Upgrade paths for POWER6 Power 570 systems

Learn about the supported paths for upgrading to the POWER6™ Power 570 9117-MMA system.

The following upgrade paths are supported:

• POWER5 System i® 9406-570 to POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA
• POWER™5 System p® 9117-570 to POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA
• Structure upgrade, which requires a new vital product data (VPD) card at no additional charge, for the System i to POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA
• Firmware only upgrade, at no additional charge, for the System p 9117-MMA to POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA
  Note: If you are adding an IBM® i logical partition, you must enable IBM i in the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI).
• 2–core processor cards to 4–core processor cards for the POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA

The following figure shows the supported paths for upgrading Power 570 systems to Power Systems™ systems.

Figure 1. Supported paths for upgrading Power 570 systems to Power Systems systems

The following figure shows the upgrade paths for the POWER5 System p 9117-570 to POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA.

Figure 2. Upgrade paths for the POWER5 System p 9117-570 to POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA

The following figure shows the upgrade paths for the POWER5 System i 9406-570 to POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA.

Figure 3. Upgrade paths for the POWER5 System i9406-570 to POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA

The following figure shows the upgrade paths from initial power to additional power for the POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA.

Figure 4. Upgrade paths from initial power to additional power for the POWER6 Power 570 9117-MMA