Originally posted by: rgar

Ok, I updated my AIX version to 5.3 tl8 only to find out that it's not supported by my firmware on my model 7028-c64(it spits out an error message "eads-freeze-state?, unknown wordDEFAULT CATCH!, throw-code=ffffffffffffff94 " and then a bunch of stuff about deadbeef, and drops me to a "0 >" boot prompt. I downloaded the newest firmware and burned it to cdromm but when I go to the boot menu and select "1. Service Processor Setup Menu" and then option "7. reprogram flash EPROM" it then tells me it's unsupported. I'm totally at a loss and can't think of any other ways to work around/fix this.

I have another box(7038-6c4) is it possible to upgrade the firmware on that and switch out the service processor?

I don't have an hmc installed and am doing this over a console, and I don't think I can call ibm as I'm sure it's out of support.

TIA!

Originally posted by: dukessd

You should be able to boot from a diag CD - at a level your current firmware supports - and then use the service aids to update the firmware.

I don't think your idea of swapping the service processor will work because there is both system and service processor firmware that needs to be updated.

Diag CD ISO download site:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/diags/download/home.html

Originally posted by: rgar

Well... I think it would have trouble booting to a cd, that error that it gives me is before I can get into sms, which is where I usually tell it to boot off the cdrom. I'm going to download it and give it a try though.

Originally posted by: dukessd

Did you bt any chance update from AIX 5.1 or 5.2 to 5.3 TL08?

If so did you check that all the hardware / adapters are supported on 5.3?

Some SSA and graphics adapters were dopped at 5.3!

If you can rule this out then connect up a dumb terminal and use the service processor menu and the boot mode menu to either boot to SMS or to set the default service mode boot list to boot from CD.