Re: POWER5 to POWER5+ Upgrade

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

1 - DSPPTF 5722999.  "Release of base option" must be either V5R3M5 or 
V5R4M0.  Simply permanently applying the latest cumulative PTF package 
won't do you squat if you are at V5R3M0.  You have to slip on a new 
version of LIC.

2 - Trying to find a definitive answer as to what level of firmware you 
need.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r3s/topic/iphbg/model825to570hmc.htm#model825to570hmc

I'd do the following.
1 - Go to here
http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral
Select:
  System i family
  Hardware Management Console
and put on the latest and greatest.  6.1 has been out for awhile.
2 - Go back to
http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral
Select:
  System i family
  Server firmware
  Update policy set to HMC
and get upgraded to the latest firmware.
3 - Then, I'd bypass V5R3M5 and just upgrade straight to V5R4M0.  It will 
have been GA a year come Valentine's Day.  That's long enough to let 
others shake out the bugs.

Rob Berendt