IBM eserver xSeries 235 Remote Supervisor Adapter Firmware Update Utility System 8671 Version 1.07, Build ID: GRET23A, Revision 17 CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 4.0 Configuration Information 5.0 Configuration Interface Descriptions 6.0 Unattended Mode 7.0 Web Sites and support phone Number 8.0 Trademarks and Notices 9.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview ________________________ This utility will update the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter software only. It will not affect any device drivers. The utility consists of two (2) images/diskettes. 1.1 To use this utility, perform the following steps: a). Insert the first diskette into the diskette drive and restart the system. If your system does not boot from the diskette, use POST/BIOS setup to configure the diskette drive as a boot device. Please refer to the Server Library that was included with your system for additional information. b). After your system boots, the main option menu will appear on the screen. The main option menu contains four options. Use the up-and-down arrow keys to highlight the option you want to perform. Online help is available for each option by pressing F1 while the option is highlighted. General help is available by pressing F1 from one of the help windows. To select an option, highlight it and press 'Enter'. See section 4.0 - Configuration Information - below for more information. c). When you are finished using the utility, select "Exit" utility from the main menu and press Enter. d). When prompted, remove the diskette from the diskette drive and press Enter to restart your system. 1.2 Limitations If there is an error in loading the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter software, retry loading the software by repeating the instructions in section 1.1. 1.3 Enhancements 1.4. Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the update: - A full tape backup should be completed and verified prior to running this, or any other system upgrade. - RAID configuration should be saved to a diskette: see the "Hardware Maintenance Manual" for more details. 1.5 Dependencies: - none 2.0 Change History ________________________ IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Update Version 1.07, GRET23A - Corrected problem with DNS Enable/Disable causing confusion due to case sensitivity/inconsistency - Corrected the problem with Event Action Plan not occurring - Corrected the problem with RSA rebooting with port scan running - Corrected the problem with not being able to access scalable partition settings IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Update Version 1.06, GRET21A - Removed the ISMP firmware packet from the diskette. The DMCFLASH.PKT file is now located on the ISMP firmware update diskette. - Corrected a problem that caused the connection to drop during a remote graphics session. - Corrected problem with ANSI interface Remote Text on RSA not working via serial or Telnet connection IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Update Version 1.05, GRET20A - Changed build ID numbers that were not used to not appear on the Web interface - Changed VRM information message to severity ERROR - Picked up the latest ISMP firmware update - Fixed an issue where resetting the ASM caused it to respond to commands very slowly - Created new error log message for the case when the server has an incorrect VRM and/or CPU configuration - Corrected an error log message via the ASM interconnect that reported a power supply over voltage incorrectly - Corrected an alert where if powergood has been detected to be in low range an error is generated instead of a warning - Corrected an issue where remote graphics hangs if keyboard or mouse data is input too rapidly - Enable PXE boot support IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Update Version 1.04, GRET19A - Changes to support 533 FSB IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Update Version 1.03, GRET18A - Fixed ASM interconnect issue when some machines fail to show up in the peer table - Prevent remote supervisor adapter from receiving alerts over ASM interconnect and locally if it is incorrectly connected IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Update Version 1.02, GRET14A - Clarify ASM interconnect hard drive and CPU warning - Correct warning voltage threshold via ASM interconnect - Translate LSI BIOS message in log IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Update Version 1.01, GRET09A - Picked up the latest ISMP firmware update IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter Update Version 1.00, GRET08A - First release 3.0 Installing and Setup Instructions ______________________________________ This update includes a configuration utility that enables you to configure your Advanced System Management (ASM) hardware. With the configuration utility, you can: * Configure 'Alert Setting' to enable or disable alert functions. * Configure 'Dial In/Out' settings. * Configure 'General Settings', including the Name and Number that identify this Advanced System Management hardware, the date and time reported by the ASM hardware, assorted time-out values, and schedule a time for the system to be powered up. * Configure Modem Settings. Information on all values that can be set using this utility can be found in the Remote Supervisor Adapter Users Guide which is included with your Remote Supervisor Adapter option. To install the firmware from this update, perform the following steps: 3.1 Make sure your system is powered down. 3.2 Insert the first diskette in the diskette drive. 