Displaying level of fixes

To find out the latest level of the IBM® i cumulative PTF package, of the Licensed Internal Code fixes, or of the server firmware level, follow these procedures.

You might have a need to know what the latest levels are of cumulative PTF packages, Licensed Internal Code PTFs, HIPER PTFs, or the server firmware level. The cumulative PTF package level of your system refers to the latest cumulative PTF package installed on your systems.

Determining your current cumulative PTF package level

To determine your current cumulative PTF package level, do one of the following:

Display a cumulative PTF (fix) group

Use the Work with PTF Groups (WRKPTFGRP) command or view the fix group inventory for the system with System i® Navigator. Find the PTF group named Start of change

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and display the latest level of the fix group that you have installed. The status of the fix group indicates if all the PTFs in the cumulative PTF package are installed on your system. The level of the fix group identifies the level of the cumulative PTF package. For example, if the level is 6178, your cumulative PTF package ID is Start of change

C6178730 (730 is added to the end of the package ID to indicate version 7 release 3 modification level 0 End of change

). The level of the cumulative package ID indicates the release date of the package using the Julian calendar. Specify WRKPTFGRP Start of change

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and type option 8 (Display special handling PTFs). The date shown may be later than the release date of the package in the Level field if the special handling PTF section has changed. This date may be referred to from the PSP information when installing your cumulative PTF package.

Display cumulative marker PTFs

To display cumulative marker PTFs, do one of the following:

For the cumulative PTF package level, type the following from the character-based interface:
```
DSPPTF LICPGM(5770SS1)
```
For the Licensed Internal Code PTFs level, type the following:
```
DSPPTF LICPGM(5770999)
```

The PTF ID column on the Display PTF Status display lists the identifiers for all of the cumulative PTF packages installed on your system. Cumulative PTF package identifiers start with the letter T.

Start of change If you are using version 7 release 3 modification 0 and you have PTF TC06178 installed on your system, your cumulative fix package level is C6178730 (730 is added to the end of the package ID to indicate version 7 release 3 modification level 0). The last four digits of the cumulative package ID indicate the release date of the package, using the Julian calendar. The latest level of the cumulative PTF package is the one where the last four digits are the highest. End of change

Note: Fix IDs that start with the letters TC indicate that the entire cumulative PTF package has been loaded or applied. Fix IDs that start with the letters TA indicate that the HIPER fixes and HIPER Licensed Internal Code fixes have been loaded or applied. Fix IDs that start with the letters TL indicate that the HIPER Licensed Internal Code fixes have been loaded or applied. A status of Temporarily Applied or

Permanently
Applied

for these marker PTFs indicates the corresponding PTFs they represent have also been applied. Never order, load, or apply these marker PTFs individually; this would result in an inaccurate status.

Printing or displaying the summary of fixes in a cumulative PTF package on optical media

To print or display the summary of fixes contained in a cumulative PTF package on optical media, do the following:

Load the cumulative PTF package optical media in the optical media drive.
On any command line, type this command:
```
LODPTF LICPGM(5770SS1) DEV(OPTYY) SELECT(*ALL)
    PATHID(*FIRST) COVER(*ONLY)
```
(YY is the unit ID for the optical media drive in which you loaded the PTF optical media.) For information about printing the cumulative fix package summary, see Displaying and printing fix cover letters. A copy of the PTF summary is put into file QAPZCOVER in Library QGPL.

Displaying server firmware information

POWER® models come preinstalled with server firmware. Server firmware is the licensed machine code that resides in system flash memory, and includes a number of subcomponents, including POWER Hypervisor power control, service processor, and logical partition firmware that is loaded into either AIX® or Linux® logical partitions. Managing the level of the server firmware is a critical component to properly maintaining your system. On some models, you can only change the level of server firmware by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). However, some systems allow you to change the level of the server firmware by installing IBM i PTFs on the service partition. Formore information about managing the level of the server firmware, see the topics Customer service, support, and troubleshooting and Installing server firmware fixes.

Use the Display Firmware Status (DSPFMWSTS) command to show information about the level of the server firmware that is running on your system. The command can be run from any IBM i logical partition. Different types of information are displayed, however, depending on if the command is run from the service partition or a another partition or if server firmware updates are managed by an HMC. The DSPFMWSTS command shows this information.

The Service partition field indicates whether the logical partition is operating as the service partition.
The Firmware update policy field indicates if the server firmware is currently being managed by the operating system or an HMC.
The Server firmware product ID/release field indicates what IBM i product matches the level of the server firmware on your system. Managing the server firmware level is performed by applying or removing PTFs for this product.
When PTFs are applied for the server firmware product but are not active, the Server IPL required field shows a value of Yes.
The Server IPL source field shows the side (Temporary or Permanent) on which the last server IPL was performed for the server firmware code.
The Server firmware fix pack and PTF ID fields show the level of server firmware on your system.
The Update access key expiration date field shows the expiration date of the Update access key. Server firmware fix packs with a later date are not activated until a valid Update access key expiration date is detected. This field is only displayed on POWER8® and higher POWER models.
There are three copies of the server firmware: The active copy is the level of server firmware that is currently running. The temporary copy is the installed level of server firmware. The permanent copy is the backup level of server firmware. When running the DSPFMWSTS command on the service partition, the Operating system fields show the level of server firmware on the temporary and permanent copies of the operating system. A value of *NONE indicates no server firmware PTFs have been applied.