PTF MH01042

Description

Updates HMC from V7R3.1.0 Service Pack 0 to V7R3.1.0 Service Pack 1

Package information

Package name

Size (bytes)

Checksum

APAR #

PTF#

HMC_Update_V7R310_SP1_1.zip
HMC_Update_V7R310_SP1_2.zip
HMC_Update_V7R310_SP1_1.iso
HMC_Update_V7R310_SP1_2.iso

428074841
414051572
429228032
417060864

37925
44582
10797
10085

MB02101

MH01042

Splash panel information (lshmc -V command output)

"version= Version: 7
Release: 3.1.0
Service Pack: 1
HMC Build Level 20070828.1
","base_version=V7R3.1.0

Fixes

This package updates your HMC from HMC V7R3.1.0 Service Pack 0 to HMC V7R3.1.0 Service Pack 1. You can also reference this package by APAR MB02101. This release replaces MH01015, MH01030, MH01041 and MH01045.

Server and Partition Management

  • Fix for CoD extraneous pop-up message problem - HSCL0019 and HSCL0020.
  • Fix for displaying virtual Ethernet backing devices.
  • Fix for displaying multiple VIOSs with SEA failover enabled from Virtual Adapters panel.
  • Fix for profile modification problem with LHEA adapter which resulted in "port group not found" error.
  • Update multiple adapter descriptions in the I/O properties panel.
  • Fix for logging problem which resulted in /var file system filling up.
  • Fix for timing issue which generated unnecessary serviceable event reference code E3550715.
  • Fix for full system partition activation problem with HEA adapter due to HSCL058A and HSCL0658.
  • Fix for shared 5250 console session input inhibited problem.

Security fixes

  • CVE-2007-1536: file, integer underflow
  • CVE-2007-1003
  • CVE-2007-1667
  • CVE-2007-1352
  • CVE-2007-1351: X Security issues
  • CVE-2006-4250: man heap overflow

Platform Management

  • Corrected a problem on the HMC Server Management panel where, after selecting a row, the table would display the selected row twice - once in its original (pre-select) position and once in its correct (post-select) position.
  • Corrected the Remote Support Call procedure for initial enrollment of a newly installed system where the system has non-English characters in the customer information. The enrollment failure caused the initial and all future Remote Support requests to fail.
  • Corrected a problem where some system errors may be called home more than once from multiple HMCs connected to the same system but not on the same subnet.
  • Added support for New Zealand daylight savings time (DST) changes.
  • Corrected an intermittent problem where a HTTP 500 Status code was displayed in the tasks pad area of any resources table view when the tasks pad is enabled.

Repair and Verify

  • Corrected a problem on systems with redundant FSPs with failover enabled where an administrative failover initiated from the HMC or Repair and Verify could result in a HMC system failure.
  • Corrected a problem that resulted in HSCL8001 error during the addition of an enclosure using Repair and Verify.
  • Corrected a problem that caused reference code E3550046 00007E0B to be called home after an HMC upgrade to V7R3.1.0.
  • Corrected and enhanced the Repair and Verify procedure for the replacement of the shuttle assembly on a 7314-G30 drawer.
  • Corrected the Repair and Verify procedure for the replacement of the VPD card on an 570 system.
  • Corrected an omission in the Repair and Verify procedure for performing a repair operation on any 7314-G30 I/O tower that requires the tower to be powered off. Instructions were not given to vary on devices that were previously varied off. This includes SPCN card, Backplane, InfiniBand card, or non redundant power supply repair.
  • Corrected an error in the instructions for the concurrent repair of a 570/560 power supply where the incorrect location is given for the redundant power supply.
  • Corrected a problem in a multiple HMC environment where the user was instructed to initiate the Launch Remote Hardware Management Console from the HMC Management screen of the secondary HMC. That option can not be initiated remotely. The user is now instructed to go to the local console to initiate the task.
  • Corrected a problem when performing a repair operation on a 7311-D10 I/O backplane. Repair Verify does not instruct the CE to record and restore the configuration information associated with the I/O tower that is contained in ASM. This could leave the tower unusable.
  • Correct some Repair and Verify procedures that were not launching HTML panels or panels were missing graphics.
  • Fix to allow vary off for Repair and Verify exchange FRU and remove FRU.
  • Clarified instructions for the installation and removal of FSP cables.
  • Removed incorrect video for the exchange of a 570 D20 DASD Backplane.
  • Corrected exchange procedure for the fan at location A2 in a 570 to eliminate the removal of the control panel.
  • Enhanced the exchange procedure for the OP Panel of the I/O expansion tower to include conditional power off instructions.
  • Clarified instructions for the exchange of the 570 7311-D10 Power Supply.
  • Corrected the instructions for the exchange of the 570 7311-D10 HSL/RIO cables to show the correct locations.
  • Corrected a problem with Add/Remove/Exchange FRU option on 9116-561 systems where machine type and model numbers were not being recognized and were being flagged as unsupported for that option.
  • Corrected issues with the exchange procedure for a Signal Cable (SIG 60) in a I/O expansion tower (5094) attached to a System I 570. The unit will now be powered off automatically, and the managed system will not be powered off. The user will be warned if resources in the unit are in use by partitions currently active on the system.
  • Corrected a problem where the verification of the exchange of a 7314-G30 or 7311-D10 RIO/NIC card would post SRC 100090F0.
  • Corrected issues with the exchange procedure for a signal cable. The procedure failed to instruct the user to properly power off and subsequently power on the D20 DASD.
  • Corrected a problem where graphics associated with the repair and verification of certain System I expansion units FRU�s were not being displayed.
  • Corrected the procedures for the concurrent and non concurrent exchange procedures for System I disk drives.