3.3 Power on your system to boot from diskette drive. If your system does not boot from the diskette, use POST/BIOS setup utility to configure the diskette drive as a boot device. 3.4 From the main option menu, select "Update System Management Firmware". 3.5 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the update. During the update, you may be asked to insert diskette number two (2) into the diskette drive. After doing this and pressing Enter, the utility will update a portion of the Remote Supervisor Adapter and prompt you to reinsert diskette number one (1) to complete the firmware update. If upgrading to Advanced Systems Management hardware (e.g. Remote Supervisor Adapter), the ASF functionality must be manually disabled prior to the upgrade. 4.0 Using the Configuration Utility ____________________________________ This update includes a configuration utility that enables you to configure your Remote Supervisor Adapter hardware. With the configuration utility, you can: o Set General Settings, including the Name and Number that identifies this Remote Supervisor Adapter, the date and time reported by the Remote Supervisor Adapter hardware, assorted time-out values, and schedule a time for the system to be powered up. o Configure Modem Settings o Configure Ethernet Settings o Configure PPP Settings o View Advanced Network Settings Information on all values that can be set using this utility can be found in the Remote Supervisor Adapter Users Guide which is included with your Remote Supervisor Adapter option. To use the configuration utility: 1) Insert the first diskette into the diskette drive and restart the system. If your system does not boot from the diskette, use POST/BIOS setup to configure the diskette drive as a boot device. Please refer to the Server Library that is included with your system for additional information. 2) After your system boots, the main option menu will appear on the screen. The main menu contains the following selections: o Hardware Status and Information o Configuration Settings o Update System Management firmware o Exit Utility Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the options. Online help is available for each option by pressing F1 while the option is highlighted. General help is available by pressing F1 from one of the help windows. To select an option, highlight it and then press Enter. 3) Highlight and option and then press Enter. A. Hardware Status and Information Select Hardware Status and Information for information on the current state of your Remote Supervisor Adapter hardware. When you are finished viewing this information, press Esc to return to the main option menu. B. Configuration Settings Select Configuration Settings to view or change the configuration settings of your Remote Supervisor Adapter hardware. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the options and press Enter to select an option. 5.0 Configuration Interface Descriptions _________________________________________ A total of five Remote Supervisor Adapter configuration selections are available. - General Settings - Modem Settings - Configure Ethernet Settings - Configure PPP Settings - View Advanced Network Settings Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the options and press Enter to select an option. A description of the contents of each of the Remote Supervisor Adapter selections follows. 5.1 General Settings _____________________ Use the General Settings configuration window to set the identifying Name and Number for this Remote Supervisor Adapter hardware; set the time and date of the ASM clock; schedule a time and date for the system to be automatically powered on; and to specify POST, Loader, and O/S Timeout values or the Power Off Delay value. The Name and Number are for your use, and are to help you identify these systems on your network. The Name and Number values can be up to 15 characters in length. Use the arrow keys and the Tab key to move between the fields. For online help, press F1. When you have finished entering the values, press F6 to save the values and return to the main option menu. To return to the main option menu without saving, press Esc. 5.2 Modem Settings ___________________ Use the Modem Settings window to configure the modem that is used by your Remote Supervisor Adapter hardware. For descriptions of each of the Modem Settings values, please see please see the Serial Port section in the Remote Supervisor Adapter Users Guide. 