IBM eserver xSeries 236 Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update for Linux System 8841 Version 1.01, Build ID: NREP09A, Revision 16 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 ________________________ 1.1 This will update the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II software only. It will not affect any device drivers. 1.2 Limitations SSL is a commonly used security technology that uses encryption to provide secure TCP/IP communication. In order to comply with regulations regarding the export of products that contain cryptography, the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II is shipped without SSL support. In order to install SSL, the installation key file must be obtained and loaded into the Remote Supervisor Adapter II via the web interface. Once the file is loaded, SSL is installed and can be enabled or disabled as desired. If there is an error in loading the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II software, retry loading the software by repeating the instructions in section 3.0. 1.3 Enhancements - none 1.4. Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the update: - Multi-lun support is needed in order to mount more then one remote drive simultaneously. The linux kernel 2.4.20 and later have the appropriate multi-lun support, however this support needs to be enabled at kernel build time. Currently, only the SLES 8.0 SP3 distribution has multi-Lun support available and enabled. RedHat AS 3.0 has a 2.4.21 kernel, but does not have multi-lun support enabled by default. 1.5 Dependencies: - none 2.0 Change History ________________________ IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.01, NREP09A - Corrected a situation that caused the remote control session on the client to drop intermittently. - Corrected intermittent POST 175, 177, and 1602 errors. IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.00, NREP07A - First release 3.0 Installing and Setup Instructions ______________________________________ This utility will update the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II software under the Linux Operating System. It requires the installation of the correct Remote Supervisor Adapter II for Linux device driver. 3.1 Performing this code update (command line) ________________________________________________ - Run the "IBM xSeries 236 Linux Remote Supervisory Adapter II Update" from a command line with the "-s" parameter. "./.sh -s" where .sh is the downloaded update. 3.2 Extracting the Linux update files (command line) __________________________________________________ - Run the "IBM xSeries 236 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II 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 RSAII firmware update under Linux. Run "./lflash -r" from a command line to update RSAII firmware. 3.3 SSL Installation ______________________ 3.3.1 Begin a web interface session with the selected Remote Supervisor Adapter II. (See the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Installation and User's Guide for more information on using the Remote Supervisor Adapter II web interface.) 3.3.2 Click on Security in the navigation panel. 3.3.3 You are notified that SSL is not installed if the key file has not been loaded previously. Download the key file to a location on your computer, and then specify the location of the file as prompted on the Security page of the web interface. 4.0 Unattended Mode ________________________ Extracting the Linux update files (command line) __________________________________________________ - Run the "IBM xSeries 236 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update" with the following command line: ".exe -s -a -x " where .exe 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 RSAII firmware update under Linux. Run "wflash -r" from a command line to update RSAII firmware. 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. 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