01SF240_202_201
Support for 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB DDR II memory cards on the p5 models 9119-590 and 9119-595.
System firmware changes that affect all p5 and i5 systems:
HIPER: A problem was fixed that caused the system to interpret a machine condition as requiring special attention handling, where no such special attention existed. This could result in a system checkstop. This problem is also known as the "Master Attention Alone" condition.
HIPER: A problem was fixed that could cause unpredictable results when the control logic on the service processor is reset.
HIPER: The hardware initialization settings were changed to prevent system checkstops with error code B1xxE500.
HIPER: A problem was fixed that caused a machine check with error code B121E500 (with word 8 = 00530006) after a memory steering operation.
DEFERRED: A problem was fixed that prevented a system dump from completing after a hardware failure, with error code B181F22A being logged.
A problem was fixed that caused the system to fail to boot if the white power button was pressed within 10 seconds after reaching standby, but before C1802000 was posted on the control (operator) panel.
A problem was fixed that caused the service processor to perform a reset/reload too frequently, which caused too many dump files to be generated.
A problem was fixed that caused the system to crash with error code B181F141 when a PCI adapter was hot-plugged.
A problem was fixed that caused informational SRC B1813028 to appear in the service processor error log after a firmware update from one SF235 level to a subsequent SF235 level.
A problem was fixed that was causing some types of error codes to be defined incorrectly in the service processor error log.
The processor runtime diagnostic code was enhanced to more accurately point to the processor that is suspected to be failing when a dump is taken.
A problem was fixed on p5 systems (that have a graphics adapter and a USB adapter) that caused the firmware's console selection to be lost when firmware level SF240_202_201 was installed.
A problem was fixed that was causing the system or partition to drop to the open firmware prompt when trying to view the fibre-channel boot devices in SMS menus.
A problem was fixed that was causing error code B181B013 to be erroneously generated during a code update from an SF230 level to an SF235 level.
A problem was fixed that prevented the "identify" LEDs from being toggled correctly on some enclosures.
A problem was fixed that prevented virtual adapters from being configured.
A problem was fixed that, in certain configurations, caused the HSL Opticonnect loop to fail when a single loop failed, even though a redundant path was available.
A problem was fixed that was causing excessive B7006970 error codes to be logged when an I/O tower or drawer failed.
A problem was fixed that caused the system to hang when booting after a main storage dump.
A problem was fixed that, under some circumstances, prevented remote support from gathering information about partitions that are running.
A problem was fixed that caused the HSL Opticonnect ring between systems to fail when concurrently adding a tower to an HSL Opticonnect ring.
A problem was fixed that caused a frame that had been concurrently removed from an HSL Opticonnect ring to remain in the configuration displayed by the hardware service manager tool.
A problem was fixed that caused the macro "nm lcsnm verifyvpd -xm" not to display all the bus VPD from XM.
A problem was fixed that caused two successive in-band server firmware installations attempts to fail, but the third one to succeed.
- If the inband firmware installation fails on power down of the service partition, in some cases the next attempt will fail. Retrying the inband update by
powering down the service partition again will succeed.
A problem was fixed that caused the error data that is captured after an extended error handling (EEH) event to be zeroed out.
A problem was fixed that caused error code B7006970 to be logged after a partition is shutdown when certain types of DDR adapters are plugged into a DDR slot.
A problem was fixed that caused some slots to be unusable by a partition, and error codes B7006970 and B7006971 errors to be logged, even though the hardware error for that slot or bus was recoverable.
A problem was fixed that caused system firmware to report incorrect error information for some PCI slots, which prevented the adapters in these slots from being configured.
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 .
DEFERRED and HIPER: An initialization problem was fixed that was causing the high-performance switch (HPS) network adapter to hit the adapter error threshold during run-time.
HIPER: In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused the corruption of registry values on the primary service processor. This registry corruption was evidenced by the fact that the hypervisor reported the amount of configurable memory incorrectly.