5.3 Ethernet Settings _______________________________________________ Use the Ethernet Settings configuration window to set the network interface settings of the Remote Supervisor Adapter. Use this window to set or change the following values: o Enable (or Disable) the network interface. Available values are ENABLED and DISABLED. o IP Address: Enter the IP address to be used by the network interface. o Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask to be used by the network interface. o Gateway: Enter the IP address of the gateway to be used by the network interface. o Line Type: No selection is available. The line type will be set to ETHERNET. o Host Name: Enter the host name to be used by the network interface. o Data Rate: Set the data rate to be used. Available values are 10M, 100M, and AUTO. o Duplex: set the duplex mode to be used by the network interface. Available values are FULL, HALF, and AUTO. o MTU Size: Specify the MTU size to be used by the network interface. o MAC Address: Specify the MAC address of the network interface. o DHCP Setting: Enable (or Disable) the DHCP interface. Available values are ENABLED and DISABLED. Use the arrow keys and the Tab key to move between the fields. For online help, press F1. When you have finished entering the Ethernet Settings values, press F6 to save the values and then press F9 to reset the Remote Supervisor Management Adapter. To return to the main option menu without saving, press Esc. NOTE: The Remote Supervisor Adapter MUST be reset before changes to the Ethernet Settings will take effect. Be sure to press F9 after you have changed PPP Settings. 5.4 PPP Settings _______________________________________________ Use the PPP Settings configuration window to set the network interface settings for the serial port of the Remote Supervisor Adapter. Use this window to set or change the following values: o Enable (or Disable) the network interface. Available values are ENABLED and DISABLED. o IP Address: Enter the IP address to be used by the network interface. o Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask to be used by the network interface. o Gateway: Enter the IP address of the gateway to be used by the network interface. o Line Type: No selection is available. The line type will be set to PPP. o Remote IP Address: Enter the remote IP address to be used by the network interface. o Authent. Protocol: Enter the type of authentication protocol that will be negotiated when a PPP connection is attempted.Available values are CHAP then PAP, PAP Only, and CHAP Only. Use the arrow keys and the Tab key to move between the fields. For online help, press F1. When you have finished entering the PPP Settings values, press F6 to save the values and then press F9 to reset the Remote Supervisor Adapter. To return to the main option menu without saving, press Esc. NOTE: The Remote Supervisor Adapter MUST be reset before changes to the PPP Settings will take effect. Be sure to press F9 after you have changed PPP Settings. 5.5 Advanced Network Settings _______________________________________________ This window enables you to view the advanced network settings used by the Remote Supervisor Adapter. This window displays information only. No configuration changes are permitted. - Burned-in MAC address: Burned-in media access control (MAC) address of the Remote Supervisor Adapter. - User Defined MAC address: Locally Administered media access control (MAC) address of the Remote Supervisor Adapter. - DHCP Host Name: Name assigned by the DHCP server for this interface. The DHCP server is not available when the DHCP settings are empty. - DHCP IP Address: Host IP address assigned by the DHCP server for this interface. The DHCP server is not available when the DHCP settings are empty. - DHCP Gateway Address: DHCP gateway address assigned by the DHCP server for this interface. The DHCP server is not available when the DHCP settings are empty. - DHCP Subnet Mask: DHCP subnet mask assigned by the DHCP server for this interface. The DHCP server is not available when the DHCP settings are empty." 6.0 Unattended Install ________________________ This update utility does not support unattended installations but there are other ways to incorporate unattended installations of this code. Check 'Advanced users' section immediately below. Check the UpdateXpress CD for availability of unattended installs of this firmware. (The UpdateXpress CD is downloadable from http://www.ibm.com (use the search function to find " UpdateXpress"). 