topic Re: PDC and Firmware Revisions for 64bit 11.0 Upgrade in Operating System - HP-UX

PDC and Firmware Revisions for 64bit 11.0 Upgrade

D. Benavidez — Fri, 31 Mar 2000 08:30:45 GMT

I am trying to upgrade a K570 from HP-UX 10.20 to 11.00 64-bit. When going
through the "Updating and Installation" white pages, on page 14 it refers to
Minimum PDC Revision and Minimum Firmware Revision. I meet the Firmware
Revision (have 37.52), however don't meet the PDC Revision (requires a minimum
of 8, I have 3).
How do I obtain a PDC Revision over 8? I've looked through the HP site but can
only find reference to the firmware revision. How do these two relate?
Any words of wisdom would be appreciated...

Re: PDC and Firmware Revisions for 64bit 11.0 Upgrade

Russell O'neal — Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:02:00 GMT

You probably won't find much on the Processor Dependent Code (PDC). My
understanding is that this burned into the ROM chips of the server...its the
stuff like the ISL that runs before vmunix is even read.

Updating the PDC version would required a hardware upgrade from your HP CE.
However, your K570 has a PA-8200 processor which should support 11.0 running 32
or 64 bits.

See also:
http://www.unixsolutions.hp.com/products/servers/kclass/
view /etc/.supported_bits