IBM xSeries 220 POST/BIOS Flash Disk Version 1.07 Installation README File CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 4.0 Configuration Information 5.0 Unattended Mode 6.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 7.0 Trademarks and Notices 8.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview 1.1 This README file contains the latest information about installing the IBM xSeries 220 POST/BIOS. 1.2 Limitations - NA 1.3 Enhancements - NA 1.4 Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the Update: - See the list of changes for information to determine whether or not you are affected by the enhancements and fixes. 1.5 Dependencies 2.0 Change History V1.00 - October 03, 2000 ---------------------- - Initial release V1.01 - December 14, 2000 ---------------------- - Changed text references from "service processor" to "system management adapter/processor." - Fixed update of cursor position during remote post mode. - Fixed the BIOS date field on the system management adapter web interface. - Fixed USB legacy code to prevent system hang when only USB keyboard is attached. - Fixed flash utility to properly load the user selected language. - Show proper speed for processor speeds greater than 1 GHz. - Changed BIOS Setup references from service processor to system management adapter/processor. - Generate Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) warning to the system management adapter when critical system components fail (memory, PCI devices, processors, ect). - Increased the amount of system memory available when 4GB of RAM is installed. V1.02 - January 29, 2001 ---------------------- - Added in setup options to set the system management adapter threshold attempt and automatic logout timeout values. - Fixed DMI structure to show proper maximum processor speed at 1Ghz. - Fixed German translations to work properly once flashed. - Fixed intermittent hang condition when using an USB hub during POST. - Removed incorrect reporting of onboard ethernet as a wake device in Windows 2000. V1.03 - March 31, 2001 ---------------------- - Removing support for A2 stepping level processors. - Adding in support for D0 stepping level processors. - Added setup identification for new revision of the memory controller. - Fixed POST hang condition when a system partition is the only partition defined and is marked hidden. V1.04 - April 2, 2001 ---------------------- - Added in system management command for CPU cooling threshold changes. - Fixed remote keyboard support using remote graphics with the Advanced System Management adapter. - Applied mandatory Intel B0 Microcode for 933Mhz B0 processors. V1.05 - August 1, 2001 ---------------------- - Fixed erroneous "Memory size has been changed" error message when disabling the Primary IDE controller inside the POST/BIOS setup utility. - Fixed cmosutil.exe to properly save and restore serial and parallel settings and any other CMOS setting currently stored inside BANK2 of CMOS. - Added in Setup menu help for the Wake-On-Lan menu item. - Updated Adaptec SCSI BIOS to v 3.10. V1.06 - August 24, 2002 ---------------------- - Added in support for PCI VGA devices behind a PCI-PCI bridge. - Enabled secondary VGA devices (other than system planar VGA device) if present in the system. - Do not allow IRQ15 for PCI use to avoid Secondary IDE resource conflict. - Added in "Rehooking INT 19h" setup option which will allow other add in PCI adapters to control the system boot sequence. This option should be disabled (it is enabled by default) to allow adapter configuration utilities such as the LSI IDE RAID PCI adatper to run after POST has completed. V1.07 - November 20, 2002 ---------------------- - Reserve extra I/O space on bus 0 to prevent a system hang and/or NMI when running OS/2. 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions *Note: If installing from an update package, see additional instructions, in Appendix A. The procedure to update the POST/BIOS is as follows: 3.1 Insert the "IBM xSeries 220 POST/BIOS Flash Disk" into drive A. 3.2 Start up or restart your IBM xSeries 220 server. 3.3 The system will boot off of the disk and present a window which allows you the option to flash various options. Choose "1 - Update POST/BIOS". 3.4 You will be asked if you would like to move the current POST/BIOS image to the backup ROM location. If you select 'Y', the current code will be flashed in to the backup bank immediately. 3.5 You will then be asked if you would like to save the current code to a disk. If you select 'Y', you need to have a formatted disk already available, or specify a fully qualified path and file name. 3.6 At this point, the image will be loaded from the disk, and you will be asked to choose which language you wish to use during POST and in Setup. If you select a choice other than English, the selected language will be merged into the image. There is also an option to Quit the flash update on this menu. 3.7 After this completes the system will update the flash ROM with the new code. When this is complete you will be prompted to remove the disk and hit return to reboot the system. 4.0 Configuration Information 5.0 Unattended Mode 5.1 Steps for unattended mode. 5.1.1 Modify CONFIG.SYS on the Flash Diskette to read: "SHELL=FLASH2.EXE -u -xx*" 5.1.2 Reboot the system with the Flash Diskette in Drive A: * Note: "xx" refers to the language support. By default the system will flash the English versions of BIOS and Setup if no language is specified. 6.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 6.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 6.2 IBM Marketing Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/eserver/xseries/ 6.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problems applying the update go to the following Help Center World Telephone Numbers URL: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QLY.html. 7.0 Trademarks and Notices 7.1 IBM and the e(logo) are registerd trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. 7.2 U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation. IBM web site pages may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information which should be observed. 8.0 Disclaimer 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 DOEUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO LICENSES OR ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS.  Appendix A: Package Specific Installation Instruction This update is packaged as a self-extracting PackageForTheWeb (PFTW) executable file. To unpack, this update requires that your TEMP environment variable be set to a path with read/write access. You must be logged in as an administrator. The package update log, ux.log, is created on the system drive. To locate the log file go to: %SystemDrive%\uxlog\ux.log The command-line syntax for PackageForTheWeb firmware update package is: Package.exe [-s] [-a [-s] | [-r] | [-c] | [-x directory] | [-xd] | [-w] | [-?] ] [-s] This command installs the Package-For-The-Web software silently and does not prompt if files are to be over-written in the %temp% directory. [-a] This command passes all subsequent commands to the PFTW software to install the update package. [-s] This command runs a silent and unattended update. For firmware updates, the update is scheduled to run on the next reboot. An immediate reboot can be forced with the -r option. [-r] This command schedules the update and reboot immediately. It can be used with or without the -s command. [-c] This command cancels any scheduled firmware update and records results of this operation in the log file. Only one firmware package can be scheduled at a time, if a firmware update needs to be applied instead of the currently scheduled firmware update package, cancel the current (run with the -c option on any firmware package) package. Then, run the applicable firmware package. [-x directory] This command is used with firmware updates to extract the update to the directory named directory. The PackageForTheWeb executable extracts itself to a subdirectory in the %TEMP% directory, a relative directory will be relative to that location. You must specify an absolute directory if you do not want to use the default directory. [-xd] This command is used with firmware updates to extract to a floppy diskette. The floppy diskette can then be used to boot from and apply the update. This option is not available for all firmware updates, such as tape drive and hard-disk drive updates. [-w] PowerQuest Virtual Boot Environment requires that there are 2 free sectors on the first track before it can schedule a firmware update. Use this option only if scheduling an update failed because 2 free sectors were not available on the first track. This option clears the non-boot and the non-partition information sectors on the first track. Typically, these sectors are not used. Before clearing the sectors a copy of the complete first track is saved in the %temp% directory from which the update runs. [-?] This command displays information about the command line switches. The command line switches -s, -r -c and -e are unnattended. Other command line options such as display help (-?) might require that you hit any key to continue. If Windows packages are run without any command line options, a GUI is displayed. This GUI offers all of the options that are available using the command line.