_120_120 is disruptive, no matter what level of SF230 is currently
                                   installed on the system                 Example:  Currently installed service pack is SF230_120_120 and
                                     new service pack is SF230_152_130

An installation is concurrent if:

              Example: Currently installed service pack  is SF230_126_120,
                                 new service pack is SF230_143_120.
 

Firmware File Information and Update Description
 

Filename Size Checksum
01SF235_185_160.rpm 14170525 42945
 
SF235
SF235_185_160 Impact:  Function        Severity:  Hiper

System firmware changes that affect models 590 and 595, other HMC-controlled servers, and clustered systems:

  • Fixed a problem that was causing error code B1xx100A to be logged when an HMC was disconnected from a managed system.  This problem is much more likely to occur on managed systems that have two or more HMCs attached, but it can also be seen on systems with only one HMC attached.
  • Fixed a problem that caused commands involving LEDs to time out on large, heavily configured systems. 
  • A new function was added to system firmware to allow power code downloads to towers to be enabled and disabled.  On eServer systems with a large number of towers, this allows customers to shorten the downtime after a system firmware installation by disabling the power code download to the towers, then enabling it at a convenient time. 
System firmware changes that affect specific p5 and i5 systems not in 24 inch racks:
  • Supports Double Data Rate (DDR) PCI adapters in DDR PCI slots in the following systems:  9111-520, 9131-52A, 9113-550,  9133-55A, 9111-285, 9405-520, and 9406-520.  Running a DDR PCI adapter in a DDR PCI slot in one of these models with a firmware level prior to this one may result in a potential data error.  IBM recommends that you install this level immediately if using a DDR PCI adapter.
Full DDR adapter performance is not enabled in this level.  Full performance is planned to be enabled in a service pack that will be released in the future.
SF235_180_160 Impact:  Serviceability        Severity:  Special Attention

System firmware changes that affect all p5 and i5 systems:

  • DEFERRED   The hardware initialization settings were changed to prevent system crashes at runtime under some circumstances. 
  • DEFERRED   The initialization settings of the memory buffers were changed to eliminate spurious checkstops that were causing system and partition crashes.
  • Fixed a problem that causes the system attention LED to be in the incorrect state. 
  •  Fixed a problem that was causing the system attention light to come on even though no serviceable events had been logged. 
  • Fixed a problem that was causing the SMS menus to hang when the boot list was viewed or changed when two AIX images are on one hard file. 
  • Fixed a problem that caused a 11003114 error code to be generated during power on. 
  • Fixed a problem that caused a null pointer in the virtual I/O (VIO) firmware. 
  • i5/OS only:  Fixed a problem that was preventing an i5/OS partition from booting from an IOA in a DDR slot. 
  • i5/OS only:  Fixed a problem that was causing some adapters to fail to become operational in i5/OS in a DDR (double data rate) slot. 
  • i5/OS only:  Fixed a problem that was causing incorrect error reporting for adapters that do not support extended error handling (EEH) when installed in a DDR slot. 
System firmware changes that affect models 590 and 595, other HMC-controlled servers, and clustered systems:
  •  DEFERRED   Fixed a problem that prevented a VTERM session from being opened on the HMC in certain network configurations. 
  • Fixed a problem that caused bulk power controller (BPC) connection errors in clustered systems by increasing the NETC SSL time-out value. 
  • Fixed a problem that caused HMC-directed concurrent maintenance actions to fail with the message "CIM client detected:  hard stop or user intervention.  Try again or delay the repair.". 
  • Fixed a problem that was causing platform dumps on large, richly-configured systems to result in an out-of-bounds memory access failure. 
  • A change was made to shorten the time to execute DLPAR memory removal operations.
System firmware changes that affect systems that are not HMC-controlled:
  • A timing issue in the firmware was fixed that was causing firmware installations from the operating system to fail. 
System firmware changes that affect the model 570:
  • On a model 570 systems with 12 or 16 processors, the maximum number of partitions had been erroneously set to 80 in SF235_160; this firmware level sets the maximum back to 120 partitions for 12 processors and 160 for 16 processors. 
  • On the model 570 with three or four processor drawers, fixed a problem that was causing the system to stop with error code A7004713 when installing SF235_160 or higher system firmware. 
SF235_160_160 Impact:  Function       Severity:  Special Attention

New function:

