BladeCenter LS20 (8850) Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Windows Update Version 2.04 System 8850 [SERVICE USE RETAIN #H183795] 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 ________________________ This diskette will update the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware and sensor data records (SDRs) only. It will not affect any device drivers. 1.1 To use this diskette, perform the following steps: a). Make sure BIOS version 1.00, or later, is installed. b). Insert this 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. c). Once your system boots, a ramdrive will be created, the appropriate files will be copied to this ramdrive and the BMC update firmware update will execute automatically. d). When you are finished using the utility, remove the diskette from the diskette drive and restart your system. 1.2 Limitations If there is an error in loading the BMC firmware or SDRs retry loading the software by repeating the instructions in section 1.1. 1.3 Enhancements - IPMI 1.4. Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the update: - BIOS version 1.00, or later, must be installed prior to installing this ISMP firmware 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 ______________________________________ Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.00 - Original Release Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.01 - fixed blower support for 2GB DIMMs Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.02 - fixed CPU temperature reporting bug Baseboard Management Controller Version 2.00 - fixed SOL data corruption under stress - fixed CPU mismatch bug Baseboard Management Controller Version 2.01 - Applied power number updates Baseboard Management Controller Version 2.02 - Implemented fix to clear SP communication issues Baseboard Management Controller Version 2.03 - Added support for fan speed increase when 4GB DIMMs are detected - Forced update of new power numbers without requiring power cycle Baseboard Management Controller Version 2.04 - Force refresh of power tables - Fixed bug which was causing power numbers to fluctuate unnecessarily. 3.0 Installing and Setup Instructions ______________________________________ 3.1 Step by step instructions for this code update (GUI) - Run the "BladeCenter LS20 (8850) Windows BMC Update" by double-clicking the .EXE. - Choose "Perform Update" and click the "Next" button. - If the update is meant for the system on which it is running, the "Next" button will appear. Click the "Next" button to continue. NOTE: The following message is shown if the OSA Baseboard Management Controller driver and IBM IPMI mapping layer are not installed. Could not find IPMI driver. Please check your OSA IPMI driver and IBM mapping layer installation. If the above message is shown, install the OSA BMC driver and IBM IPMI mapping layer from the support web page. - Click the "Exit" button. 3.2 Step by step instructions for extracting the Windows update files (GUI) - Run the "BladeCenter LS20 (8850) Windows BMC Update" by double-clicking the .EXE. - Choose "Extract to Hard Drive" and click the "Next" button. - Choose a directory into which the Windows update files will be saved in the "Save As" dialog. - The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a BMC update under Windows. Run "wflash -c" from a command line to update BMC on 32-bit Windows and "wflash64 -c" from a command line to update BMC on 64-bit Windows. NOTE: The following message is shown if the OSA Baseboard Management Controller driver and IBM IPMI mapping layer are not installed. Could not find IPMI driver. Please check your OSA IPMI driver and IBM mapping layer installation. If the above message is shown, install the OSA BMC driver and IBM IPMI mapping layer from the support web page. - Click the "Exit" button. 3.3 Step by step instructions for extracting the DOS update files to diskette (GUI) - Run the "BladeCenter LS20 (8850) Windows BMC Update" by double-clicking the .EXE. - Choose "Extract to Floppy" and click the "Next" button. - Place a diskette in the A: drive and press the "OK" button. - The diskette created is the DOS BMC update diskette. - Click the "Exit" button. 3.4 Step by step instructions for extracting the DOS update files to diskette (command line) - Run the "BladeCenter LS20 (8850) Windows BMC Update" with the following command line: ".exe -a -xd " where .exe is the downloaded update and is the drive to which the DOS update files will be extracted. 4.0 Unattended Mode _______________________ 4.1 Performing the update in unattended mode - Run the "IBM eserver xSeries 346 Windows BMC Update" with the following command line: ".exe -s -a -s" where .exe is the downloaded update. NOTE: The following message is shown if the OSA Baseboard Management Controller driver and IBM IPMI mapping layer are not installed. Could not find IPMI driver. Please check your OSA IPMI driver and IBM mapping layer installation. If the above message is shown, install the OSA BMC driver and IBM IPMI mapping layer from the support web page. 4.2 Extracting the Windows update files in unattended mode - Run the "BladeCenter LS20 (8850) Windows BMC Update" with the following command line: ".exe -s -a -x " where .exe is the downloaded update and is the path to which the Windows update files will be extracted. 4.3 Running extracted Windows update files in unattended mode - Extract the Windows update files using Section 3.2 or Section 4.2 of this readme. - Run "wflash -c" from a command line to update BMC on 32-bit Windows or run "wflash64 -c" from a command line to update BMC on 64-bit Windows. NOTE: The following message is shown if the OSA Baseboard Management Controller driver and IBM IPMI mapping layer are not installed. Could not find IPMI driver. Please check your OSA IPMI driver and IBM mapping layer installation. If the above message is shown, install the OSA BMC driver and IBM IPMI mapping layer from the support web page. 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 * Netfinity * Netfinity Manager * 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. 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. 7.2 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.