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Workspace PowerVC
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 26, 2020

RELATED IDEAS

PowerVC to have backward compatibility with VIOS

PowerVC's support policy is 6 moth for ifix, 18 month for fix pack creation, while VIOS is 3 years support policy. VIOS caters for multiple LPARs, and therefore the customers tend to plan longer period to upgrade VIOS. The gap of support period makes PowerVC upgrade difficult sometimes. For example, PowerVC 1.4.2 to 1.4.3 upgrade requires VIOS to be upgraded from 3.1.0.10 to 3.1.0.21. Until VIOS is upgraded, PowerVC cannot be upgraded, and it causes PowerVC to be out of service. Therefore it is good for PowerVC to have backward compatibility with VIOS so that PowerVC can be upgraded without VIOS upgrade. In the backward compatibility mode, no new function is available, this is just for keeping PowerVC to be in the supported level.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Jun 10, 2024
    Thanks for the request, PowerVC support 3 version of VIOS, with PowerVC 2.2.1 we will support VIOS Version 3.1.3, Version 3.1.4 and Version 4.1.0. Please open RFE for specific VIOS support if you are looking with any PowerVC version.
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 8, 2020

    Thank you for your suggestion - we will consider this for a future release.

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