<html><body><p><font size="2">Simon,</font><br><br><font size="2">The support statement for Power9 / RHEL 7.4 has not yet been included in the FAQ, but I understand that a FAQ update is under way:</font><br>
<ul><ul><font size="2">4.2.3.8 for the 4.2.3 release</font><br><br><font size="2">5.0.0.0 for the 5.0.0 release</font><br><br><font size="2">Kernel level tested with: 4.11.0-44.6.1.el7a </font></ul></ul><br><font size="2"> Felipe</font><br><br><font size="2">----<br>Felipe Knop knop@us.ibm.com<br>GPFS Development and Security<br>IBM Systems<br>IBM Building 008<br>2455 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601<br>(845) 433-9314 T/L 293-9314<br><br></font><br><br><img width="16" height="16" src="cid:1__=8FBB0831DFC596BF8f9e8a93df938690918c8FB@" border="0" alt="Inactive hide details for "Simon Thompson (IT Research Support)" ---06/04/2018 07:21:56 AM---So … I have another question on s"><font size="2" color="#424282">"Simon Thompson (IT Research Support)" ---06/04/2018 07:21:56 AM---So … I have another question on support. We’ve just ordered some Power 9 nodes, now my understanding</font><br><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">From: </font><font size="2">"Simon Thompson (IT Research Support)" <S.J.Thompson@bham.ac.uk></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">To: </font><font size="2">gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Date: </font><font size="2">06/04/2018 07:21 AM</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Subject: </font><font size="2">Re: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL 7.5 and kernel 3.10.0-862</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Sent by: </font><font size="2">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font><br><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade style="color:#8091A5; "><br><br><br><font face="Calibri">So … I have another question on support.</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">We’ve just ordered some Power 9 nodes, now my understanding is that with 7.4, they require the -ALT kernel (</font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/linuxonibm/liaam/liaamdistros.htm"><u><font color="#0563C1" face="Calibri">https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/linuxonibm/liaam/liaamdistros.htm</font></u></a><font face="Calibri">) which is 4.x based. I don’t see any reference in the Spectrum Scale FAQ to the ALT kernels.</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">So what Scale code is supported for us to run on the Power9s?</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">Thanks</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">Simon</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><b><font face="Calibri">From: </font></b><font face="Calibri"><gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org> on behalf of "knop@us.ibm.com" <knop@us.ibm.com></font><b><font face="Calibri"><br>Reply-To: </font></b><font face="Calibri">"gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org></font><b><font face="Calibri"><br>Date: </font></b><font face="Calibri">Friday, 25 May 2018 at 14:24</font><b><font face="Calibri"><br>To: </font></b><font face="Calibri">"gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org></font><b><font face="Calibri"><br>Subject: </font></b><font face="Calibri">[gpfsug-discuss] RHEL 7.5 and kernel 3.10.0-862</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><p><font size="2">All,</font><br><font size="2"><br>Folks that have been updated to the 3.10.0-862 kernel (the kernel which ships with RHEL 7.5) as a result of applying kernel security patches may open a PMR to request an efix for Scale versions 4.2 or 5.0 . The efixes will then be provided once the internal tests on RHEL 7.5 have been completed, likely a few days before the 4.2.3.9 and 5.0.1.1 PTFs GA (currently targeted around mid June).</font><br><font size="2"><br>Regards,</font><br><font size="2"><br>Felipe</font><br><font size="2"><br>----<br>Felipe Knop knop@us.ibm.com<br>GPFS Development and Security<br>IBM Systems<br>IBM Building 008<br>2455 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601<br>(845) 433-9314 T/L 293-9314<br></font><tt><font size="2">_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></font></tt><tt><font size="2"><br></font></tt><p><p><BR>
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