IBM System Planning Tool for POWER processor-based systems

This is a major announce and minor maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Announce of the ENZA PCIe4 fanout model for ENZ0 accelerator drawer + ECSE Spyre Accelerator for Power
• Wording change in message for selected parts that have been withdrawn (for new order systems)
• Fix messages/restrictions for EB3R power supply for 9824-22A and 9105-22B
• Fix to add IBMi v7r5, v7r6 support for EC73/EC74, removed v7r4 support
• Fix to add support for IBMi v7r4 for 9119-MME/MHE on 5887 and EMX0

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Miscellaneous feature code system maximums updated
• Fix to add Power11 MTM slots showing SR-IOV capability
• Fix to allow 0.05 core partition assignment in Power11 machines

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Fixed errors with backplane selection on HEX/HEU and backplane exception on 9009-41G
• Fixed hypervisor memory exception
• Corrected number of ports on EN24/EN26
• Fixed ENZ0 placement issues with EPG6 and EJ2B
• Added memory restrictions for 9824-22A ERGR and ERGQ processors
• Disallow EPG6 in CEC drawers for 9824-42A and 9856-42H
• Added system names to MTM descriptions
• Upgraded from commons-lang3 v3.17 to v3.18, installer updates

This is a major announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Announced IBM Power11 MTMs, including E1180, E1150, S1124, S1122, L1124, and L1122
• Fixed 9028-21B failure issue
• Made changes to installation to help customers experiencing jvm install issues

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Announced IBMi V7R6 for Power10 MTMs
• Added write permissions to <SPT Install dir>\lwi\runtime\core\eclipse\links folder to prevent launch error on certain systems
• Removed slots C3 and C4 as possible candidates for EJ2A supporting an ESR0 on a 9105-42A and clarified error message generally
• Fixed error where toggling the text report threw an exception
• Fixed error where 9105-41B with EPG0 was enforcing a maximum of 64 GB of system memory. Changed to only restrict if IBMi is primary OS.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Added new RHEL version to better match with e-config (RHEL for Power)
• Fixed bug in e-config to allow SPT-generated Power10 CFReports containing RHEL 8 partitions to restore
• Fixed bug to allow valid restore of sysplan containing a 9028-21B with a Linux partition

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Removed EN2Z IBMi native 7.3 support from Power10 41B, 42A, 42H
• Added warning message regarding installation of RDX and 4U DIMMs for Power10 42A/42H with 2 processors
• Corrected IBMi max capacity error message in 9028-21B to apply only to IBMi partitions

This is a minor announce and major maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Upgraded installer to InstallAnywhere 2023, added dynamic sizing of installation screens, running with java 8
• Fixed EJ0K controller card connections for EJSB backplane on 9040-MR9. Added info to existing messages related to required controllers for EJBB and EJSB
• Now recognizing EN2L, EN2M, EN2L, and EN2P as fulfilling load source requirements for a partition

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Change max of EJ2C on 9028-21B to 2.
• Increase ENZ0 drawer maximum (by 1 per CEC drawer) on 9080-HEX and 9043-MRX
• Fix bug to enforce EPGQ processor maximum of 4 cores for any IBM i partition.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Added ES4B, ES4C, ES4D, ES4E, ES5E, ES5F, ES31 to 9028-21B.
• Added ES31 to VIOS for 9105-22A, 9105-22B, 9786-22H.
• Miscellaneous updates and bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Fixed save/restore issue.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Miscellaneous updates and bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Miscellaneous updates and bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Miscellaneous updates and bug fixes.

This is a major announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• 1. Added new hardware to Power10 systems (NVMe U.2, Tape/DVD adapters, Ethernet adapter, backplane for 9080-HEX).
• 2. Miscellaneous updates and bug fixes.

This is a major announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• 1. Announce of S1012 9028-21B Power10 System.
• 2. Announce of EN2Y (PCIe LP 4-Port 1GbE Adapter) for 9028-21B.
• 3. Miscellaneous updates and bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Minor updates and bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Minor updates and bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Minor updates and bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Fix customer defects.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Fix customer defects.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Fix customer defects.

 This is a major announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• SPT 6.23.326

  This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.
• Announcement of ENZ0 PCIe Gen4 I/O Expansion Drawer.
• Announcement of new feature codes (ES5A through ES5H) for Enterprise SSD PCIe4 NVMe U.2 modules, replacing previously announced feature codes (ES3A through ES3H, EKF2 through EKF9) for new orders.
• Announcement of PCIe4 2-Port 25/10/1 GbE RoCE SFP28 Adapters (EC71, EC72).
• Announcement of PCIe4 4-Port 25/10/1 GbE RoCE SFP28 Adapters for 9080-HEX systems (EN24, EN26).
• Update of possible Power10 LMB size selections for new firmware release.
• EN2W now limited to 2 per FOM in EMX0.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Minimum memory requirements per partition now enforced. If min memory is not met, SPT will automatically adjust the min memory (and desired/max as appropriate) with a temporary error message. Note that new buttons have been added to allow users to re-default the min memory or all partition memory values when desired.
• Maximum ESLS drawers for 9043-MRX changed from 28 to 64.
• 9105-41B Deskside and IBMi expansion drawer restrictions added.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Miscellaneous bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Updates to ESR0 CXP Converter card placement (x16 and socket restrictions).
• Fix customer defects.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Updates to ESR0 CXP Converter card placement (x16 and socket restrictions).
• Fix customer defects.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Announcement of ESR0 NED24 NVMe Expansion Drawer for Power10.
• Announcement of EJ2C/EJ2B PCIe3 12Gb x8 SAS Tape HBA Adapters for Power10.
• Announcement of EN2L/EN2M PCIe4 32Gb 4-port Optical Fibre Channel Adapter for Power10.
• Announcement of EN2N/EN2P PCIe4 64Gb 2-port Optical Fibre Channel Adapter for Power10.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Adding new Enterprise NVMe small form factor (SFF) U.2 15 mm SSD for Power10 systems.
• Updates to certain adapter cards restricting placement in C5 for 9009-41A/41G.
• Fix customer defects.

This is a minor announce and maintenance release of SPT that contains the following:

• Adding new Enterprise NVMe small form factor (SFF) U.2 15 mm SSD for Power10 systems.
• Adding High-density 24-core processor for the Power S1014 system EPH8.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes including rendering of 5887 drawer.
• Fix customer defects