You can upgrade the server firmware of a System p® 570 9117-MMA system to a Power 570 9117-MMA system. You can also upgrade the server firmware of a Power 550 8204-E8A system to use IBM® i logical partitions and upgrade the server firmware of a Power 5208203-E4A system to use IBM i logical partitions.
Updating the system firmware enables Power 520, Power 550, and Power 570 systems to create and run combinations of IBM i, AIX®, and Linux® logical partitions. By updating server firmware, your system supports new hardware as it is announced.
In addition to providing instructions for upgrading server firmware, this topic provides instructions for upgrading the POWER6™ 9406-MMA system to a Power 570 9117-MMA system, for upgrading the Power 520 9407-M15 system to an 8203-E4A system, for upgrading the Power 520 9408-M25 system to an 8203-E4A system, and for upgrading the Power Systems™ 9409-M50 system to an 8204-E8A system.
You use a Hardware Management Console (HMC) to perform most tasks in this topic collection. However, you can upgrade server firmware on 8203-E4A and 8204-E8A systems without using an HMC. For more information, see Upgrading server firmware without using an HMC.