IBM eserver xSeries 255 Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update for Linux System 8685 Version 1.03, Build ID: AVE811A, 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 1.03, AVE811A - Ignore erroneous ISMP CPU over temperature alerts - Increased the time to live to 128 on all packets from the Remote Supervisor Adapter. - Stopped generating the periodic SMIs used for Machine Check Architecture support. IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.02, AVE810A - Added LDAP security fixes - Changed the remote disk port number from 4444 to 1044 IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.01, AVE809A - Fixed an issue where a USB memory device mounts remotely as a CD ROM drive - Corrected a problem with rebooting the ASM corrupting settings - Fixed an issue where the Remote control screen did not close - Fixed a problem where video was lost after cancelling remote disk image - Fixed a problem with the ASM not detecting an analog modem connected to the serial port - Removed the dialback command from the supported command list - Fixed a problem with remote graphics over a PPP connection - Fixed a problem that caused the ASM to reset when the Security link on the Web interface was clicked - Added support for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol - Added Remote Disk Multi Drive Support - Added Serial Console Redirection capability IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.00, AVE805A - 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 255 Linux Remote Supervisory Adapter II Update" from a command line with the "-s" parameter. "./.sh -s" where .sh is the downloaded update. 3.2 Extracting the Linux update files (command line) __________________________________________________ - Run the "IBM xSeries 255 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 255 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update" with the following command line: ".exe -s -a -x " where .exe 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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