richard.milton@us.ibm.

com 2013-06-20 Name Power 710+ Power 720+ Power 730+ Power 740+ Power 750+ Power 760+ Power 770+ Power 780+ Power 710 Power 720 Power 730 Power 740 Power 770 Power 780 Power 710 Power 720 Power 730 Power 740 Power 750 Power 755 Power 770 Power 780 Power 795 p260 p260+ p460 PS700 PS701 PS702 PS703 PS704
MTM 8231-E1D 8202-E4D 8231-E2D 8205-E6D 8408-E8D 9109-RMD 9117-MMD 9179-MHD 8231-E1C 8202-E4C 8231-E2C 8205-E6C 9117-MMC 9179-MHC 8231-E2B 8202-E4B 8231-E2B 8205-E6B 8233-E8B 8236-E8C 9117-MMB 9179-MHB 9119-FHB 7895-22X 7895-23X 7895-42X 8406-70Y 8406-71Y 8406-71Y 7891-73X 7891-74X

AIX and VIO Software Levels supporting POWER7 & POWER7+ Hardware**
AIX 7.1
TL02 SP2 SP2 SP2 SP2 SP2 SP2 base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base TL01 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP6 SP6 base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base SP4 SP7 SP4 base base base base base TL00 SP9 SP9 SP9 SP9 SP9 SP9 SP8 SP8 SP4 SP4 SP4 SP4 SP4 SP4 base base base base base base base base base SP6 SP9 SP6 base base base SP3 SP3 TL08 SP2 SP2 SP2 SP2 SP2 SP2 base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base TL07 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP6 SP6 base base base base base base base base base base base base base base base SP4 SP7 SP4 base base base base base TL06 SP11 SP11 SP11 SP11 SP11 SP11 SP10 SP10 SP6 SP6 SP6 SP6 SP6 SP6 base base base base base base base base base SP8 SP11 SP8 base base base SP5 SP5

AIX 6.1
TL05 none none none none none none none none SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP3 SP3 SP3 SP3 base base base base SP3 none none none base base base SP6 SP6 TL04 none none none none none none none none none none none none none none SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP2 SP2 SP3 SP3 SP7 none none none SP7 SP7 SP7 SP10 SP10 TL03 none none none none none none none none none none none none none none SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 SP5 SP5 SP5 SP5 SP7 none none none SP7 SP7 SP7 none none TL02 none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none SP8 SP8 SP8 SP8 none none none none none none none none none

AIX 5.3 - Extended Support*

TL12 SP8 SP8 SP8 SP8 SP8 SP8 SP7 SP7 SP5 SP5 SP5 SP5 SP5 SP5 SP1 SP1 SP1 SP1 base base base base SP1 SP6 SP7 SP6 base base base SP4 SP4 TL11 none none none none none none none none none none none none none none SP5 SP5 SP5 SP5 SP2 SP2 SP2 SP2 SP5 none none none SP5 SP5 SP5 SP7 SP7 TL10 none none none none none none none none none none none none none none SP5 SP5 SP5 SP5 SP4 SP4 SP4 SP4 SP5 none none none SP5 SP5 SP5 none none TL09 none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none SP7 SP7 SP7 SP7 none none none none none none none none none

VIO Server
v2.2 2.2.2 or 2.2.1.6 2.2.2 or 2.2.1.6 2.2.2 or 2.2.1.6 2.2.2 or 2.2.1.6 2.2.2 or 2.2.1.6 2.2.2 or 2.2.1.6 2.2.2 or 2.2.1.5 2.2.2 or 2.2.1.5 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.2.1 base base base base base base base base base 2.2.1.4 2.2.2 or 2.2.1.5 2.2.1.4 base base base 2.2.0.12 FP24-SP2 v2.1 none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none none 2.1.2.11 FP 22.1 w/ SP1 none none none none 2.1.3 2.1.3 2.1.3 none none

Support Lifecycles http://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/aix/lifecycle/index.html Certain components (drawers, adapters, firmware) may require higher software levels Prerquisite Site: https://www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eserverprereq.nsf

Power Blades

PureFlex

"B" Models (PCIe-Gen1)

"C" Models (PCIe-Gen2)

"D" Models POWER7+