It look like the these machine are Opal-only so the the firmware version is not comparable with the PowerVM firmware versions The latest firmware available from https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral 8335-GCA: 8335_820.1923.20190604n_update.hpm OP8_v1.12_2.98.pd.sdd S822LC-8335-GCA-GTA-OpenPowerReadme_op820.30.xhtml 8348-21C: 8348_820.1923.20190613n.html 8348_820.1923.20190613n_update.hpm OP8_v1.12_2.96_H.dd.xml OP8_v1.12_2.96_H.pd.sdd The machines use different firmware build so the results between them are not really comparable. Please update the firmware on the problematic machine.