  • On i5 systems, added support for booting from a boot device attached to an IOP-less adapter.
  • Added support for the installation of two copies of the AIX operating system on one hard file.  This includes support in the SMS menus for booting from either one.
  • Added support for feature code 1812, the GX Dual-port 4x InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter, on model 52A systems.
  • Added support for feature code 1811, the GX Dual-port 4x InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter, on model 575 systems. 
  • Added support for moving the CUoD resources from one system to another system.
  • Added support for the capability to set up a backup shared ethernet so that the shared ethernet function can fail-over to a standby shared ethernet if the primary fails. This function is part of the virtual IO server.
  • Added support for redundant service processors with dynamic failover in models 570, 590, and 595.
  • Added support for modifying the number of On/Off CoD activations during the active period.
  • Added support for unattended HMC installation over a network, and to back up full HMC disk images onto a network server.
  • Added support for new models:  9131-52A, 9111-285, 9133-55A, 9115-505.
  • Various enhancements to the ASCII version of the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) menus were made.
Problems resolved:
  • Fixed a problem that was causing the user data in a service processor error log entry generated by the bulk power controller to be truncated to 2048 bytes.
  • Fixed a problem that caused unnecessary Service Agent calls because SRC B1816009 was being generated when the white power button was pressed before the power-on sequence was complete.
  • On model 590 and 595 systems, fixed a problem that was causing DDR II memory cards in slots C10 and C12 to fail the memory test during a slow-mode boot.
  • Fixed a problem  that prevents power on and posts a 11002613 error code when AC is lost to one power supply.  This problem exists only in SF230 levels of firmware.
  • Fixed a problem that was causing a platform dump to be incomplete under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed a problem that was causing a hypervisor dump to be corrupted.
  • Fixed a problem that caused the location codes to be incorrect after the planar is replaced in a pSeries 7311-D20 drawer.
  • The timestamp from the bulk power controller was added into the serviceable event log entry.
  • Fixed a problem that prevented the "nvunalias" open firmware command from working.
  • Fixed a problem that kept the physical I/O description field on the HMC GUI from being updated after a "remove FRU and add FRU" operation. 
  • Fixed a problem that caused a service processor dump or a platform dump and SRC B1817201 or B7004400. 
  • Changed the firmware so that a modem attached to a system port will reconfigure to enable call-in following a power failure.
  • Fixed VPD-related command hangs (such as lsmcode, lsvpd, snap)
  • Fixed several problems associated with firmware installations:
    •  SRC B1814008 or B181F131 was generated on reboot
    • A service processor dump occurred during a firmware installation
    • "lsmcode -c" command displayed all zeros for the firmware level on the T side after an installation 

4.0 How to Determine Currently Installed Firmware Levels

Instructions for determining the current level of firmware can be found at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/eserver/v1r3s/index.jsp?topic=/ipha5/viewexistlevel.htm

5.0 Downloading the Firmware Package

The firmware is located at the web site

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/firmware/gjsn

Follow the instructions on this web page. You must read and agree to the license agreement to obtain the firmware packages.

In the drop-down box, choose the entry for your specific machine type and model.

You may download the individual .rpm and .xml files for system firmware and power subsystem firmware (if required) from this location to your server, an ftp server, or a CD-ROM (both files are required).  Make sure the file names have the format 01SF2xx_yyy_zzz, with an extension of .rpm and .xml before copying them to your server, an ftp server or CD-ROM.  If using a CD-ROM, copy the .rpm and .xml files to the CD-ROM using a local CD-ROM burner utility. For 9118-575 systems, your server, the ftp server or CD-ROM  must contain both the system firmware and power subsystem firmware files.

Another method is to download the ISO image SF235_185_BP235_157.iso and create a CD-ROM to use with your HMC. The CD contains both the system and power subsystem firmware files.

Note: If your HMC is not internet-connected you will need to download the new firmware level to a CD-ROM or ftp server.

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: 01SFXXX_YYY_ZZZ

Where XXX =  release level

Instructions for installing firmware updates and upgrades can be found at
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r3s/index.jsp?topic=/ipha5/fix_serv_firm_kick.htm

Choose the options that match your server setup, and follow the instructions provided.

Note: For systems without an HMC, the update and upgrade procedure is the same.

7.0 Firmware History

 
SF230
SF230_156_120 Impact:  Function       Severity:  Hiper

Two fixes that were deferred in earlier levels are concurrent in this level:

1.  In firmware level SF230_150, there was a deferred fix that affects all p5 and i5 systems:

HIPER:  The initialization settings of the memory buffers were changed to eliminate spurious checkstops that were causing system and partition crashes.

In SF230_156, this fix is CONCURRENT.

