DS8880 Gen2 |
Models 983, 984, 985, 986, 988, 84E, 85E and 86E
End of service as of 30 June, 2024
Last code level was R8.5 SP13.2 - 88.59.53.0 [May 2024] |
DS8880 Gen1 |
Models 980, 981, 982, 98B, and 98E
End of service as of 31 December, 2022
Last code level was R8.5 SP12 - 88.59.42.0 [Nov 2022] |
DS8870 |
End of service as of 31 December, 2020
Last code level was R7.5 SP13.1 - 87.52.45.0 [Aug 2020] |
DS8800 |
End of service as of 31 March, 2019
Last code level was R6.3 SP18 - 86.31.225.0 [Aug 2018] |
DS8700 |
End of service as of 31 December, 2017
Last code level was R6.3 SP16.1 - 76.31.190.0 [Jul 2017]
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DS8100 / DS8300 |
End of service as of 31 March, 2016
Last code level was R4.3 SP20 - 64.36.105.0 [Mar 2015]
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Note 1: DS8100/DS8300 code updates are a chargeable activity as of 31 March,2016
Note 2: DS8100/DS8300 RAID 10 or RAID 6 configurations require R4.3 SP10 efix1 - 64.36.48.1 or above.
Note 3: DS8700/DS8800 Clients using RAID 10 must be at or above bundles R6.2 SP2 - 76.20.90.0/86.20.114.0. Clients using RAID 10 or RAID 6 configurations below R6.2 SP4.1 - 76.20.107.0/86.20.130.0, are recommended to move to the current recommended R6.3 level.
Note 4: DS8700/DS8800 Clients using Extended Address Volume (EAV) capability in combination with FlashCopy must be at or above bundle R6.2 SP2.1 - 76.20.94.0/86.20.117.0.
Note 5: DS8700/DS8800 Clients using zHPF must be at R6.3 SP13 - 76.31.159.0/86.31.184.0 or higher.
Note 6: DS8870 Clients using zHPF must be at or above R7.4 SP4 - 87.41.42.0, or R7.5 SP2 - 87.51.23.0
Note 7: DS8870 Clients on R7.4 GA that would like to take advantage of the new DS8000 GUI must be at or above R7.4 SP1.1 - 87.41.9.0 or higher to avoid issues with open system hosts that are using LUN mapping.
Note 8: DS8870 Clients with High-Performance Flash Enclosures should install R7.5 SP2.3 - 87.51.23.4 or higher
Note 9: DS8870 Clients running Global Mirror are recommended to be at or above R7.5 SP2.3 87.51.23.4, to avoid Global Mirror suspend caused by a Track Format Descriptor mismatch.
Note 10: IBM i hosts and DS8870 or DS8880 with 16 Gb host adapters require minimum code levels 87.51.38.0 for DS8870 or 88.1.26.0 for DS8880
Note 11 : DS8000 Clients with VMWare® hosts must be at or above: R4.3 SP20 - 64.36.105.0 for DS8100/DS8300, R6.3 SP10 - 76.31.131.0 for DS8700, R6.3 SP10 - 86.31.152.0 for DS8800, R7.4 87.41.17.0 / R7.3 87.31.16.0 for DS8870.
Note 12: N-Series with DS8870 require 87.51.38.1, or 87.51.52.0 and above. With DS8880 require 88.1.32.0, or 88.1.40.0 and above.
Note 13: Users of GDPS/PPRC, GDPS/PPRC HyperSwap Manager, and GDPS/MTMM require the PTFs for APARs PI67964 and PI62614 before running with this release of microcode. This is especially important for those installations that use PPRCFAILURE=COND (in PPRC or MTMM) or CONDLAST (in MTMM), to ensure proper GDPS response to Freeze events.
Note 14: DS8880 systems running R8.1 microcode in zOS environment must upgrade to 88.11.25.0 or higher.
Note 15: DS8700/DS8800 Clients who prefer to migrate Remote Support from modem to AOS must be at R6.3 SP9 - 76.31.121.0/86.31.142.0 or higher. For DS8870, AOS is supported at R7.1 GA or higher.
Note 16: Global Mirror may stop forming consistency groups after volumes are removed from the session.
Note 17: DS8700/DS8800 Clients using Global Mirror must be at R6.3 SP15.1 - 76.31.183.0/ 86.31.209.0 or higher.
Note 18: DS8870 Possible Data Loss with applications using FlashCopy Fast Reverse Restore (FRR) with ESE volumes.
Note 19 : DS8880 Clients using small extents must be at R8.1 SP3 - 88.11.45.0 or R8.2 SP2 - 88.22.33.0 or higher
Note 20: DS8880 Clients running FlashCopy with Preserve Mirror, and/or CSM on z/OS with ESE volumes, must be at R8.2 SP3.2 - 88.23.27.0 or higher.
Note 21: DS8880 systems below 88.24.6.0 may be exposed to a temporary Loss of Access condition every 389 days
Note 22: DS8880 Clients running Global Mirror on R8.3 must be at R8.3 GA2 - 88.30.141.0 or higher
Note 23: DS8880 Clients running Metro Mirror or Global Copy on R8.3 with ESE CKD volumes must be at R8.3 SP1 - 88.31.46.0 or higher.
