Originally posted by: rgar

I have some new js22 blades that came with 5.3tl9. I needed them at 5.3 tl8 so I was going to do a nim install. I setup my lpp and spot sources, and did an rte force install. they reboot and load up the tftp boot file and then the kernel and then they just sit there. And when I check against the nim server there are no connections to it.

So I gave up with the nim server and decided I would install manually as these need to be done by the end of the day.

Now when I put the cd(5.3 tl5 that I will update to tl8) in, and boot from it, it does the same thing as when I was trying to install nim. It starts off ok, starts reading the cdrom and then after it says it's loading the kernel. Just sits there.

Any chance this is because of the ssd's?

TIA

Originally posted by: rgar

Update

It seems to boot and start the install just fine if I use one of my 6.1 cd's. Any idea why it won't take 5.3 tl5?

Originally posted by: unixgrl

TL5 is probably much too old to support your new hardware. I don't have
the specs in front of me but the first Power6 we built had to have at least TL6/7 (can't remember which). Look up your blade model on the IBM website to see
what its min requirements are. TL5 is really old.

Originally posted by: bassemir

You need AIX 5.3 TL6 plus service pack 4 or AIX 5.3 TL7.

This is information from the announce letter (under software requirements)

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS107-679&appname=USN

Rich

Originally posted by: rgar

Ok, thanks guys. I was starting to think that it was to old once I realized it worked with 6.1. I couldn't find anything that said so though. Thanks for the link.

Originally posted by: bassemir

It would be nice to know if going to a newer TL solves your problem and there was nothing else lurking there. If you have a chance, let us know how things worked out. I am pretty sure this will solve your problem but it is always nice to see that confirmation for the next person that might run into this problem. :-)

Rich

Originally posted by: rgar

GRRR!!!

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Welcome to AIX.
boot image timestamp: 20:11 04/16
The current time and date: 01:03:53 05/19/2009
number of processors: 4 size of memory: 7680MB
boot device: /pci@800000020000201/usb@1/hub@1/hub@1/hub@2/cdrom@3:\ppc\chrp\bootfile.exe
kernel size: 15068211; 64 bit kernel
kernel debugger setting: enabled

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AIX Version 5.3
Starting NODE#000 physical CPU#001 as logical CPU#001... done.
Starting NODE#000 physical CPU#002 as logical CPU#002... done.
Starting NODE#000 physical CPU#003 as logical CPU#003... done.
Starting NODE#001 physical CPU#004 as logical CPU#004... done.
Starting NODE#001 physical CPU#005 as logical CPU#005... done.
Starting NODE#001 physical CPU#006 as logical CPU#006... done.
Starting NODE#001 physical CPU#007 as logical CPU#007... done.

Before it would stop after the "kernel debugger setting: enabled". Now it gets a couple of lines further but does the same thing. cdrom light stops blinking and then just sits at the console.
This is with a 5.3 TL8 sp1 dvd that I downloaded.

Going to try and setup a nim resource from it and do a push installation again... though I don't expect that to go any better. It's the only thing I can think of doing at this point.

Originally posted by: rgar

The end result:

Blade Firmware
1 blade1 FW/BIOS EA340_039 11/12/08 0842
1 blade1 Blade Sys Mgmt Processor BOBT001 3.00

AMM firmware:BPET48G

Both blade and amm firmware levels were at there highest.
5.3 TL8 dvd download ended up being corrupt, but still booted to the screen and then hung, just like 5.3 TL 5.
5.3 TL8 cd download seems fine, but still boots up and hangs at the same point as before.

IBM tech told me that since the http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/nos/ibme.html doesn't say 5.7 or later, it only supports 5.7 and had me download those cd's.
While downloading the cd's another IBM tech contacted me and said that 5.8 was definately supported, but we could never figure out how to get it to boot.

Installed fine with 5.3 TL7 and then did upgrade to TL8.

Thanks for everyones help.