<html><body><p><font size="2">Peter, Simon,</font><br><br><font size="2">While I believe Power9 / RHEL 7.5 will be supported with the upcoming PTFs on 4.2.3 and 5.0.1 later in June, I'm working on getting confirmation for that.</font><br><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__=8FBB0831DFE4C1E68f9e8a93df938690918c8FB@" border="0" alt="Inactive hide details for Peter Childs ---06/04/2018 05:26:42 PM---We have 2 power 9 nodes, The rest of our cluster is running "><font size="2" color="#424282">Peter Childs ---06/04/2018 05:26:42 PM---We have 2 power 9 nodes, The rest of our cluster is running centos 7.4 and spectrum scale 4.2.3-8<te</font><br><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">From: </font><font size="2">Peter Childs <p.childs@qmul.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 05:26 PM</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><br>We have 2 power 9 nodes, <br><br>The rest of our cluster is running centos 7.4 and spectrum scale <a href="tel:4.2.3-8"><u><font color="#0000FF">4.2.3-8</font></u></a> (x86 based) <br><br>The power 9 nodes are running spectrum scale <a href="tel:5.0.0-0"><u><font color="#0000FF">5.0.0-0</font></u></a> currently as we couldn't get the gplbin for <a href="tel:4.2.3"><u><font color="#0000FF">4.2.3</font></u></a> to compile, where as spectrum scale 5 worked on power 9 our of the box. They are running rhel7.5 but on an old kernel I guess.<br><br>I'm not sure that <a href="tel:4.2.3"><u><font color="#0000FF">4.2.3</font></u></a> works on power 9 we've asked the IBM power 9 out reach team but heard nothing back. <br><br>If we can get <a href="tel:4.2.3"><u><font color="#0000FF">4.2.3</font></u></a> running on the power 9 nodes it would put us in a more consistent setup. <br><br>Of course our current plan b is to upgrade everything to <a href="tel:5.0.1"><u><font color="#0000FF">5.0.1</font></u></a>, but we can't do that as our storage appliance doesn't (officially) support spectrum scale 5 yet.<br><br>These are my experiences of what works and nothing whatsoever to do with what's supported, except I want to keep us as close to a supported setup as possible given what we've found to actually work. (now that's an interesting spin on a disclaimer)<br><br><br>Peter Childs<br>Research Storage<br>ITS Research and Teaching Support<br>Queen Mary, University of London<br><br>---- Simon Thompson (IT Research Support) wrote ----<br><br>Thanks Felipe,<br><br>Is it safe to assume that there is intent* for RHEL 7.5 support for Power 9 when the x86 7.5 release is also made?<br><br>Simon<br>* Insert standard IBM disclaimer about the meaning of intent etc etc<br><br>________________________________________<br>From: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org [gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org] on behalf of knop@us.ibm.com [knop@us.ibm.com]<br>Sent: 04 June 2018 16:47<br>To: gpfsug main discussion list<br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL 7.5 and kernel 3.10.0-862<br><br>Simon,<br><br>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:<br><br>4.2.3.8 for the 4.2.3 release<br><br>5.0.0.0 for the 5.0.0 release<br><br>Kernel level tested with: 4.11.0-44.6.1.el7a<br><br>Felipe<br><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><br><br><br>[Inactive hide details for "Simon Thompson (IT Research Support)" ---06/04/2018 07:21:56 AM---So … I have another question on s]"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<br><br>From: "Simon Thompson (IT Research Support)" <S.J.Thompson@bham.ac.uk><br>To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Date: 06/04/2018 07:21 AM<br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL 7.5 and kernel 3.10.0-862<br>Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br>________________________________<br><br><br><br>So … I have another question on support.<br><br>We’ve just ordered some Power 9 nodes, now my understanding is that with 7.4, they require the -ALT kernel (<a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/linuxonibm/liaam/liaamdistros.htm"><u><font color="#0000FF">https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/linuxonibm/liaam/liaamdistros.htm</font></u></a>) which is 4.x based. I don’t see any reference in the Spectrum Scale FAQ to the ALT kernels.<br><br>So what Scale code is supported for us to run on the Power9s?<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Simon<br><br>From: <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org> on behalf of "knop@us.ibm.com" <knop@us.ibm.com><br>Reply-To: "gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Date: Friday, 25 May 2018 at 14:24<br>To: "gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] RHEL 7.5 and kernel 3.10.0-862<br><br>All,<br><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).<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Felipe<br><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>_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<u><font color="#0000FF"><br></font></u><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss"><u><font color="#0000FF">http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</font></u></a><br><br><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><br><br><BR>
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