Note 24: DS8880 Clients running IBM Z and Dataset Level FlashCopy on R8.3 must be at R8.3 SP1 - 88.31.46.0 or higher.
Note 25: DS8880 Clients running Open Systems hosts on R8.3 with > 15 connections per LUN must be at R8.3 SP1.3 - 88.31.51.0 / R8.3 SP3.1 - 88.33.35.0 or higher.
Note 26: DS8880 Clients running IBM Z workloads on R8.3 or later must review HIPER APAR OA55379 .
Note 27: DS8880 Clients running R8.3 or later code bundles and IBM i below 7.2 TR7 or 7.3 TR3, must be at R8.3 SP3.3 - 88.33.46.0 or higher.
Note 28: DS8880 Clients using SafeGuarded Copy must be at R8.5 SP1 - 88.51.49.0 or higher
Note 29: As of April 30, 2019, security fixes are being provided at or above 8870 bundle R7.5 SP10 - 87.52.19.0, and 8880 bundle R8.4 SP1 - 88.41.5.0.
Note 30: DS8880 Clients on 88.52.21.0, or 88.52.23.0, using Metro-Global-Mirror on z/OS, must be at R8.5 SP2.2 - 88.52.23.1 or higher.
Note 31: DS8880 Clients running Multi-Target PPRC must be at R8.5 GA2 - 88.50.184.0 or higher.
Note 32: DS8880 Clients on 88.52.21.0, or 88.52.23.0, using Metro Mirror or Metro-Global-Mirror must be at R8.5 SP2.2 - 88.52.23.1
Note 33: DS8880 Clients running Multi-Target PPRC or Metro-Global-Mirror must be at R8.5 SP3.2 - 88.53.15.0 or R8.5 SP4.1 - 88.54.37.0 or higher.
Note 34: DS8880 Clients using SafeGuarded Copy must be at R8.5 SP4.1 - 88.54.37.0 or higher.
Note 35: DS8900F or DS8880 Clients using IBM i Skip Write function, are recommended to be at R9.0 SP2.1 - 89.2.40.0 / R8.5 SP5 - 88.55.9.0 or higher.
Note 36: DS8900F Clients using 32Gb Host Adapters and SyncSort must be at R9.0 SP3 - 89.3.6.0 or higher
Note 37: Clients running 88.54.31.0 through 88.55.9.1 on DS8880, or 89.2.xx.x and below on DS8900F, and using DB2 System Backup and Restore Utility on z/OS with Preserve Mirror must be at R8.5 SP5.2 - 88.55.9.2 or R8.5 SP6 - 88.56.9.0 or higher for DS8880, or R9.0 SP3 - 89.3.6.0 or higher for DS8900F.
Note 38: Clients running R8.5 SP5.0 - 88.55.9.0, R8.5 SP5.1 - 88.55.9.1, or R9.at or below SP2.2 - 89.32.40.1, and using cascaded Metro Global Mirror on z/OS, managed by CSM, must be, respectively, at 88.55.9.2, or R8.5 SP6 - 88.56.9.0, and R9.0 SP3 - 89.3.6.0 or higher.
Note 39: DS8880 Clients using Safeguarded Copy must be at R8.5.SP7 - 88.57.8.0 or higher.
Note 40: DS8900F Clients using SafeGuarded Copy must be at R9.0 SP4 - 89.4.8.0 or R9.1 SP2 - 89.12.8.0 or higher.
Note 41: DS8900F Clients below R9.1 SP2 - 89.12.8.0 are exposed to potential data loss during an unexpected/unplanned power outage.
Note 42: Potential data loss in systems with very low usage, and specific Flash Drive models.
Note 43: DS8880 clients using eXtended Remote Copy (XRC) must be at R8.5 SP8 - 88.58.3.0 or higher.
Note 44: Copy Services Manager (CSM) hosted on DS8000 HMCs may fail to start up after a code bundle update.
Note 45: DS8900F Clients running IBM Z workloads on R9.2 are strongly encouraged to be at R9.2 SP1.2 - 89.21.31.0 or higher.
Note 46: Clients using Safeguarded Copy on DS8880 are recommended to be at R8.5 SP10.1 - 88.59.21.0 or higher.
Note 47: Clients using Safeguarded Copy on DS8900F must be at R9.2 SP1.5 - 89.21.35.0 or higher.
Note 48: DS8900F and DS8880 Clients using Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT) must be at R9.2 SP1.4 - 89.21.34.0 ( R9.4 SP1.1 - 89.41.25.0 recommended) or higher.
Note 50: DS8900F Clients running Safeguarded Copy are recommended to be on R9.3 SP3 - 89.33.35.0 or higher.
Note 51: DS8900F and DS8880 Clients running PPRC are recommended to be on R9.3 SP2.1 - 89.32.40.0 / R9.2 SP2.2 - 89.22.19.0 / R8.5 SP12 - 88.59.42.0 or higher.
Note 53: DS8900F and DS8880 Clients running Safeguarded Copy must be on R9.3 SP3.5 - 89.33.51.0 / R9.4 GA3 - 89.40.93.0 / R8.5 SP13.1 - 88.59.51.0, or higher
Note 55: DS8880 CKD systems using Remote Pair Flashcopy (Preserve Mirror) must be on R8.5 SP13.1 - 88.59.51.0 or higher
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