topic Re: supported bits in Operating System - HP-UX

supported bits

Troyan Krastev — Tue, 06 Feb 2001 14:37:58 GMT

Hi,

I am going to upgrade one of my UNIX boxes from HP-UX 10.20 to HP-UX 11.00,
but when I execute "model" I get only "9000/800".
How can I get more info about hardware to figure out what version - 64 or 32
bits of HP-UX 11.00 to install?

Thanks,
Troy.
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Re: supported bits

melvyn burnard — Tue, 06 Feb 2001 14:40:49 GMT

If that is ALL you get from issuing the model command, then you will need to get HP Hardware Engineer to come out and set it correctly to allow you to upgrade correctly.
Out of interest, what does the lael on the front of the system say, or inside the front cover? etc.

Re: supported bits

Sandor Horvath_2 — Tue, 06 Feb 2001 14:43:12 GMT

Hi !

The supported version depends on CPU. The I class has PA7100 so in this system work only 32 bit version.

regards, Saa

Re: supported bits

Troyan Krastev — Tue, 06 Feb 2001 15:08:19 GMT

The lael on the front of the system: K220

Re: supported bits

James R. Ferguson — Tue, 06 Feb 2001 15:27:25 GMT

Hi Troy:

If this is truly a K220, then only the 32-bit version of HP-UX 11.x is supported.

I strongly agree with Melvyn. If the 'model' command isn't returning the K220 in something like 9000/800/K220, then log a hardware call and get an engineer to fix this.

Some, but not all, K-class systems support 64-bit 11.X.

K-class (PA7x00) only support 32-bit.
K-class (PA8x00) support either 32- or 64-bit.

You can look at /usr/sam/lib/mo/sched.models on your current machine for which processor type your model represents.

Make sure you have the required minimum PDC revision and minimum firmware revision installed for your processor.

If you have the Diagnostic Support Tools loaded, you can obtain the values by doing the following:

# ioscan -fn -C processor
# echo "sel path 32;info;wait;infolog"|cstm > /tmp/infolog

The above assumes that the hardware path of the processor in question was "32" as returned by ioscan.

Match the PDC and firmware values to the table found in chapter-2 of "Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0":

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90679/B2355-90679.html

...JRF...

Re: supported bits

Sandor Horvath_2 — Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:36:13 GMT

Sorry !

It was my mistake, I read modell I
but
in K220 work PA7200 RISC processor so You can use only 32 bit version.

Sorry again my bad english.

regards, Saa