Ibm Aix Operating System - IBM Power 720 Overview

For details about the software available on IBM Power Systems, visit the IBM Power Systems
Software™ website:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/index.html

2.12.1 IBM AIX operating system

The following sections describe various levels of AIX operating system support.
IBM periodically releases maintenance packages (service packs or technology levels) for the
AIX operating system. Information about these packages, downloading, and obtaining the
CD-ROM is on the Fix Central website:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
The Fix Central website also provides information about how to obtain the fixes that are
included on CD-ROM.
The Service Update Management Assistant (SUMA), which can help you to automate the
task of checking and downloading operating system downloads, is part of the base operating
system. For more information about the suma command, go to the following website:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/genunix/suma.html
IBM AIX Version 5.3
At the time of writing, AIX Version 5.3 is not supported with the Power 720 and Power 740.
Statement of Direction (SoD): IBM intends to provide to those clients with AIX 5.3
Technology Level 12 (and the associated service extension offering) the ability to run that
environment on the Power 720 and Power 740.
IBM AIX Version 6.1
The following minimum levels of AIX Version 6.1 support the Power 720 and Power 740:
AIX V6.1 with the 6100-08 Technology Level and Service Pack 2, or later
AIX V6.1 with the 6100-07 Technology Level and Service pack 7, or later (planned
availability March 29, 2013)
AIX V6.1 with the 6100-06 Technology Level and Service pack 11, or later (planned
availability March 29, 2013)
A partition that uses AIX 6.1 can run in POWER6, POWER6+, or POWER7 mode. The best
approach is to run the partition in POWER7 mode to allow exploitation of new hardware
capabilities such as SMT4 and Active Memory Expansion.
IBM AIX Version 7.1
The following minimum level of AIX Version 7.1 supports the Power 720 and Power 740:
AIX V7.1 with the 7100-02 Technology Level and Service Pack 2, or later
Statement of Direction (SoD): IBM intends to provide to those clients with AIX 7.1
Technology Level 0, Technology Level 1, or both, the ability to run that environment on
the Power 720 and Power 740.
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