IBM Netfinity 5500-M20 Advanced System Management Processor Update Diskette Version 2.12 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 ________________________ This diskette will update the IBM Netfinity Advanced System Management software only. It will not affect any device drivers. The utility on this diskette can also be used to configure settings on your IBM Netfinity Advanced System management PCI Adapter. 1.1 To use this diskette, perform the following steps: a). 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. b). After your system boots, the main option menu will appear on the screen. The main option menu contains four options. Use the up-and-down arrow keys to highlight the option you want to perform. Online help is available for each option by pressing F1 while the option is highlighted. General help is available by pressing F1 from one of the help windows. To select an option, highlight it and press 'Enter'. See section 4.0 - Configuration Information - below for more information. c). When you are finished using the utility, select "Exit" utility from the main menu and press Enter. d). 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 IBM Netfinity Advanced System Management software, retry loading the software by repeating the instructions in section 1.1. If you are installing the IBM Netfinity Advanced System Management PCI Adapter in a hot-plug PCI slot, please make sure the Adapter card is powere with an IBM Power Unit Adapter. This will ensure proper operation. Please refer to page 9, in the Installations Publication for connection the IBM Power Unit Adapter. 1.3 Enhancements 1.4. Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the 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 Netfinity Advanced System Management Installation Utility Version 2.12 - Increased software filtering to eliminate intermittent false reporting of VRM problems. - Corrected a problem that caused an update of the Advanced System Management software to fail if it was updated using the Management Serial Port (Port C) at any baud rate other than 57600. Netfinity Advanced System Management Installation Utility Version 2.11 - Increased software filtering to eliminate intermittent false reporting of fan, voltage and temperature problems. - After the server recovers from a VRM undervoltage or overvoltage warning condition, the service processor will not reset the system. Netfinity Advanced System Management Installation Utility Version 2.10 - Original Release 3.0 Installing and Setup Instructions ______________________________________ This diskette includes a configuration utility that enables you to configure your Advanced System Management (ASM) hardware without using Netfinity Manager and the Advanced System Management Service. With the configuration utility, you can: * Configure 'Alert Setting' to enable or disable alert functions. * Configure 'Dial In/Out' settings. * Configure 'General Settings', including the Name and Number that identify this Advanced System Management hardware, the date and time reported by the ASM hardware, assorted time-out values, and schedule a time for the system to be powered up. * Configure Modem Settings. Information on all values that can be set using this utility can be found in the "Advanced System Management" section of your Server library. To install the firmware on this diskette, perform the following steps: 3.1 Make sure your system is powered down. 3.2 Insert the diskette in the diskette drive. 3.3 Power on your system to boot from diskette drive. If your system does not boot from the diskette, use POST/BIOS setup utility to configure the diskette drive as a boot device. 3.4 From the main option menu, select "Update System Management Firmware". 3.5 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the update. 4.0 Configuration Information ____________________________________ 4.1 After your system boots, the main option menu will appear thus: * Hardware Status and Information * Configuration Settings * Update System Management firmware * Exit Use the up-and-down arrow keys to highlight the options. Online help isavailable for each option by pressing F1 while the option is highlighted. General Help is available be pressing F1 from one of the Help windows. To select an option, highlight it and then press 'Enter'. 4.2 Configuration Settings. ______________________________ Select 'Configuration Settings' to view or change the configuration settingof your Advanced System Management hardware. The options that appearafter you select 'Configuration Settings' allow you to configure Alert Settings, Dial In/Dial Out Settings, General Settings, and Modem Settings. See "Configuration Interface Descriptions" below, for more information. 4.3 Hardware status Information. ______________________________ Select 'Hardware Status and Information" for information on the currentstate of your Advanced System Management hardware. When youyou have finished viewing this information, press 'Esc' to return to the main option menu. Use the up-and-down arrow keys to highlight the options and press 'Enter' to select an option. 4.4 Configuration Interface Descriptions _________________________________________ A total of four ASM configuration interfaces are available: - Alert Settings - Dial In/Out Settings - General Settings - Modem Settings Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the options and press Enter to select an option. A description of the contents of each of the Advanced System Management Utility configuration interfaces follows. 4.5 Alert Settings ___________________ Use this interface to enable or disable all Critical, Non-Critical, and System alerts supported by your ASM hardware. For a description of each of these alerts and the effect enabling them has, please see "Remote Alert Settings" in the "Advanced System Management" section of your server library. Use the arrow keys and the Tab key to move between the fields. Use the left and right arrow keys to enable or disable each of the alerts. For online help, press F1. When you have finished, press F6 to save and return to the main option menu. To return to the main option menu without saving, press Esc. 4.6 Dial In/Out Settings _________________________ This window is divided into two sections: Dial In (used to configure dial in settings) and Dial Out (used to configure dial out settings). To use the Dial In portion of this window, use the Tab key or the arrow keys to move the cursor to User Profile to Configure. Then use the left and right arrow keys to select a User Profile. Once you have selected a User Profile, you can set the following values: Login ID Password Dialback (enable or disable) Number (used for dialback only) Read Only Access (enable or disable) Dial In (enable or disable) Dial In Delay (minutes) For a description of each of these values, please see "The Dial In Settings Group" and "The Dialing Settings Group" in the "Advanced System Management" section of your server library. When you have finished, press F6 to save and return to the main option menu. To return to the main option menu without saving, press Esc. To use the Dial Out portion of this window, use the Tab key or the arrow keys to move the cursor to User Profile to Configure. Then use the left and right arrow keys to select a User Profile. Once you have selected a User Profile, you can set the following values: Login ID Password Enable or disable the currently selected entry Number PIN Connection Type (numeric, alphanumeric, serial) Description Dialout Retry Limit Dialout Number Spacing Dialout Retry Delay For a description of each of these values, please see "The Dial In Settings Group" and "The Dialing Settings Group" in the "Advanced System Management" section of your server library. When you have finished, press F6 to save and return to the main option menu. To return to the main option menu without saving, press Esc. 4.7 General Settings _____________________ Use the General Settings configuration window to set the identifying Name and Number for this Advanced System Management hardware; set the time and date of the ASM clock; schedule a time and date for the system to be automatically powered on; and to specify POST, Loader, and O/S Timeout values or the Power Off Delay value. The Name and Number are for your use, and are to help you identify these systems on your network. The Name and Number values can be up to 15 characters in length. Use the arrow keys and the Tab key to move between the fields. For online help, press F1. When you have finished entering the values, press F6 to save the values and return to the main option menu. To return to the main option menu without saving, press Esc. 4.8 Modem Settings ___________________ Use the Modem Settings window to configure the modem that is used by your ASM hardware. For descriptions of each of the Modem Settings values, please see please see "Modem Settings" in the "Advanced System Management" section of your server library. ___________________________ 5.0 Unattended Mode ________________________ This update diskette does not support unattended installation. 6.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number _________________________________________ 6.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 6.2 IBM Marketing Netfinity Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/Netfinity 6.3 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-3P2QLY.html. 7.0. TradeMarks and Notices ______________________________ 7.1 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. 8.0. Disclaimer __________________ 8.1 THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHE 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 COPRIGHTS. 8.2 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. CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions *Note: If installing from an update package, see additional instructions, in Appendix A. 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 ________________________ This diskette will update the IBM Netfinity Advanced System Management software only. It will not affect any device drivers. 1.1 To use this diskette, perform the following steps: a). 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. b). After your system boots, the main option menu will appear on the screen. The main option menu contains four options. Use the up-and-down arrow keys to highlight the option you want to perform. Online help is available for each option by pressing F1 while the option is highlighted. General help is available by pressing F1 from one of the help windows. To select an option, highlight it and press 'Enter'. See section 4.0 - Configuration Information - below for more information. c). When you are finished using the utility, select "Exit" utility from the main menu and press Enter. d). 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 IBM Netfinity Advanced System Management 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: - 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 - Increased software filtering to eliminate intermittent false reporting of fan, voltage and temperature problems. 3.0 Installing and Setup Instructions ___________________________ To install the firmware on this diskette, perform the following steps: 3.1). Make sure your system is powered down. 3.2). Insert the diskette in the diskette drive. 3.3). Power on your system to boot from diskette drive. 3.4). From the main option menu, select "Update System Management Firmware". 3.5). Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the update. 4.0 Configuration Information ____________________________________ No configuration changes are required 5.0 Unattended Mode ________________________ This update diskette does not support unattended installation. 6.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number _________________________________________ 6.1. IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 6.2. IBM Marketing Netfinity Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/Netfinity 6.3. 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-3P2QLY.html. 7.0. TradeMarks and Notices ______________________________ The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States, or other countries or both: IBM Netfinity Advanced System Management Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 8.0. Disclaimer __________________ 8.1. THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHE 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 COPRIGHTS. 8.2. 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. Appendix A: Package Specific Installation Instruction This update is packaged as a self-extracting Package for the web (PFW). 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 command-line syntax for Package-For-The-Web Firmware update package is: Package.exe [-s] [-a [-s] | [-r] | [-c] | [-x directory] | [-xd] | [-w] | [-?] ] [-s] This initial -s tells the Package-For-The-Web software to install silently and will not prompt if files need to be over-written in the %temp% directory. [-a] Tells the Package-For-The-Web software to pass all subsequent commands to the install package (i.e. the update). [-s] The second -s option indicates to run the update silently and unattended. For firmware updates the update is scheduled to run on the next reboot. An immediate reboot can be forced with the -r option. [-r] Schedule the update (can be used with or without the -s option, either way it has the same meaning) and reboot immediately. [-c] Cancel any scheduled firmware update and record results of this operation in the log file. Only one firmware packages can be scheduled at one time, if a firmware update needs to be applied instead of the currently scheduled firmware update package, the user needs to cancel the current (run with the -c option on any firmware package) package and subsequently run the applicable firmware package. [-x directory] Use with firmware updates to extract the update to directory named directory. Since the Package-For-The-Web extracts itself to subdirectory in the %TEMP% directory, a relative directory will be relative to that location. Normally the user will want to specify an absolute directory. [-xd] Use with firmware updates to extract floppy diskette(s). The floppy diskette(s) can subsequently be used to boot and apply the update in the customary "apply update from floppy diskette" fashion. This option is not available for all firmware updates, such as Tape Drive and Hard Disk updates. [-w] The PowerQuest Virtual Boot Environment requires 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 found in the first track. This option will wipe or clear the non boot and the non partition information sectors on the first track. These sectors are normally not used. Before clearing the sectors a copy of the complete first track is saved in the %temp% directory from which the update runs. [-?] Display information about the command line switches. Only the apply-update-silently (-s) option is necessarily unattended, that is the other command line options such as display help (-?) may require the user to "hit any key" to continue. If Windows packages are run without any command line options, a GUI is displayed. This GUI offers all the options available at the command line, except that the -w option is not available.