IBM eserver xSeries 445 Remote Supervisor Adapter II EXA Update for Linux System 8870 Version 1.04, Build ID: REE824A, Revision 17 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 EXA software only. It will not affect any device drivers. 1.2 Limitations If there is an error in loading the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II EXA 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: - BIOS version 1.10 or greater is required to support the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II EXA. 2.0 Change History ________________________ IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II EXA Update Version 1.04, REE824A - The ISMP firmware was corrected to eliminate false readings that can occur immediately after the ISMP is rebooted. - Fixed a Maximum Segment Size negotiation problem on the network interface which could have prevented oversized data packets from being delivered. - Fixed German keyboard support for remote control Linux clients. IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.03, REE822A - Updated the Integrated System Management Processor firmware to resolve the memory multi-bit errors caused by a timing issue coming out of system stand by mode. - Corrected problem where existing static partition settings might be lost during a firmware update. - Corrected Machine Type and Model reference typographical errors in readme documentation. IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.02, REE820A - Added SSH support - Added DNS support for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol - Enhanced the command line interface - Corrected problem where server is non-responsive 76 days after reset. - Fixed problem with clearing Daylight Savings Time (DST) mode across multinode systems. - Corrected problems with lflash and wflash firmware update utilities. - Fixed problem where user permissions could not be set from the web interface. IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.01, REE816A - Fixed problem where RXE-100 events were not sent correctly. - Corrected Monitor log event selection button to work properly. - Fixed problem with firmware updates to RXE-100 expansion. - Corrected Blue Locator LED state during normal OS operation. - Corrected UUID sent to Director from RXE-100 expansion events. - Added DNS support for LDAP. - Fixed problem with daylight savings time not working with CLI. IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update Version 1.00, REE811A - First release 3.0 Installing and Setup Instructions ______________________________________ This utility will update the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II EXA software under the Linux Operating System. It requires the installation of the correct Remote Supervisor Adapter II EXA for Linux device driver. 3.1 Performing this code update (command line) ________________________________________________ - Run the "IBM xSeries 445 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II EXA Update" from a command line with the "-s" parameter. "./.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 (command line) __________________________________________________ - Run the "IBM xSeries 445 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II EXA 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. - The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a RSAII EXA firmware update under Linux. Run "./lflash -r" from a command line to update RSAII EXA firmware. 4.0 Unattended Mode ________________________ Extracting the Linux update files (command line) __________________________________________________ - Run the "IBM xSeries 445 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II EXA 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. - The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a RSAII EXA firmware update under Linux. Run "./lflash -r" from a command line to update RSAII EXA 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. TradeMarks and Notices ______________________________ 6.1 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States, or other countries or both: * IBM * 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. 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