Understand the basics of what the authorized service provider
is doing during the hardware installation.
To upgrade the server, the authorized service provider
performs the following tasks:
- Performs the server upgrade
- Verifies that all server components are functional
- Performs any contracted relocation or rearrangement services prior
to returning the server to you
- Provides you with the following information, for use when you
return the server to production:
- System Planning Tool (SPT) output
- Disk configuration printouts
- Parity set configuration printout
- Description label locations printout
- Server configuration list printouts (from Hardware Service Manager)
- List of hardware resources that were replaced or moved during
the conversion (Resource Conversions form A880 or equivalent list)
- Cable migration worksheet (form A805) for each logical partition
- Ensures that your hardware is reporting in
- Works to maintain bus numbering, preserve data, and identify changes
that are necessary for the LPAR configuration data.
- Prepares any parts to be returned to IBM®