2.  In firmware level SF230_153 (which is also part of ECA 823), there was a deferred fix that affects model 59x systems:

HIPER:  The hardware initialization settings were changed to fix an incorrect timeout setting in the non-cacheable unit (NCU). The current settings may cause a system checkstop, which could result in a system or partition crash.  This is also known as the  "EMQ hang" problem.

In SF230_156, this fix is CONCURRENT.  Also, the recovery time for the EMQ hang was improved to benefit HACMP configurations.
 

System firmware changes that affect all p5 and i5 systems:

  • HIPER: An incorrect initialization setting in the shared memory interface  (SMI) may cause a system checkstop, which could result in a system or partition crash. This is also known as the "SMI parity error" issue. 
  • HIPER:  Fixed a firmware problem that caused the system to interpret a machine condition as requiring special attention handling, where no special attention existed. This could result in a system checkstop (with error codes B181F647 and B110F139).  This problem is also known as the "master attention alone" issue.
System firmware changes that affect the model 575, 59x, other HMC-controlled servers, and clustered systems:
  • DEFERRED and HIPER:  A potential server checkstop issue exists in clusters using p5 models p575, p590, and p595, when these models are used to execute compute-intensive applications tuned with the November Power5 Fortran compiler.  Clusters executing applications that are compiled for optimal performance by utilizing the software pre-fetch function are exposed to a server checkstop (B1xxE500). Hardware initialization settings were changed to fix this problem and  the performance tools modified to take these new settings into account.
  • HIPER  On systems with a high performance switch (HPS) network adapter installed, fixed a problem that caused a checkstop when memory was moved from a partition that did not own an HPS network adapter.
  • A problem was fixed that prevented I/O towers from being concurrently added to i5 systems.
  • A problem was fixed that was preventing partitions with large amounts of memory from booting successfully.
  • The firmware was changed so that the time it takes to remove a large amount of memory from a partition using a DLPAR (dynamic LPAR) operation is reduced.
  • A problem was fixed that was causing enhanced error handling (EEH) error codes to be erroneously generated on 7040-61D I/O drawers when certain adapter card configurations were heavily stressed by the application code.
System firmware changes that affect p5 systems not in 24 inch racks:
  • On p5 systems that are not managed by an HMC, the timeout for firmware installations performed by the operating system ("in-band" installations) was increased.
SF230_150_120 Impact:  Serviceability        Severity:  Special Attention

Attention: An IPL is required to activate a deferred fix, the system must be powered off via the HMC, (i.e. HMC state=Power OFF) and then powered back on.

  • DEFERRED Changed the initialization settings of the memory buffers to eliminate spurious checkstops that were causing system and partition crashes.
  • DEFERRED  On model 590 and 595 systems, fixed a problem that was causing DDR II memory cards in slots C10 and C12 to fail the memory test during a slow-mode boot. 
  • DEFERRED  Fixed a problem that was not allowing the system enclosure serial number to be rewritten using the ASMI menus.
  • DEFERRED  Fixed a problem that causes the default boot list and the stored boot list to be swapped in the system management services (SMS) firmware when booting an AIX or Linux partition. 
  • Several problems were fixed that caused a failure to boot with SRCs B1817201, C1001014 and/or C1001020.
  • On an HMC, fixed a problem that caused a blank screen when reopening a VTERM after closing it.
  • Fixed a problem that was causing a platform dump to be incomplete under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed a problem that caused a "no connection" state between the HMC and the service processor after the service processor attempted a dump operation.
  • Added support for ARP (address request protocol) to the System Management Services (SMS) firmware for AIX and Linux partitions.
  • Fixed a problem in the server firmware that was allowing the HMC to allocate more memory to a partition than was available.
SF230_147_120 Impact:  Serviceability        Severity:  Special Attention
  • Fixed a problem that caused system processors to get into a locked state.
  • Changed the initialization settings of the memory buffers to eliminate spurious checkstops that were causing system and partition crashes.
SF230_145_120 Impact:  Serviceability        Severity:  Special Attention
  • Fixed a problem on i5 systems with 5074 I/O towers that causes a partition to hang with SRC B6000255 when an I/O adapter in the 5074 is moved using dynamic LPAR.
  • Fixed a problem on i5 and p5 systems that causes a continuous stream of phantom interrupts on partitions with shared processors.
SF230_143_120 Impact:  Serviceability        Severity:  Special Attention

Attention: An IPL is required to activate a deferred fix, the system must be powered off via the HMC, (i.e. HMC state=Power OFF) and then powered back on.

