Specifications
28 IBM Power 770 and 780 Technical Overview and Introduction
the new configuration report in a quantity that equals feature #8018. Additional #7942
features can be ordered during the upgrade.
1.11 Hardware Management Console models
The Hardware Management Console (HMC) is required for managing the IBM
Power 770 and Power 780. It provides a set of functions that are necessary to manage
the system, including:
Creating and maintaining a multiple partition environment
Displaying a virtual operating system session terminal for each partition
Displaying a virtual operator panel of contents for each partition
Detecting, reporting, and storing changes in hardware conditions
Powering managed systems on and off
Acting as a service focal point for service representatives to determine an appropriate
service strategy
The IBM Power 770 and Power 780 are not supported by the Integrated Virtualization
Manager (IVM).
Several HMC models are supported to manage POWER7-based systems. Two models
(7042-C08 and 7042-CR6) are available for ordering at the time of writing, but you can also
use one of the withdrawn models listed in Table 1-14.
Table 1-14 HMC models supporting POWER7 processor technology-based servers
At the time of writing, base Licensed Machine Code Version 7 Revision 7.4.0 or later is
required to support the Power 770 and Power 780.
Existing HMC models 7310 can be upgraded to Licensed Machine Code Version 7 to support
environments that might include POWER5, POWER5+, POWER6, POWER6+, and
POWER7 processor-based servers. Licensed Machine Code Version 6 (#0961) is not
available for 7042 HMCs.
If you want to support more than 254 partitions in total, then the HMC might require a memory
upgrade to 4 GB.
Type-model Availability Description
7310-C05 Withdrawn IBM 7310 Model C05 Desktop Hardware Management Console
7310-C06 Withdrawn IBM 7310 Model C06 Deskside Hardware Management Console
7042-C06 Withdrawn IBM 7042 Model C06 Deskside Hardware Management Console
7042-C07 Withdrawn IBM 7042 Model C07 Deskside Hardware Management Console
7042-C08 Available IBM 7042 Model C08 Deskside Hardware Management Console
7310-CR3 Withdrawn IBM 7310 Model CR3 Rack-Mounted Hardware Management Console
7042-CR4 Withdrawn IBM 7042 Model CR4 Rack-Mounted Hardware Management Console
7042-CR5 Withdrawn IBM 7042 Model CR5 Rack-Mounted Hardware Management Console
7042-CR6 Available IBM 7042 Model CR6 Rack mounted Hardware Management Console