"Pre-GA" RISC Systems - Free upgrade offer expiring

[jaime at excalibur.austin.ibm.com]

In article <1991May29.060940.6535 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>,
shair at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Shair) writes:
> From: shair at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Shair)
> Subject: Re: "Pre-GA" RISC Systems - Free upgrade offer expiring
> 
> karish at mindcraft.com (Chuck Karish) writes:
> 
> >Bob, is there a way to have AIX tell us what level our firmware is?
> >It's annoying to have to open the box and peer around the memory
> >boards to read the numbers on the ROS chips.
> >-- 
> 
> lscfg -v will give you a verbose listing of your configuration
> including many EC levels.  Whether that's sufficient to decide
> whether a system needs upgrading, I can't say.
> (I should include a disclaimer, like a good IBMer...
>  I have nothing to do with this upgrade project, being just an
>  ordinary field Systems Engineer whose experience is limited to
>  working with my own customer.  But when that customer is the
>  University of Illinois, one gets quite an education, and 
>  access to usenet/internet news.  So I decided to publicize
>  this here.)
> 
>         (output from lscfg -v   first few lines of hundreds)
> INSTALLED RESOURCE LIST WITH VPD
> 
> The following resources are installed on your machine.
> 	
>   sysunit0          00-00             RISC System/6000 System Unit
>   sysplanar0        00-00             CPU Planar
> 
>         Part Number.................71F0044 
>         EC Level....................C26251
>         Processor Identification....00026821
>         ROS Level and ID............IPLVER0.0 LVL0.00,71F0045 
>         Processor Component ID......0000003100000032
>         Device Specific.(Z0)........01250B
>         Device Specific.(Z1)........022102
>         Device Specific.(Z2)........032001
>         Device Specific.(Z3)........042104
>         Device Specific.(Z4)........1D2006
>         Device Specific.(Z5)........FFFFFF
>         Device Specific.(Z6)........0A3005
>         Device Specific.(Z7)........2A3005
>         Device Specific.(Z8)........FFFFFF
>         Device Specific.(Z9)........FFFFFF
>         ROS Level and ID............OCS(03000000) 
>         ROS Level and ID............SEEDS(05000000) 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Bob Shair                          shair at chgvmic1.vnet.ibm.com
> Scientific Computing Specialist    SHAIR at UIUCVMD (bitnet)
> IBM Champaign

OK folks, let's get this right once and for all.  As previously posted
all machines with serial numbers less than 5000 were pre-GA machines.
The serial number is found below the LED indicators on deskside models
and behind the system fan on the model 320 desktop units.
These are the macines IBM has been feverishly trying to upgrade.
A large portion of these have already been done.  If a machine has been
upgraded, a sticker will be placed on the machine indicating thsi and the
date the action was done.  On deskside models the sticker will be found by
removing the back cover and looking in the upper laft hand corner of the
machine.  This will be to the left of the fan.  A sticker with the
serial numberwill also be seen. On the desk top models, the serial
number sticker and
the upgrade sticker are on the back below the fan.

A way for see what AIX can tell you is described above by Bob Shair.
To remove the extra stuff, use the following:

	lscfg -l sysplanar0 -v

This will only give the CPU information.

The following machines REQUIRE upgrading, if not already done.

Model			CPU Part #

320			70F9928 or less
520			70F9645 or less
530/730			70F0240 or less
540			70F9923 or less
930			70F9655 or less

It is stillpossible for machines with CPU part numbers that are higher than
those stated to require upgrading.  This could occur if te CPU planar was
replaced with a GA level planar as part of a service call.  There are other
portions of the machine (I/O planar, adpater cards, cables) that can still
require upgrading.  PLEASE check the serial numbers and/or stickers to verify.

For the user who said that their machines with serial numbers greater than 5000
that required upgrading, most likely the culprit was the tape and not the CPU 
that caused the stack tape not to work.  The tape drives themselves required
upgrading the GA level as well.

Those machines you find needing upgrading, please contact Kathy Mackay of
IBM in Austin at 1-512-838-4242 or for IBMer's tie-line 678-4242.
The turn-around time is short and IBM pays for the shipping.

Jaime Vazquez			Voice:  512-838-4829 or t/l 678-4829
AIX Technical Support           Fax:    512-838-4851 or t/l 678-4851
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