Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Can anyone confirm that AIX 5.3 TL6 SP7 supports POWER6 595 hardware? Also, I would like to know which AIX levels are compatible with POWER 6 hardware. Thanks
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Originally posted by: phastjay

Under the new release strategy, the POWER6 based Power 595 system will be supported by AIX 5.3 TL6, TL7 & TL8 as well as the on AIX 6.1. The availability dates of those TLs is staggered. The software levels and release dates (from the announcement) are:

Operating System --- Availability Date
AIX 5.3 Technology Level 8 May 6, 2008
AIX 5.3 Technology Level 7 Service Pack 4 May 28, 2008
AIX 5.3 Technology Level 6 Service Pack 7 May 28, 2008
AIX 6.1 Technology Level 1 May 30, 2008
AIX 6.1.0 Service Pack 5 July 2, 2008
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2 Oct 24, 2008
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 for Power Oct 24, 2008
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 for Power, Oct 24, 2008
IBM i Sept 9, 2008
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Originally posted by: andreas_de

This might be your source of information:

POWER 595 SMOL Link: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss?DocURL=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sm/3/877/ENUS9119-_h03/index.html&InfoType=DD&InfoSubType=SM&InfoDesc=HW+%26+SW+Desc+%28Sales+Manual%2C+RPQ%29&panelurl=index.wss%3Fbuttonpressed%3DDET001PT008%26page%3D0%26user%2Btype%3DEXT%26submit.x%3D12%26submit.y%3D6&paneltext=Multiple+types+search#SHeader_16
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