Re: Replacing a pair of 5903s with a pair of 5913s

[Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>]

The system is HMC Managed


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Steinmetz, Paul <PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> The process may be slightly different depending if your HMC managed.
> If HMC, wizard will step you through.
> If nonHMC, then you need to check concurrent maintenance process for
> nonHMC managed.
>
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> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 5:08 PM
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> Subject: Replacing a pair of 5903s with a pair of 5913s
>
> Hi All
>
> I'm replacing a pair of 5903's with a pair of 5913's in a 750; intention
> is to allow an additional 5887 tray to be attached to the system.
>
> The 5903 cards are housed in a 5877 and the partition owning the cards
> will be powered down to effect the change. There are cards owned by other
> partitions in the 5877.
>
> Do I need to power off the entire 5877 and therefore shut down the other
> partition as well, or am I OK to replace the cards once the owning
> partition is powered down ? Should I/can I power off the individual slots
> as part of the install ?
>
> The pre-reqs page also tells me to verify the firmware on the 5877 is at
> the right level - does anyone have any hints ore references as to how I
> would determine this ?
>
> The partition the cards will be assigned to is running V6R1M1 and will be
> updated to resave level M prior to the hardware change, along with the
> latest cume, hiper and group PTFs.
>
> Any and all advice appreciated.
>
> --
>
> Regards
> Evan Harris
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