PTF MH01455 HMC V8 R8.2.0 Service Pack 1 Readme


    Hardware Management Console Readme

For use with Version 8 Release 8.2.0

Date: 16 February 2015


      Contents

The information in this Readme contains fix list and other package
information about the Hardware Management Console.

  * Description <#descrip>
  * Package Information <#package>
  * Enhancements and new function <#enhance>
  * General fixes <#fixes>
  * Security fixes <#security>
  * Installation <#install>


    PTF MH01455 HMC V8 R8.2.0 Service Pack 1

This package represents a service pack image that can be used to update
your HMC from HMC V8R8.2.0 to HMC V8R8.2.0 Service Pack 1. You can also
reference this package by PTF MH01455 and APAR MB03837.  This image must
be installed on top of HMC Version 8 Release 8.2.0 Recovery installation
(MH01453) _with_ mandatory PTF MH01454 installed with or without
additional PTFs installed.

*Note:* Service packs are cumulative and as such will include all the
fixes for the PTFs released up to and including the last service pack(s)
for this HMC version.  Please read the individual Readme files for each
PTF to see the list of fixes.

/Package information/ Package name 	Size 	Checksum (sha1sum) 	APAR# 	PTF#
HMC_Update_V8R820_SP1.iso 	1874515968 
501eb9fceedf8e67a5de31907d312b985b6953b1
	MB03837 	MH01455
Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output)

"version= Version: 8
 Release: 8.2.0
 Service Pack: 1
HMC Build level 20150216.1
","base_version=V8R8.2.0
"


    Enhancements and new function

  * Added server firmware entitlement date to HMC GUI.
  * Added new SRC B1812A01 to iqyypell for periodic call home.
  * Enhancement to local HMC to now lock the HMC after the logged on
    user's idle timeout expires.
  * Enhanced overall performance to improve function on HMCs with less
    memory.

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    General fixes

This package provides the following fixes:

  * Fixed a problem where the local 5250 console session hangs if the
    session has a Message Waiting (MW) indicator pending.
  * Fixed a problem where opening the local 5250 console session fails
    with a java.lang.Exception for some HMC users.
  * Fixed a problem where intermittently, a POWER8 server with firmware
    EC level 01AF820 may go to a No Connection state with
    connection_error_code of  02FF-0003-008087E9 after a FSP restart.
  * Fixed an issue where CoD resource values in the Power Enterprise
    pool GUI or CLI were out of sync  with the legacy CoD GUI or CLI.
  * Fixed a hang condition when performing a DLPAR operation and a Power
    Enterprise pool operation on the same manage system at the same time.
  * Fixed an issue with RVTrace file rotation handling.
  * Fixed an issue to now display an error message to the user on
    creation of virtual ethernet adapters when the adapter id is higher
    than the max allowed.
  * Added validation to prevent leaving custom MAC address blank on
    SR-IOV adapters.
  * Fixed an issue with auto-offload of SYSDUMPs from the FSP to the HMC.
  * Fixes an issue to ensure only the targeted system is surveyed for
    I/O firmware updates .
  * Added a recovery procedure message on Repair/Exchange FRU procedure
    when a lock cannot be released.
  * Fixed an issue that allowed special characters in the managed server
    name.
  * Fixed an issue to display the correct adapter description of 2-PORT
    56Gb FDR IB PCIe x16 Adapter instead of Ethernet Controller.
  * Fixed a problem where an invalid configuration file caused pool data
    to be incorrect causing the available pool resource to appear to be
    a huge number.
  * Fixed an issue where the iqyylog would report serviceable event
    E3326701 during Problem Analysis routines.
  * Fixed an issue to prevent 770 firmware installation on 8205-E6C
    systems .
  * Fixed an issue to ensure firmware sync is performed when replacing
    secondary FSP .
  * Fixed a display issue under the server  to allow changing of the
    "Max Page Size" value to display the full lpar list instead of the
    default of 500 .
  * Fixed an issue with Enhanced console login returning a message
    "Firefox cannot establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1".
  * Fixed a performance issue to prevent reporting of SRC E35A000D.
  * Fixed an issue to prevent delays when displaying Virtual Adapter
    properties.


    Security Fixes

  * NTP security fix for CVE-2014-9293, CVE-2014-9294, CVE-2014-9295,
    and CVE-2014-9296.

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    Installation

Installation instructions for HMC Version 8 upgrades and corrective
service can be found at these locations:

Upgrading or restoring HMC Version 8
<http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020109>

Installation methods for HMC Version 8 fixes
<http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020134>

Instructions and images for upgrading via a remote network install can
be found here:

HMC V8 network installation images and installation instructions
<http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020108>

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