•The integrated system ports are supported for modem and async terminal connections. Any other application using serial ports requires a serial port adapter
to be installed in a PCI slot. The integrated system ports do not support HACMPTM configurations.
Hardware management console (HMC) machine code
If attaching an HMC to a new server or adding function to an existing server that requires a firmware update, the HMC machine code may need to be updated.
To determine the HMC machine code level required for the firmware level on any server, go to the following Web page to access the Fix Level Recommendation Tool (FLRT) on or after the planned availability date for this product. FLRT will identify the correct HMC machine code for the selected system firmware level
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/flrt/home
If a single HMC is attached to multiple servers, the HMC machine code level must be updated to the server with the most recent firmware level. All prior levels of server firmware are supported with the latest HMC machine code level.
Boot requirements
•Selection of feature 0837 will indicate boot from SAN.
•If IBM i (#2145) is selected as the primary operating system and SAN boot is not selected (#0837), one of the following Load/Source specify codes must be specified:
–#0835
–#0836
–#0838
–#0839
–#0840
–#0841
–#0844
–#0851
–#0853
–#0854
–#0855
•If IBM i (#2145) is selected and the load source disk unit is not in the CEC (system unit), one of the following specify codes must also be selected:
–#0725
–#0726
–#0727
–#0837
•If IBM i (#2145) is selected, one of the following system console specify codes must be selected:
–#5550
–#5553
Processor cards
•A minimum of one processor card is required on an order with a maximum of 32 processor cores on four processor cards.
•One, two, three, or four
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