Upgrades road map

You can use this road map as a guide to upgrade from an IBM® POWER™5 or POWER6™ System p® model or hardware feature or from an IBM POWER5 or POWER6 System i® model or hardware feature to a POWER6 Power Systems™ server.

The steps in this road map link to a series of chronological tasks for upgrading or migrating your server. At the completion of each step, return to this road map to determine the next appropriate step.

Roadmap

  1. To upgrade server firmware, see Enabling POWER6 systems to support AIX, IBM i, or Linux on the Power 520, Power 550, and Power 570 systems.
  2. To plan for the upgrade, see Upgrade checklist.
  3. To order an upgrade, see Order tasks for upgrading your server.
  4. To prepare the server for an upgrade, see Preparation tasks for upgrading your server.
  5. For preinstallation tasks, see Preinstallation tasks for upgrading your server.
  6. To perform the upgrade, see Installation tasks.
  7. To test the server upgrade, see Testing your server.