Displaying level of fixes
To find out the latest level of the IBM® i cumulative PTF package, of the Licensed Internal Code fixes, or of the server firmware level, follow these procedures.
Determining your current cumulative PTF package level
To determine your current cumulative PTF package level, do one of the following:
- Display a cumulative PTF (fix) group
- Use the Work with PTF Groups (WRKPTFGRP) command or view the fix group inventory for the system with System i® Navigator. Find the PTF group named SF99730 and display the latest level of the fix group that you have installed. The status of the fix group indicates if all the PTFs in the cumulative PTF package are installed on your system. The level of the fix group identifies the level of the cumulative PTF package. For example, if the level is 6178, your cumulative PTF package ID is C6178730 (730 is added to the end of the package ID to indicate version 7 release 3 modification level 0). The level of the cumulative package ID indicates the release date of the package using the Julian calendar. Specify WRKPTFGRP SF99730 and type option 8 (Display special handling PTFs). The date shown may be later than the release date of the package in the Level field if the special handling PTF section has changed. This date may be referred to from the PSP information when installing your cumulative PTF package.
- Display cumulative marker PTFs
- To display cumulative marker PTFs, do one of the following:
- For the cumulative PTF package level, type the following from
the character-based interface:
DSPPTF LICPGM(5770SS1)
- For the Licensed Internal Code PTFs level, type the following:
DSPPTF LICPGM(5770999)
- For the cumulative PTF package level, type the following from
the character-based interface:
The PTF ID column on the Display PTF Status display lists the identifiers for all of the cumulative PTF packages installed on your system. Cumulative PTF package identifiers start with the letter T.
If you are using version 7 release 3 modification 0 and you have PTF TC06178 installed on your system, your cumulative fix package level is C6178730 (730 is added to the end of the package ID to indicate version 7 release 3 modification level 0). The last four digits of the cumulative package ID indicate the release date of the package, using the Julian calendar. The latest level of the cumulative PTF package is the one where the last four digits are the highest.
Temporarily Applied
or Permanently
Applied
for these marker PTFs indicates the corresponding
PTFs they represent have also been applied. Never order, load, or
apply these marker PTFs individually; this would result in an inaccurate
status. Printing or displaying the summary of fixes in a cumulative PTF package on optical media
Displaying server firmware information
POWER® models come preinstalled with server firmware. Server firmware is the licensed machine code that resides in system flash memory, and includes a number of subcomponents, including POWER Hypervisor power control, service processor, and logical partition firmware that is loaded into either AIX® or Linux® logical partitions. Managing the level of the server firmware is a critical component to properly maintaining your system. On some models, you can only change the level of server firmware by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). However, some systems allow you to change the level of the server firmware by installing IBM i PTFs on the service partition. Formore information about managing the level of the server firmware, see the topics Customer service, support, and troubleshooting and Installing server firmware fixes.
- The Service partition field indicates whether the logical partition is operating as the service partition.
- The Firmware update policy field indicates if the server firmware is currently being managed by the operating system or an HMC.
- The Server firmware product ID/release field indicates what IBM i product matches the level of the server firmware on your system. Managing the server firmware level is performed by applying or removing PTFs for this product.
- When PTFs are applied for the server firmware product but are not active, the Server IPL required field shows a value of Yes.
- The Server IPL source field shows the side (Temporary or Permanent) on which the last server IPL was performed for the server firmware code.
- The Server firmware fix pack and PTF ID fields show the level of server firmware on your system.
- The Update access key expiration date field shows the expiration date of the Update access key. Server firmware fix packs with a later date are not activated until a valid Update access key expiration date is detected. This field is only displayed on POWER8® and higher POWER models.
- There are three copies of the server firmware: The active copy is the level of server firmware that is currently running. The temporary copy is the installed level of server firmware. The permanent copy is the backup level of server firmware. When running the DSPFMWSTS command on the service partition, the Operating system fields show the level of server firmware on the temporary and permanent copies of the operating system. A value of *NONE indicates no server firmware PTFs have been applied.