Linux: Released IBM Hardware – POWER based servers

November 27, 2009 at 7:43 pm

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Symptom
This note provides information regarding SAP application support for Linux on Power Architecture technology.
Other terms
iSeries, pSeries, PowerPC, PPC, POWER, ppc64, POWER4, POWER5, POWER4+, JS20, Blade, BladeCenter, BladeServer, System i, System p, POWER6
IBM System p, IBM System i, iSeries, pSeries, pLinux, Power Systems
Solution
Supported Processors:
For the operation of SAP applications on Linux on Power Systems family [...]

POWER6 Live Partition Mobility

July 12, 2009 at 2:00 am

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Symptom
Avoid downtime for hardware/firmware maintenance
Other terms
AIX LPM Live Partition Mobility Migration POWER6 Linux
Reason and Prerequisites
IBM System p6 servers based on the IBM POWER6 processor Firmware version EM320_031 or higher
Hardware Management Console (HMC) Version V7R320 (plus fix MH01062) or higher
AIX 5.3 required level: 5.3.7.1 or higher
AIX 6.1 required level: 6.1.0.1 or higher
VIOS required level: 1.5.1.1-FP-10.1 (plus [...]

POWER6 Live Partition Mobility

July 2, 2009 at 7:16 am

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Symptom
Avoid downtime for hardware/firmware maintenance
Other terms
AIX LPM Live Partition Mobility Migration POWER6 Linux
Reason and Prerequisites
IBM System p6 servers based on the IBM POWER6 processor Firmware version EM320_031 or higher
Hardware Management Console (HMC) Version V7R320 (plus fix MH01062) or higher
AIX 5.3 required level: 5.3.7.1 or higher
AIX 6.1 required level: 6.1.0.1 or higher
VIOS required level: 1.5.1.1-FP-10.1 (plus [...]