6.1 Advanced users: The contents of these two diskettes can be used to support unattended installations. Note: Using this utility in an unattended mode will unconditionally flash the server with the firmware from this update. The server will be flashed regardless of whether the currently installed firmware is older or newer than the firmware on this update. To perform an unattended installation, copy flash2.exe and all of the .PKT files from these two diskettes to a single directory on your drive. Boot the server to DOS and change the directory to the directory where you have copied these files. At the DOS prompt type: flash2 /u /c /m /b 6.2 Updating using the Remote Supervisor Adapter web interface a). Open a Web browser. In the address or URL field, type the IP address or host name of the Remote Supervisor Adapter to which you want to connect. The Enter Network Password window opens. b). Type your user name and password in the Enter Network Password window. If you are using the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter for the first time, you can obtain your user name and password from your system administrator. All login attempts are documented in the event log. A welcome page opens in your browser. Note: The Remote Supervisor Adapter is set initially with a user name of USERID and password of PASSW0RD (with a zero, not an O). This user has read/write access. Change this default password during your initial configuration for enhanced security. c). Select a timeout value, in minutes, in the field provided. If your browser is inactive for that number of minutes, the Remote Supervisor Adapter logs you off the Web interface. d). Click Continue to start the session. The browser opens the System Health page, which gives you a quick view of the system status. e). In the navigation frame, click Firmware Update, then click Browse. f). Navigate to the PKT file you want to update. Note: There are three packet files that can be updated: CNETBRUS.PKT Remote Supervisor Adapter Boot ROM CNETMNUS.PKT Remote Supervisor Adapter Main Application CNETRGUS.PKT Remote Supervisor Adapter Remote Graphics Application Repeat steps 6.2.e through 6.2.k for each packet on this diskette. The packets should be flashed in the order listed above. g). Click Open. The file (including the full path) appears in the box beside Browse. h). To begin the update process, click Update. A progress indicator opens as the file is transferred to temporary storage on the Remote Supervisor Adapter. A confirmation page opens when the file transfer is completed. i). Verify that the PKT file shown on the Confirm Firmware Update page is what you intend to update. If not, click the Cancel button. j). To complete the update process, click Continue. A progress indicator opens as the firmware on the Remote Supervisor Adapter is flashed. A confirmation page opens to verify that the update was successful. k). Repeat steps 6.2.e through 6.2.k for each packet on this diskette. l). After receiving a confirmation that the update process is complete, go to the Restart ASM page and click Restart. Click OK to confirm that you want to restart the Remote Supervisor Adapter. m). Click OK to close the current browser window. n). To log into the Remote Supervisor Adapter again, open your browser and follow the regular login process. Note: To cancel this process at any point, click Cancel. 7.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number _________________________________________ 7.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 7.2 IBM eserver xSeries Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries 7.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problems applying the update, go to the following Help Center World Telephone Numbers and URL: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QYL.html. 8.0. TradeMarks and Notices ______________________________ 8.1 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States, or other countries or both: * IBM * Netfinity * Netfinity Manager * Advanced System Management Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 9.0. Disclaimer __________________ 9.1 THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS. 9.2 Note to Government users: Note to U.S. Government users-- Documentation related to restricted rights-- Use, duplication and disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation. Appendix A: Package Specific Installation Instruction This update is packaged as a self extracting shell script. To update your system, just execute the package with the appropriate options. You must be logged on as root, and the package must be run from an ext2/ext3 filesystem. Usage is as follows: packagename.sh [-?] | [-r] | [-s] | [-xd [device]] | [-x dirname] | [-w] -? Shows the command line help -r Install the package and reboot immediately -s Silent/unattented install -xd [device] Extracts contents to floppy disk(s) If device is not specified, floppy device /dev/fd0 is taken as the default. -x dirname Extracts contents to directory specified -w Save track0 to track01.sav and wipe boot sector (assumes -r) UpdateXpress packages use a portion of track0 of the first logical hard drive to store boot information for the virtual floppy environment. Normally, the only data contained on this track is the master boot record (MBR). Occasionally, updates will fail if there is no room to store the boot information on track0. If the update fails, execute the package with the -s -w options. This will erase track0 of the hard drive while preserving the MBR; install the virtual floppy on the drive, and then reboot the system to perform the update. The data contained in track0 is backed up in a file named track0.sav Please Note: The package update for Linux ONLY supports ext2/ext3 filesystems!