IBM BladeCenter HS20 (8678 and 8832) Integrated System Management Processor Linux Update Version 1.11, Build ID: BR8T39A Systems 8678, 8832 (C) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2002, 2006. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication, or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in "Notices and trademarks? in this document. CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 3.0 Unattended Mode 4.0 Web Sites and support phone Number 5.0 Trademarks and Notices 6.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview ________________________ This diskette will update the Integrated System Management Processor firmware only. It will not affect any device drivers. 1.1 To use this diskette, perform the following steps: a). Make sure BIOS version 1.04 for 8678 or 1.00 for 8832, 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). After your system boots, the main option menu will appear on the screen. The main option menu contains two options. Type the number of the menu item that you want to perform and press Enter. d). When you are finished using the utility, select "Exit" menu item from the main menu and press Enter. e). 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 Integrated System Management Processor 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: - BIOS version 1.04 for 8678 or 1.00 for 8832 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 Installation and Setup Instructions ________________________________________ 2.1 Step by step instructions for this code update Run the "IBM eserver BladeCenter HS20 (8678 and 8832) Linux ISMP Update" with the following command line: "./.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. 2.2 Step by step instructions for extracting the Linux update files. Run the "IBM eserver BladeCenter HS20 (8678 and 8832) Linux ISMP 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. 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. The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a ISMP update under Linux. Run "./lflash" from a command line to update ISMP. 2.3 Step by step instructions for extracting the DOS update files to diskette. Run the "IBM eserver BladeCenter HS20 (8678 and 8832) Linux ISMP Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -xd " where .sh is the downloaded update and is the path to which the Linux update files will be extracted. If is omitted, /dev/fd0 is assumed. 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. The diskette created is the DOS ISMP update diskette. 3.0 Unattended Mode _______________________ 3.1 Performing the update in unattended mode Run the "IBM eserver BladeCenter HS20 (8678 and 8832) Linux ISMP Update" with the following command line: "./.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 in unattended mode Run the "IBM eserver BladeCenter HS20 (8678 and 8832) Linux ISMP 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. 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. The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a ISMP update under Linux. Run "./lflash" from a command line to update ISMP. 4.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number __________________________________________ 4.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 4.2 IBM eserver xSeries Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries 4.3 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. 5.0. TradeMarks and Notices ______________________________ 5.1 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. 6.0. Disclaimer __________________ 6.1 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. 6.2 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.