Perform the hardware feature change

Completing the hardware feature change is described in this topic.

Before you begin

Before you begin these tasks, be sure you have performed the necessary upgrade planning and performed the preparation procedure that is appropriate for your environment:

For nonpartitioned servers, see Prepare to change the hardware feature.
For partitioned servers, see Prepare to change the hardware feature for a partitioned server.

Install the hardware feature

For any single upgrade order, some of the hardware features may be installed by the service representative and others may be your responsibility to install. Discuss this in advance with the IBM^® service representative so that you know which, if any, responsibilities are yours, and which are the responsibility of the service representative. If you are responsible for installing this hardware feature, follow the instructions that come with the feature or use the procedure for this feature in Install iSeries™ features.

Next step

When the hardware feature installation is complete, the next step is to perform the resource management procedure that is appropriate for your environment:

For nonpartitioned servers, see Perform resource management.
For partitioned servers, see Perform resource management for a partitioned server.