01SF240_201_201
A problem was corrected that caused the advanced system management interface (ASMI) menus to be displayed incorrectly in languages other than English.
01SF235_185_160
The following system firmware functions were added in this release:
Support for the model 9116-561 (System p5 560Q)
Support for model 9110-51A (OpenPower p5-511 and p5-511Q.)
Support for Power5+ processors on the pSeries models 510, 510Q, 520, 520Q, 570, and 575.
Support for Power5+ processors on the iSeries models 520, 550, and 570.
Support for IOP-less configurations on iSeries models 520, 550, and 570.
Support for mixing CoD-capable DDR2 memory with DDR2 memory that is not CoD-capable in a system.
Support for F/C 0649 (internal version) and F/C 0650 (external version), a new high-performance SCSI adapter with RAID 6 disk controller.
Support for the collection (and viewing on the HMC) of logical partitions' utilization of processor and memory resources.
Support for a thin console on iSeries systems.
Support for huge pages (16 GB) in the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) menus.
Enhancements to the "Restore to factory default" option, CoD options, time-of-day menu, and firmware update policy menu on the ASMI menus.
Location codes of the memory DIMMs were added to the memory deconfiguration menu interface in the ASMI menus.
The option to set the number of virtual LAN (VLAN) switches was added to the ASMI menus.
A feature to retry boot from a hard disk after an initial failure due to firmware timing, instead of immediate failure. (This type of failure is typically seen on boot disks from external disk subsystem.)
Various enhancements and fixes to DS6000 and DS8000 storage systems firmware.
The following system firmware changes affect specific p5 and i5 systems not in 24 inch racks:
The System Management Services (SMS) password recognition code was changed so that passwords that are allowed in the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) can now be typed to enter the SMS.
LIC code updated.
None.
When a system with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) connected experienced a reset/reload of the service processor, the UPS was not being detected correctly.
LIC code updated.
None.
A problem was fixed that was causing SRC B1xxE500 (with SRC word 8 equal to DD02) when processor runtime diagnostics were called during a dump.
LIC code updated.
None.
A problem was fixed that caused the subsystem ID (the xx in B1xx yyyy) to be changed between the time processor runtime diagnostics reported an error to the gard code and when the service processor error log entry was created.
LIC code updated.
None.
A problem was fixed that was causing the location codes in the VPD data to be invalid after the VPD (Anchor) card was replaced.
LIC code updated.
None.
A problem was fixed that caused the system firmware to report an RTAS error (with error code FFFF D8F1 and malfunction code of 0000 000C) when certain types of hardware errors were encountered.
LIC code updated.
None.
A problem was fixed that was causing the system firmware to crash when a certain type of KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) switch was used.
LIC code updated.
None.
A problem was fixed that caused a BA180010 error to be logged when a PCI-X DDR slot was empty.
LIC code updated.
None.
A problem was fixed that was causing an "IOP-less partition" to fail to boot; the partition was hanging at SRC B200F008.
LIC code updated.
None.
The firmware console selection code was changed so that the time-out for console selection (approximately one minute) is independent of the number of potential consoles.
LIC code updated.
None.
A problem with the slot allocation code was fixed that prevented partitions from being opened by the IVM (integrated virtualization manager).
LIC code updated.
None.
A problem was fixed that caused extended SRC data to be missing when SRC B7000103 was generated.
LIC code updated.
None.
System firmware changes that affect model 570 systems with more than one processor drawer:
On model 570 systems with more than one processor drawer, a problem was fixed that was preventing enclosure VPD keywords from being changed in the second, third, and fourth processor drawers using the ASMI menus.
LIC code updated.
None.
On a system in which a redundant service processor is installed, a problem was fixed that was causing the wrong service processor to be called out when certain types of failures occurred .
LIC code updated.
None.
System firmware changes that affect models 575, 590, and 595, other HMC-controlled servers, and clustered systems:
A problem was fixed that was causing the status of the HMC's connection (to the service processor) to be reported incorrectly to the server firmware.
LIC code updated.
None.
A problem was fixed that caused model 575 nodes to fail to boot with SRC B1817201.
LIC code updated.
None.
System firmware changes that affect p5 and i5 systems not in 24 inch racks
On a system that is not managed by an HMC, progress codes were being displayed on the potential firmware consoles; this caused the console selection message to scroll off the screen.
LIC code updated.
None.