HMC

I'm getting this LED code C1C3C213 after upgrading to FW950.40 (99) the system was FW950.30 (92) before - The LED Code hasn't gone away and its been about an hour. I thought this was updated only if my code was older than FW950.10?

https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/SFA/0airx/0/01VL950_099_045.html
Power 9 servers contain SBEs (Self Boot Engines) and are used to boot the system.  SBE is internal to each of the Power 9 chips and used to "self boot" the chip.  The SBE image is persistent and is only reloaded if there is a system firmware update that contains a SBE change.  If there is a SBE change and system firmware update is concurrent, then the SBE update is delayed to the next IPL of the CEC which will cause an additional 3-5 minutes per processor chip in the system to be added on to the IPL.  If there is a SBE change and the system firmware update is disruptive, then SBE update will cause an additional 3-5 minutes per processor chip in the system to be added on to the IPL.  During the SBE update process, the HMC or op-panel will display service processor code C1C3C213 for each of the SBEs being updated.  This is a normal progress code and system boot should be not be terminated by the user. Additional time estimate can be between 6-10 minutes.

The SBE image is only updated with this service pack if the starting firmware level is less than FW950.10.

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Matt Geisler
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Not a big deal on my 9009-22G, but i just powered off/on the system and the LED code went away. Still was there almost day later. Doesn't look like it causes any issues but if you want it to go away you got to power it off and on... I was hoping to do several 9080-M9S concurrent and not reboot... ;-(  

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Matt Geisler
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu May 19, 2022 03:25 PM
From: Matt Geisler
Subject: C1C3C213 LED code after Firmware Update - FW950.40 (99) - Thought SBE update was only for FW950.10 and before?

I'm getting this LED code C1C3C213 after upgrading to FW950.40 (99) the system was FW950.30 (92) before - The LED Code hasn't gone away and its been about an hour. I thought this was updated only if my code was older than FW950.10?

https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/SFA/0airx/0/01VL950_099_045.html
Power 9 servers contain SBEs (Self Boot Engines) and are used to boot the system.  SBE is internal to each of the Power 9 chips and used to "self boot" the chip.  The SBE image is persistent and is only reloaded if there is a system firmware update that contains a SBE change.  If there is a SBE change and system firmware update is concurrent, then the SBE update is delayed to the next IPL of the CEC which will cause an additional 3-5 minutes per processor chip in the system to be added on to the IPL.  If there is a SBE change and the system firmware update is disruptive, then SBE update will cause an additional 3-5 minutes per processor chip in the system to be added on to the IPL.  During the SBE update process, the HMC or op-panel will display service processor code C1C3C213 for each of the SBEs being updated.  This is a normal progress code and system boot should be not be terminated by the user. Additional time estimate can be between 6-10 minutes.

The SBE image is only updated with this service pack if the starting firmware level is less than FW950.10.

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Matt Geisler
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Hi Matt!

Month ago i updated FW from 940 to 950 on 9080-M9S with 4 nodes (CEC) server and this code C1C3C213 hanged more than 1 hour.

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Alexey Malchenko
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu May 19, 2022 03:25 PM
From: Matt Geisler
Subject: C1C3C213 LED code after Firmware Update - FW950.40 (99) - Thought SBE update was only for FW950.10 and before?

I'm getting this LED code C1C3C213 after upgrading to FW950.40 (99) the system was FW950.30 (92) before - The LED Code hasn't gone away and its been about an hour. I thought this was updated only if my code was older than FW950.10?

https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/SFA/0airx/0/01VL950_099_045.html
Power 9 servers contain SBEs (Self Boot Engines) and are used to boot the system.  SBE is internal to each of the Power 9 chips and used to "self boot" the chip.  The SBE image is persistent and is only reloaded if there is a system firmware update that contains a SBE change.  If there is a SBE change and system firmware update is concurrent, then the SBE update is delayed to the next IPL of the CEC which will cause an additional 3-5 minutes per processor chip in the system to be added on to the IPL.  If there is a SBE change and the system firmware update is disruptive, then SBE update will cause an additional 3-5 minutes per processor chip in the system to be added on to the IPL.  During the SBE update process, the HMC or op-panel will display service processor code C1C3C213 for each of the SBEs being updated.  This is a normal progress code and system boot should be not be terminated by the user. Additional time estimate can be between 6-10 minutes.

The SBE image is only updated with this service pack if the starting firmware level is less than FW950.10.

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Matt Geisler
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Hello Matt!

Month ago i updated FW from 940 to 950 on 9080-M9S with 4 nodes (CEC) server and this code C1C3C213 hanged more than 1 hour.

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Alexey Malchenko
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu May 19, 2022 03:25 PM
From: Matt Geisler
Subject: C1C3C213 LED code after Firmware Update - FW950.40 (99) - Thought SBE update was only for FW950.10 and before?

I'm getting this LED code C1C3C213 after upgrading to FW950.40 (99) the system was FW950.30 (92) before - The LED Code hasn't gone away and its been about an hour. I thought this was updated only if my code was older than FW950.10?

https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/SFA/0airx/0/01VL950_099_045.html
Power 9 servers contain SBEs (Self Boot Engines) and are used to boot the system.  SBE is internal to each of the Power 9 chips and used to "self boot" the chip.  The SBE image is persistent and is only reloaded if there is a system firmware update that contains a SBE change.  If there is a SBE change and system firmware update is concurrent, then the SBE update is delayed to the next IPL of the CEC which will cause an additional 3-5 minutes per processor chip in the system to be added on to the IPL.  If there is a SBE change and the system firmware update is disruptive, then SBE update will cause an additional 3-5 minutes per processor chip in the system to be added on to the IPL.  During the SBE update process, the HMC or op-panel will display service processor code C1C3C213 for each of the SBEs being updated.  This is a normal progress code and system boot should be not be terminated by the user. Additional time estimate can be between 6-10 minutes.

The SBE image is only updated with this service pack if the starting firmware level is less than FW950.10.

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Matt Geisler
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