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FLRT assists administrators in formulating a maintenance plan for IBM Power Systems. It uses various codes and fix levels to provide recommendations on updates or incompatibilities on your system.
Use these instructions to determine the machine model of the system you want to update, as well as the level of firmware and software products installed on that system.
Machine Type-Model
AIX
Enter the following command to confirm the model number (MTM) of the system:
prtconf
Example output:
System Model: IBM,9117-570 Machine Serial Number: 104CAEC Processor Type: PowerPC_POWER5 Number Of Processors: 3 Processor Clock Speed: 1502 MHz
Make a note of the System Model.
IBM i
Enter the following command to confirm the model number of the system.
dsphdwrsc type(*prc)
Example output:
Display Processor Resources System: RCHASKMA Type options, press Enter. 7=Display resource detail Opt Resource Type-model Status Text _ CEC01 9406-MMA Operational Main Card Enclosure _ PN01 28D4 Operational System Control Panel _ MP01 53CF Operational System Processor Card _ MP02 53CF Operational System Processor Card _ MP03 53CF Operational System Processor Card _ MP04 53CF Operational System Processor Card _ MP05 53CF Operational System Processor Card _ MP06 53CF Operational System Processor Card _ MP07 53CF Operational System Processor Card _ MP08 53CF Operational System Processor Card _ PV01 52AD Operational Processor Capacity Card _ SP01 294E Operational Service Processor Card _ SP02 294E Operational Service Processor Card
AIX OS level
Use the oslevel command to display the highest recommended technology level installed on your system. For example:
# oslevel -s
Example output:
7100-00-03-1115
IBM i OS level
Use the dspptf command to display the operating system level on your system. For example:
dspptf
Example output:
Display PTF Status Product ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 5722999 IPL source . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ##MACH#B Release of base option . . . . . . . : V5R4M0 L00
System firmware
AIX
Enter the following command:
lsmcode -c
Example output:
The current permanent system firmware image is SF240_219
The current temporary system firmware image is SF240_219
The system is currently booted from the temporary firmware image.
Linux
Enter the following command:
lsmcode
Example output:
Version of System Firmware is SF240_332 (t) SF240_332 (p) SF240_332 (p)
Version of PFW is 16322007080381CF0681
IBM i
Enter the following command:
dspfmwsts
Example output:
Display Firmware Status Service partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No Firmware update policy . . . . . . . . . . : *HMC Server IPL source . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Temporary Firmware product ID/release . . . . . . . . : 5733906 V1R2M0 ---Server firmware---- Fix PTF Copy pack ID *ACTIVE EM310_063 MH01066 *TEMP EM310_063 MH01066 *PERM EM310_057 MH01049
Hardware Management Console
HMC version and release information can be viewed locally at an HMC console by bringing up the Help menu and clicking "About Hardware Management Console". You can also view this information, either locally or from a remote WebSM client, by going to
Licensed Internal Code Maintenance -> HMC Code Update
and then reading the status section. From the command line, you can display the current code level by running the following command:
# lshmc -V
Example output:
version= Version: 6 Release: 1.0 HMC Build level 20060801.1 MH00781: Required fixes for V6R1.0 (08-03-2006) "."base_version=V6.1.0
Virtual I/O Server
The VIOS command line user interface provides the ioslevel command that displays the VIOS version information.
# ioslevel
Example output:
1.5.2.0
General Parallel File System
AIX
Enter the following command to determine the level of GPFS installed on your server:
# lslpp -L gpfs.base
Example output:
gpfs.base 3.4.0.5 C F GPFS File Manager
Linux
Enter the following command to determine the level of GPFS installed on your server:
# rpm -qa | grep gpfs
PowerHA (formerly HACMP)
AIX
To determine the level installed on your server, enter the following command:
# lslpp -L cluster.es.server.rte
Cluster Systems Management
Enter the following command to display the version of CSM installed on your server. Note the version displayed does not necessarily indicate that CSM is configured or operational.
# csmconfig -V
AIX
Use the lslpp -L csm* to list all the filesets installed for CSM *, which might be at different levels (in a PTF configuration). For example, CSM 1.5.1.3 might have csm.core 1.5.1.3 and csm.server 1.5.1.2, but the overall level is considered 1.5.1.3.
Linux
Use the rpm -qa | grep csm to list all the RPMs installed for CSM.
Tivoli Workload Scheduler LoadLeveler
AIX
Enter the following AIX command to determine the level of LoadLeveler installed on your server:
# lslpp -ha Load.full
Linux
Enter the following command to list the LoadLeveler RPMs installed on your system.
# rpm -qa | LoadL
LoadLeveler
Enter the following LoadLeveler command to determine the level of LoadLeveler installed on your server:
# llstatus -v
Example output:
llstatus 3.5.0.0 rsat0839a 2008/09/24 AIX 5.3 180
IBM Parallel Environment
Enter one of the following commands to display the version of Parallel Environment installed on your server.
AIX
lslpp -l | grep ppe.poe
Linux
poe -v
Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL)
Enter one of the following commands to display the version of ESSL installed on your server.
AIX
lslpp -h "essl.rte.*"
Linux
rpm -qa | grep essl
Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (Parallel ESSL)
Enter one of the following commands to display the version of Parallel ESSL installed on your server.
AIX
lslpp -h "pessl.rte.*"
Linux
rpm -qa | grep pessl
Parallel Environment Developer Edition (PEDE)
Enter one of the following commands to display the version of PEDE installed on your server.
AIX
rpm -qa | grep ppedev
Linux (on Power and x86)
rpm -qa | grep ppedev
Parallel Environment Runtime Edition (PERTE)
Enter one of the following commands to display the version of PERTE installed on your server.
AIX
rpm -qa | grep ppe_
Linux (on Power and x86)
rpm -qa | grep ppe_
Disk systems
AIX, Linux, HP-UX, and Windows
IBM recommends using the Storage Manager client interface to update the firmware for IBM System Storage Disk Systems except for specific upgrades on some systems.
DS4000 series considerations
For DS4200, DS4700, and DS4800 systems only: You cannot use the Storage Manager client interface to upgrade these systems from firmware at level 6.x to level 7.x. Instead, you must use the provided DS4000 FW Upgrade Tool. Use the following guidelines to determine when to use the firmware upgrade utility or the Storage Manager client interface.
- Use the upgrade utility for DS4200, DS4700, or DS4800 systems only.
- Make sure your system firmware level is at least Release 6.14. If the firmware is a version older than 6.14, you must first upgrade to the latest 6.x code available on the support website. Then, use the upgrade utility to upgrade to level 7.x.
- If your system is at Release 7.x, you can upgrade the system firmware from the Storage Manager client interface (the normal process).
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Modified date:
11 March 2022
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