Hi

I have some older RS6000 models that I'd like to install AIX 5.3 on,
namely:

44P-270
H80

Question: does AIX 5.3 support these models?

thanks
Victor

Please let me know too.
If AIX 5.3 could be installed on 430p single prcessor

TIA

> I have some older RS6000 models that I'd like to install AIX 5.3 on,
> namely:
>
> 44P-270
> H80
>
> Question: does AIX 5.3 support these models?

AIX 5 must be running on Common hardware reference platform (CHRP).
Try:

bootinfo -p

If it returns the string 32 it is only capable of running the 32-bit kernel.
If it returns the string chrp the machine is capable of running the 64-bit
kernel or the 32-bit kernel.

x wrote:
>>I have some older RS6000 models that I'd like to install AIX 5.3 on,
>>namely:
>>
>>44P-270
>>H80
>>
>>Question: does AIX 5.3 support these models?
>
>
> AIX 5 must be running on Common hardware reference platform (CHRP).
> Try:
>
> bootinfo -p
>
> If it returns the string 32 it is only capable of running the 32-bit kernel.
> If it returns the string chrp the machine is capable of running the 64-bit
> kernel or the 32-bit kernel.
>

Take a look here too...

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoce...lnotes.htm#wq3

You might like this too for unsupported hardware...

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoce...es.htm#support

Andy.

Hi
all older models will run with 5.1 , including MCA boxes.

However,

from AIX 5.2 on,

- no MCA boxes
- no rsc, power, power2, 601, 603 chip support
no E models
no F models, except F50 (= F50 is a chrp box)
no PREP hardware. ( i think your 43p 270 is Prep, check the first lines
of the
lscfg command. ("Model Architecture" line)

cheers, Rens


x wrote:

>>I have some older RS6000 models that I'd like to install AIX 5.3 on,
>>namely:
>>
>>44P-270
>>H80
>>
>>Question: does AIX 5.3 support these models?
>>
>>
>
>AIX 5 must be running on Common hardware reference platform (CHRP).
>Try:
>
>bootinfo -p
>
>If it returns the string 32 it is only capable of running the 32-bit kernel.
>If it returns the string chrp the machine is capable of running the 64-bit
>kernel or the 32-bit kernel.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Here is the link to the official document :

http://www.rootvg.net/Docs/AIX52MCA.pdf

regards Rens

x wrote:

>>I have some older RS6000 models that I'd like to install AIX 5.3 on,
>>namely:
>>
>>44P-270
>>H80
>>
>>Question: does AIX 5.3 support these models?
>>
>>
>
>AIX 5 must be running on Common hardware reference platform (CHRP).
>Try:
>
>bootinfo -p
>
>If it returns the string 32 it is only capable of running the 32-bit kernel.
>If it returns the string chrp the machine is capable of running the 64-bit
>kernel or the 32-bit kernel.
>
>
>
>
>
>

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:41:44 +0100, x wrote:

>
>> I have some older RS6000 models that I'd like to install AIX 5.3 on,
>> namely:
>>
>> 44P-270
>> H80
>>
>> Question: does AIX 5.3 support these models?
>
> AIX 5 must be running on Common hardware reference platform (CHRP). Try:
>
> bootinfo -p
>
> If it returns the string 32 it is only capable of running the 32-bit
> kernel. If it returns the string chrp the machine is capable of running
> the 64-bit kernel or the 32-bit kernel.

Not quite. If bootinfo -p returns chrp, it will run AIX 5.2 and 5.3. But
that does not mean it will necessarily run a 64 bit kernel. Bootinfo -y
will tell you whether the machine is 32 or 64 bit.

Regards, Ian