IBM eserver xSeries 346 Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update for Linux System 8840 Version 1.04b, Build ID: KPEP18B, Revision 16 CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 4.0 Unattended Mode 5.0 Web Sites and support phone Number 6.0 Trademarks and Notices 7.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview ________________________ 1.1 This will update the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II software only. It will not affect any device drivers. 1.2 Limitations If there is an error in loading the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II software, retry loading the software by repeating the instructions in section 3.0. 1.3 Enhancements - none 1.4. Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the update: - Multi-lun support is needed in order to mount more then one remote drive simultaneously. The linux kernel 2.4.20 and later have the appropriate multi-lun support, however this support needs to be enabled at kernel build time. Currently, only the SLES 8.0 SP3 distribution has multi-Lun support available and enabled. RedHat AS 3.0 has a 2.4.21 kernel, but does not have multi-lun support enabled by default. 1.5 Dependencies: - none 2.0 Change History ________________________ IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.04b, KPEP18B - Fixed German keyboard support for Linux Clients IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.04, KPEP18A - Add 64-bit support to the lflash utility. - If the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is unable to read the server's machine type, or if the machine type is different than expected, an error log warning is generated asking the user to ensure that the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is flashed with the correct firmware. - Allow BIOS to disable the periodic SMIs that are generated by the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.03, KPEP17A - Corrected a problem where the server could become non-responsive 76 days after the Remote Supervisor Adapter II has been reset. - Corrected a situation that caused the remote control session on the client to drop intermittently. IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.02, KPEP16A - Corrected intermittent POST 175 and 177 errors. - Corrected an intermittent checkpoint 29 hang during reboot. IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.01, KPEP13A - Corrected a problem where the real time clock would not count - Increased retry attempts when communications to the BMC fails IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.00, KPEP11A - First release 3.0 Installing and Setup Instructions ______________________________________ This utility will update the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II software under the Linux Operating System. It requires the installation of the correct Remote Supervisor Adapter II for Linux device driver. 3.1 Performing this code update (command line) ________________________________________________ - Run the "IBM xSeries 346 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update" from a command line with the "-s" parameter. "./.sh -s" where .sh is the downloaded update. NOTE: The following message is shown on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and other distributions that do not install the compatibility libstdc++ library. ./lflash: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. If the above message is shown, install the compat-libstdc++*.rpm that was included on the distribution media. 3.2 Extracting the Linux update files (command line) __________________________________________________ - Run the "IBM xSeries 346 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -x " where .sh is the downloaded update and is the path to which the Linux update files will be extracted. - The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a RSAII firmware update under Linux. Run "./lflash -r" from a command line to update RSAII firmware. 4.0 Unattended Mode ________________________ Extracting the Linux update files (command line) __________________________________________________ - Run the "IBM xSeries 346 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -x " where .sh is the downloaded update and is the path to which the Linux update files will be extracted. - The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a RSAII firmware update under Linux. Run "./lflash -r" from a command line to update RSAII firmware. 5.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number _________________________________________ 5.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 5.2 IBM eserver xSeries Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries 5.3 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. 6.0. TradeMarks and Notices ______________________________ 6.1 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States, or other countries or both: * IBM * Advanced System Management Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 7.0. Disclaimer __________________ 7.1 THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. 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