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Chapter 14. Firmware maintenance 447
Using the i5/OS service partition to display firmware levels
You can use the following steps from an i5/OS 5250 screen to display the current installed
firmware levels:
1. Enter the STRSST command on an i5/OS command line and enter a valid user ID and
password.
2. Select option 1, Start a service tool, and press Enter.
3. Then select option 4, Display/Alter/Dump, and press Enter.
4. Next take option 1, Display/Alter storage, and press Enter.
5. Select option 2, Licensed Internal Code (LIC) data, and press Enter.
6. Then select option 14, Advanced analysis, and press Enter.
7. Page down and select FLASHLEVELS, and press Enter.
8. There are no special parameters to type, just press Enter.
9. The Display Formatted Data screen appears (Figure 14-33)
Figure 14-33 Current firmware levels installed - shown from DST
Here we can see that our firmware policy is set to HMC managed. Also note that the firmware
levels for the Load Source A/B and lower than that of the SP P/T. This is not a problem for a
HMC managed firmware policy, as the load source levels are never used. However, if we
decide to change our firmware update policy to operating system and set this i5/OS partition
to be our service partition, then the firmware levels of the SP would be downgraded to
SF225_096. In this situation we would recommend installing the relevant MHxxxxx PTF on
the i5/OS partition to bring the firmware levels on the load source to the same or higher level
before changing the firmware update policy.
Display Formatted Data
Page/Line. . . 1 / 1
Columns. . . : 1 - 78
Find . . . . . . . . . . .
....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+...
DISPLAY/ALTER/DUMP
Running macro: FLASHLEVELS
LS Flash Sync Enabled.
HMC MANAGED
MiKeyword: NVRAM: SF225_096
Side Date/Time MI Keyword PTFs
------------- ------------- ---------- -------------------------------
Memory 20050415/0857 SF230_112 MH00261
Flash P 20050406/0941 SF230_112 MH00255
Flash T 20050415/0857 SF230_112 MH00261
Load Source A 20050311/1416 SF225_096 MH00248
Load Source B 20050311/1416 SF225_096 MH00248
Bottom
F2=Find F3=Exit F4=Top F5=Bottom F10=Right F12=Cancel