System Plan

  • Fix for VIOS system plan deployment with SAS disk problem.
  • Fix for profile deployment problem with planned partitions with multiple profiles that have vSCSI dependencies.
  • Fix for mksysplan and CreateSystemPlan runtime errors.
  • Fix for 7314-G30 expansion unit reporting error which caused deployment failure.
  • Fix for deployment problem with LHEA ports when deploying twice.
  • Fix for deployment of a system plan unable to determine HEA settings.
  • Fix for mksysplan and deploysysplan errors due to older versions of Ethernet firmware not recognizing the MAC address.
  • Fix for deployment problems of system plans to VIOS partitions with multiple 7311.D20 DASD.

Licensed Internal Code (LIC) update

  • For systems with with redundant FSPs code was added to - detect conditions on systems with where the secondary FSP has never IPLed the machine.
  • Prevent concurrent updating of the system when this "half-genesis" condition, because redundancy will be lost.
  • Incorporated a change to provide a recovery method to concurrently activate PHYP and PFW firmware that may have been updated by not activated during a previous code update failure.

Service Agent

  • Corrected spelling errors and enhanced terminology in the Manage eService Registration user interface, Service Management menu and Authorize User panel.

Problem Analysis

  • Correct a problem where some Serviceable Events were being opened and called home, that were never intended to be called home.

Known Issues

  • User can no longer select "Save Settings and Power off" task inside the ASM interface launched from a remote HMC (HMC connected from a remote browser). The user must do this task from a local HMC.)
  • Lpar activation may fail when an LHEA is assigned to a regular partition that is later changed to be a "use all resources" partition. For successful activation create a new partition as the full resources partition instead of changing the current partition definition.

Supported languages

Languages

Locales

English

en_US, en_GB, en_GB@euro, en_AU, en_BE, en_BE@preeuro, en_CA, en_HK, en_Ne, en_IE, en_IE@preeuro, en_NZ, en_PH, en_PK, en_ZA, en_SG

Catalan

ca_ES, ca_ES@preeuro

German

de_DE, de_DE@preeuro, de_CH, de_AT, de_AT@preeuro, de_LU, de_LU@euro

French

fr_FR, fr_FR@preeuro, fr_CH, fr_CA, fr_BE, fr_BE@euro, fr_LU, fr_LU@euro

Italian

it_IT, it_IT@preeuro, it_CH

Spanish

es_ES, es_ES@preeuro, es_AR, es_BO, es_CL, es_CO, es_CR, es_DO, es_EC,es_SV, es_GT, es_HN, es_MX, es_NI, es_PA, es_PY,es_PE, es_PR, es_US, es_UY,es_VE

Brazilian Portuguese

pt_BR

Portugal Portuguese

pt_PT, pt_PT@preeuro

Polish

pl_PL, pl_PL@euro,pl_PL@preeuro

Japanese

ja_JP

Simplified Chinese

zh_CN, zh_SG

Traditional Chinese

zh_TW, zh_HK

Korean

ko_KR

Hungarian

hu_HU

Dutch

nl_NL, nl_NL@preeuro, nl_BE, nl_BE@preeuro

Russian

ru_RU

Czech

cs_CZ

Slovakian

sk_SK

Hints / Tips:

  • Korean input is supported. Press Shift-Space to switch between English and Korean input mode.
  • Traditional and Simplified Chinese input is supported in zh_TW and zh_CN locales. Press CTRL-Space to switch between English and Chinese input mode. Press CTRL-Shift to select an input method. Press space bar to see more Chinese characters.
  • Japanese input is supported. Press Shift-Space to switch between English and Japanese input mode.
  • To modify remote session language setting, configure your browser's Language settings.
  • An ibm5250 session opened on the HMC locally will be in the same locale as the one that is set for the HMC. To open a session in a different locale, change the HMC locale first, logout, login and then invoke ibm5250. The other option is to connect to the HMC using a remote emulator, e.g. IBM Personal Communications or iSeries Access, in the desired locale.
  • To configure virtual terminal session to display translated text, select the appropriate encoding from virtual terminal encoding menu.

Known issues:

  • Mnemonics is no longer supported in the new UI. However, mnemonics are still being shown in certain language environments.
  • Number format issues with decimal point in certain locales. For example, sometimes period (.) is used instead of comma (,) for decimal point.
  • To allow all UI displayed in English only in remote management, users can only have English or none in the language list of their browser setting.
  • Due to the limitation of groff, some characters in the output of "man" command might be corrupted in traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese and Korean when the window is too narrow. Widen the window and retry the command again.
  • User ID, User information, HMC User password, Partition name, managed system name, profile name and system profile name are in English only.
  • IBM275 doesn't work well when connecting from IBM Personal Communications or iSeries Access to an HMC. Use another Brazil codepage. The codepage "IBM930 Japan Katakana" doesn't work well either. Use "IBM930 Japan Katakana Extended" instead.
  • In some double byte locales, some grayed out menu would disappear if mouse over the menu item.