The last time I last looked long and deep at LDAP on AIX was about 10 years ago.

In 2002 AIX 5.1 was just being released so a lot of what I learned was based on AIX 4.3.3. A lot has changed since then, but it looked as if the admin interface for LDAP on AIX was still pretty much the same. So, about a year ago I assummed I could my knowledge from 2002 to install LDAP on AIX 6.1 and AIX 7.1 - because the command to configure it IS still mksecldap!

However I had a few surprises to endure. In short, "Life" was not as simple as it was "back then".

Updated: May 28, 2013

Trying to keep track of the latest POWER firmware levels is not my favorite activity. So, to help you along, as well as myself, a table of the latest POWER7 system firmware levels. On the left is the link to the description file, on the right a link to the "family" history of updates.
Note: The date column is the date of the RPM file (aka firmware), not the latest date of the XML and/or HTML files

Just like for the POWER7 Systems - a table of the current firmware levels and a link to the firmware history.

Latest Firmware (RPM) is dated 10-Jan-2013

This is a document that is kept fairly recent. I find it gives an excellent summary of the developments of AIX over the years - as the title implies - moving from strength to more strength.

I have added it to the bookmarks section, but you can also get the PDF document via this landing page - IBM AIX - From Strength to Strength or directly via this link (be sure to check your downloads are if you get a blank page, or go via ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/poo03022usen/