IBM eServer xSeries 255 Integrated System Management Processor Update Diskette Version 1.08, Build ID AV8T26A System 8685 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 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 1.00, 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). 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 1.00, 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 ______________________________________ Integrated System Management Version 1.08, Build ID AV8T26A - Turn off serial port. Integrated System Management Version 1.07, Build ID AV8T25A - fix a problem with incorrect date/time due to leap year Integrated System Management Version 1.06, Build ID AV8T24A - fix a problem where CPU IERR's were not being reported correctly - fix a problem where CPU thermal trip errors were not being reported correctly - modify how NMI errors are checked to take into account new hardware component tolerences Integrated System Management Version 1.05 - removed DC power good faults seen during hot swap of a power supply - added fan speed increase to accomodate faster CPUs Integrated System Management Version 1.04 - removed spontaneous ASF drive insertion alerts during first power up - corrected NMI LED function during system boot (only seen on some systems) - removed intermittent spontaneous logging of DC power good faults Integrated System Management Version 1.03 - Fixed intermittent spontaneous logging of I2C Bus 7 failure alert followed by I2C Bus 7 recovery alert - changed fan numbering (swapped 1 with 2 and 5 with 6) - removed intermittent spontaneous fan removal/insertion messages - changed CPU LED behavior for overtemp condition - fixed faulty VRM message - Fixed problem which caused the drive ordering on systems with one DASD backplane to be swapped - Significantly improved ASM Interconnect quality Integrated System Management Version 1.02 - Fixed error in Power Line Disturbance Handling Integrated System Management Version 1.01 - Fixed drive re-ordering with two DASD backplanes installed Integrated System Management Version 1.00 - Original Release 3.0 Installing and Setup Instructions ______________________________________ To install the firmware on this diskette, perform the following steps: 3.1 Make sure BIOS version 1.00, or later, is installed. 3.2 Make sure your system is powered down. 3.3 Insert the diskette in the diskette drive. 3.4 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. 3.5 From the main option menu, select "Update System Management Processor". 3.6 When the update completes, remove the diskette from the drive and press Enter to restart the system. 4.0 Unattended Mode _______________________ This update utility does not support unattended installations but there are other ways to incorporate unattended installations of this code. Check 'Advanced users' section immediately below. Check the UpdateXpress CD for availability of unattended installs of this firmware. (The UpdateXpress CD is downloadable from http://www.ibm.com (use the search function to find " UpdateXpress"). 4.1 Advanced users: The contents of this diskette can be used to support unattended installations. Note: Using this utility in an unattended mode will unconditionally flash the server with the firmware from this update. The server will be flashed regardless of whether the currently installed firmware is older or newer than the firmware on this update. To perform an unattended installation, copy flash2.exe and all of the .BIN files from this diskette to a single directory on your drive. Boot the server to DOS and change the directory to the directory where you have copied these files. At the DOS prompt type: flash2 /u /e 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.  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.