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Figure 14-4 shows the HMC support Web site for HMC version 4 release 4.

Figure 14-4 HMC support Web site

Obtaining the HMC recovery CDs

From Figure 14-4 you can see that the HMC recovery CDs are not available to download and

can only be ordered from IBM and sent via post. You can either order the PTF number ı

MH00221(this PTF number is unique to V4R4 and will change with each new release of the

HMC recovery CDs) by using the normal i5/OS command SNDPTFORD,Fix Central or by

clicking the Go link 2 and ordering through the Internet. You must have a registered IBM ID to

order the HMC recovery CDs through the Internet.

Obtaining the HMC Update packages

If your HMC has a VPN connection to the Internet, you may choose to perform the HMC

update directly from the IBM support FTP server. It is important to understand that some of

the HMC update packages are large (over 1GB) and may take time to download. You may

wish to download these update packages to one of your company’s own internal FTP servers

first and then perform the HMC update from this internal server. As shown in Figure 14-4, by

clicking the HMC update package 3, you can download these packages to your PC and place

them on your company’s own internal FTP server. You can then decide to either install these

packages via a FTP server or by burning the zip files to CD-R or DVD-R/DVD-RAM media.