  • DEFERRED  On model 575 and 59x systems in which an IBM High Performance Switch (HPS) is installed, fixed a problem that was causing an invalid high performance switch adapter failure to be reported after a switch failure. 
  • DEFERRED  On model SR110000 systems only, fixed a problem that was causing the I/O in the CEC not to show up after an IPL. 
  • DEFERRED  On systems that are managed by an HMC, a problem was fixed that was causing concurrent firmware update to fail with error code ACT01724 on the HMC. 
  • DEFERRED  Fixed a problem involving correctable and uncorrectable memory errors that may have resulted in memory being deconfigured during a slow mode IPL on 9119-59x systems with F/C 7814 (4 GB memory cards) installed. 
  • Support for 16-way model 575 systems was added to the SF230 release. 
  • Fixed a problem that was causing the firmware to erroneously report a failure of the High Performance Switch (HPS) adapter card (with error code B181F62A) in a 16-way model 575 system. 
  • On model 59x systems, a memory leak was fixed that could cause the system to reset during boot.
  • Fixed false error code B1812033 introduced in code level SF230_120 on all p5 and i5 systems model 570 and lower. The B1812033 error code may still be valid on 575 and 59x systems. 
  • Fixed intermittent boot problem introduced in code level SF230_120 on all p5 and i5 systems model 550 and lower. Error codes related to this boot problem include B1701004, B181F12E or B150F22A. 
  • On model 575 and 59x systems in which an IBM High Performance Switch (HPS) is installed, a problem in the system firmware was fixed that was causing duplicate errors for the same problem to be reported in the service processor error log and the HPS Network Manager error log. 
  • On model 575 and 59x systems in which an IBM High Performance Switch (HPS) is installed, a problem in the system firmware was fixed that was causing some switch network interface (SNI) adapters to fail a wrap test. 
  • On systems that are managed by an HMC, fixed a problem that was preventing some types of errors that were logged in the service processor's error log from being sent to the HMC. 
  • Fixed a problem that caused a very early reset/reload of the service processor with error codes of B1817201, B1817209 or similar after a firmware update. 
  • On systems that shipped with a firmware level that begins with SF210, a problem was fixed that was causing the firmware installation to the T side to fail with error code B1817201. 
  • Fixed a problem that was causing platform system dumps to be corrupted. 
  • Fixed a problem that was causing concurrent firmware maintenance to fail.
SF230_126_120 Impact:  Function        Severity:  Hiper
  • Fixed a problem that causes the media bay to lose power, which makes the DVD drives in the bay inoperable on 9117-570 and 9406-570 systems.
  • Fixed most problems introduced in SF230_120 that causes the white power on/off button to intermittently fail to boot the system, terminating with error codes B181F12E, B1701004 or B150F22A, on 9111-520, 9113-550, 9405-520, 9406-520 and 9406-550 systems.
  • Fixed a problem that causes various types of planar and RIO cable failures in the 7040-61D I/O subsystem to be reported on 9118-575, 9119-590, 9119-595 and 9406-595.
SF230_120_120 Impact:  Function        Severity:  Hiper

New function:

  • Adds code to notify the user when the VPD card is not in its original system, and to prevent that system from booting. 
  • Adds support for i5/OS hosting virtual Linux and AIX partitions on i5 systems that are not managed by an HMC. 
  • Adds support for F/C 7910 on model 9118-575 systems the switch network interface  adapter, which provides the interface to the pSeries high performance switch (HPS). 
  • Adds support for F/C 7817 on 9119-590, 9119-595, and 9406-595 systems, the switch network interface (SNI) adapter, which provides the interface to the pSeries high performance switch (HPS). 
  • Adds support for concurrent firmware maintenance on systems managed by an HMC. 
  • Adds support for 32GB memory cards on 9119-590, 9119-595, and 9406-595 systems. 
  • Adds support for F/C 7894, 8GB (4x2GB) feature (2GB DDR2 DIMMs, CCIN 30F3) on machine type 9117-570.
Problems resolved:
  • LEDs on GX bus adapter cards remain on after the node is powered off for 9119-590, 9119-595, and 9406-595 systems. 
  • The service processor is not able to place a "call home" through a modem. 
  • On systems 9118-575, 9119-590, 9119-595, and 9406-595: a firmware upgrade from SF222_075 to SF225_096 fails with error code ACT01724 on the HMC. 
  • Fixed a problem that causes the default boot list and the stored boot list to be swapped in the system management services (SMS) code when booting an AIX or Linux partition. 
  • Fixed a highly intermittent problem that causes the service processor to perform a dump when an SRC is displayed on the control panel. 
  • On  9118-575, 9119-590, 9119-595, and 9406-595 systems, updates the firmware so that the system will continue to boot when certain types of failures occur on bus adapter cards. 
  • Fixed a problem on  9118-575, 9119-590, 9119-595, and 9406-595 systems which caused a reboot to fail with error code B7006900 under certain conditions. 
  • Fixed a problem with moving a CD-ROM device between two logical partitions using DLPAR commands on the HMC. 
  • On 9117-570 and 9406-570 systems:  Fixed a problem a that causes a DMA_ERR with error code 1000 0003 on the integrated Ethernet port. 
  • DS8000 storage subsystem:  multiple firmware fixes. 
  • Fixed a problem that causes the system clock to revert to December 31, 1969 and the system to crash with error code B7000103. 
  • On 9119-590 systems, fixed a problem that keeps large configurations (12 or more I/O drawers with both planars installed) from booting. 
  • Fixed a problem that prevents the 'lscfg -vp' command from reporting platform-specific data on all p5 systems.
  • Fixed a problem that intermittently causes a partition or the system to hang when the lsvpd or lscfg command is run on all p5 systems.  Also, 'the lsmcode' command may return "NOT DETERMINABLE".
  • If two power supplies are installed, the system may fail to power on if one power supply fails in the 9110-510, 9111-520, 9113-550, 9117-570, 9123-xxx, 9124-xxx, 9405-520, 9406-520, 9406-550, 9406-570 systems.
  • Fixed a problem that prevents a virtual SCSI client from connecting to a virtual SCSI server adapter on 9118-575, 9119-590, and 9119-595 systems.

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SF225
SF225_096_096 Impact:  Function   Severity:  Hiper
  • Fixed a problem in the service processor firmware that made it look like the T-side image was being lost after a "reset to factory configuration" was done using the ASMI menus. 
SF225_080_080 Impact:  New        Severity:  New
  • Added support for 9118-575, 9110-510, and 9123-710.
 
SF222
SF222_081_081 Impact:  Function   Severity:  Hiper
  • Fixed a problem that caused FSCSI errors to show up erroneously in the AIX error log when an I/O adapter failed.
  • Fixed a problem that caused the processor runtime diagnostics to call out the wrong DIMM (or other memory component) when a memory failure occurred.
  • Fixed a problem that caused a platform dump to run out of storage space.
  • Fixed a problem that prevented the LEDs on I/O drawers from identifying or "rolling up" to the frame enclosure LED.
  • Fixed a problem that caused the service processor to generate error log entries every few seconds when attempting to service a recoverable CEC hardware error on systems that have processors with no memory associated with them.
SF222_075_075 Impact:  Function   Severity:  Hiper
  • Fixed a problem with the AMSI menu option that allows system VPD keywords to be set.
  • Fixed a problem that kept the system from continuing to boot when an 8GB memory DIMM is deallocated because an uncorrectable error was generated by the DIMM during boot.
  • Fixed a problem that caused a partition's time to appear to drift (approximately 15 seconds/month) following a system IPL.
  • Support for partitions running i5/OS on p5 systems was added.
  • Fixed a problem that caused the default boot list and the stored boot list in the SMS menus to be swapped.
SF222_071_071 Impact:  New        Severity:  New
  • Added support for systems 9119-590, 9119-595, and 9406-595.
 
SF220
SF220_051_051 Impact:  Function   Severity:  Hiper
  • Fixed a problem that kept feature code 1827, a UPS sense cable, from being detected. 
SF220_049_049 Impact:  Function   Severity:  Hiper
  • Fixed a problem that kept the serial ports on the processor drawer from functioning in 9117-570 and 9406-570 systems with multiple processor drawers.
  • Fixed a problem that kept the user from accessing the advanced system management interface (ASMI) via the web interface.
SF220_046_046 Impact:  Function   Severity:  Hiper
  • Fixed a problem that caused the kept the service processor from getting to standby when an Ethernet cable was not plugged into it.
SF220_045_045 Impact:  Function   Severity: Hiper
  • Various corrections and updates.
SF220_043_043 Impact:  New        Severity:  New 
  • Added support for new models:  9111-520, 9113-550, 9406-550, 9124-720, and 9117-570.

8.0  Change History

 
DATE Description
Sept 28, 2006 Added information in Section 2.0 concerning memory usage when upgrading firmware.