Re: IBM HMC upgrade

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Never tried it, I just use the network upgrade method as documented in 
Fix Central.

I don't think it will boot from an external drive like that though.

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 4/14/2017 5:36 PM, Chris Bipes wrote:
> Is it possible to run the upgrade from an external drive?
>
> I have a 2TB drive that I would like to put the .ISO images on and then run the upgrades.  We are at V7R7.2.0.3 and need to get to at least V8R8.40.2
>
> Finally got the Power 5 system off of our network and want to add the new Power 8 to our HMC.  When all is said and done, I will have 2 systems, one i5OS partition each, a Power 7 and a Power 8 frame.
>
> Also anyone have a link to power system firmware to HMC version handy?
>
> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.