HIPER: In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused error code B1818A09 to be generated intermittently.
HIPER: In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused runtime fail-over to the secondary service processor to fail.
HIPER: In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused the system to fail to boot, and one of the service processors to become deconfigured.
HIPER: A problem was fixed that was causing the power control code to time out when querying the vital product data (VPD) on large system configurations.
DEFERRED: A problem with the memory being allocated to high-performance switch (HPS) network adapters was fixed.
A problem was fixed that was causing a model 59x system to fail to boot (with error code BxxxF7A9) when a memory card failure was detected during the boot.
In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused a firmware installation to fail with multiple occurrences of error code B1818A0E.
In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused error code B181B013 to be logged in the secondary service processor's error log.
In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused both service processors to become "primary" after termination under certain conditions.
In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused error code B181E678 to be generated erroneously very early in the power-on sequence.
In a model 59x system with a redundant service processor installed, a problem was fixed that caused the "concurrent addition" of a node to fail with error code B1xxE500.
In a model 59x system or a model 570 system with a redundant service processor installed, a problem was fixed that caused the IPLing of the secondary service processor to fail due and error code B1xxF684 to be generated
In a system with a redundant service processor, the firmware was changed so that error code B181E911 is reported (with a recommendation to look at other error logs to isolate the problem), instead of B181E901 or B181E90C, when the firmware cannot identify the reason for a reset/reload.
In a model 59x system with a redundant service processor installed, a problem was fixed that caused error code B181F684 to be erroneously logged by the secondary service processor.
In a model 59x system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused error codes 1000911C and 10009138 to be logged erroneously during a service processor failover.
In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused the error "Message Not Found" to be generated during the cold repair of a service processor.
In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that caused the secondary service processor to be removed from the configuration under some circumstances during an emergency power off.
In a system with a redundant service processor, a problem was fixed that was causing the system to reboot continuously while the secondary service processor was attempting to mount a file system.
For the model 59x systems, the FRU list for MCM and memory card VPD access errors was updated to include the MUX card.
A problem was fixed that caused error code HSCL1400 to be generated when a redundant service processor was installed with firmware release SF230 or earlier.
A problem was fixed that was causing all of the hardware in a processor node (in a multi-node 59x system) to be erroneously shown as "Deconfigured" with an error type of "Association" in the ASMI hardware deconfiguration menus.
A problem was fixed that caused some error log entries not to be seen on the HMC.
A problem was fixed that caused multiple B176871C error codes to be generated.
A problem was fixed that was causing dynamic logical partitioning operations in a Linux environment to hang intermittently.
The firmware was enhanced so that the service processor will report a timeout if the hypervisor does not acknowledge a "memory resilience" message.
A problem was fixed that prevented system power control network (SPCN) firmware downloads from occurring after a hardware service action is performed from the HMC.
System firmware changes that affect p5 and i5 systems not in 24 inch racks:
A problem was fixed that caused error code 11002600 SRC to be generated during the power-down sequence, and a failure of the subsequent power-on with error code B150F22A.
System firmware changes that affect model 570 systems:
A problem was fixed that caused error code B182E500 to occur during a slow mode IPL of a model 570 system with two drawers and processor card feature code 29AE, 7781, 7782, 832E, or 8338.
System firmware changes that affect certain p5 and i5 systems:
Additional hardware initialization settings were changed to prevent system hangs with error code B7xx406E.
This affects the following systems:
i5: 9405-520 and 9406-520 with processor feature code 8325, 8327 or 8330
p5: 9115-505, 9110-51A, 9111-285, 9131-52A, and 9133-551
DEFERRED: A problem was fixed that caused certain I/O adapters to fail at runtime.
This affects the following systems:
i5: 9405-520 and 9406-520 with processor feature code 8325, 8327 or 8330
p5: 9115-505, 9110-51A, 9111-285, 9131-52A, and 9133-551
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.