Management Processor Assistant eFix for RXE-100 Support


CONTENTS

1.0  Overview
1.1  Enhancements
1.2  Prerequisites
2.0  Installation and Setup Instructions
2.1  Where to install
2.2  How to install
3.0  Usage Information
3.1  Eventing
3.2  Firmware Update Support
3.3  System Backplane VPD
4.0  Trademarks
5.0  Notices


1.0 OVERVIEW

Management Processor Assistant eFix for RXE-100 Support is an
upgrade release which adds RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure
support to the MPA Integrated Console task in IBM Director 3.1.
To support this upgrade, the MPA console and server pieces are
modified with this installation.

1.1 Enhancements

The focus of this release is to provide the customer with support
for the new RXE-100 Remote Expansion Enclosure hardware.  The
next IBM Director release (IBM Director 3.1 Service Pack 1) will
include these changes.

1.2 Prerequisites

This update is for systems currently using IBM Director, version
3.1 only, with the Management Processor Assistant extension.  The
MPA extension may be installed through the main IBM Director 3.1
setup program.

2.0 INSTALLATION AND SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
NOTE: This release requires administrator priviledges to install.

2.1 Where to install

This eFix should be installed on machines which use the IBM
Director Server or Console to manage servers with a connected
RXE-100.

2.2 How to install

This eFix should be installed by running the enclosed setup.exe
and then following the prompts.

3.0 USAGE INFORMATION

This section contains general information which a user should
know but that may not be sufficiently documented in the User
Guide.

3.1 Eventing

RXE-100 events which are not side specific will be reported for
each side.  This may result in the user seeing two duplicate
events in the Director event log if both sides are connected to
a single server.

3.2 Firmware Update Support

This section outlines what type of firmware can be updated with
what type of connection to your management hardware.  Note that
not all firmware update types are applicable in all situations.

3.2.1 Remote Supervisor Adapter

The Remote Supervisor Adapter is managed through direct Inband
connection, direct TCP/IP connection, direct serial connection,
or through the System Management Interconnect from another Remote
Supervisor Adapter.  With these connections, a user updates
the firmware of the Remote Supervisor Adapter and the System
BIOS.  When the Remote Supervisor Adapter is added to a system
containing an Advanced System Management processor, the BIOS
Firmware option will not be available. Updates of the Server BIOS
must be made using the integrated ASM.

3.2.2 Advanced System Management Processor (ASM)

The integrated Advanced System Management processor receives data
through a direct Inband connection, a direct serial connection,
and through the System Management Interconnect from either a
Remote Supervisor Adapter, another ASM, or an Advanced System
Management PCI Adapter (ASMP).  When connected Inband through the
device driver, no firmware updates are available.  Updates to ASM
firmware and Server BIOS are allowed when connected through
direct serial connection or through the System Management
Interconnect.

3.2.3 Advanced System Management PCI Adapter (ASMP)

The ASMP receives data through direct Inband Connection in the
NF7000 M10 and NF8500, direct TCP/IP connection, direct serial
connection, and through the System Management Interconnect from
either a Remote Supervisor Adapter, an ASM, or another ASMP.
When connected Inband through the device driver, only the service
processor firmware is updated.  Server BIOS and the ASMP firmware
is updated by through the other described connections.  The
server must be powered off prior to initiating a BIOS update
operation.  When the ASMP is added to a server which contains an
integrated ASM, only the ASMP firmware can be updated.  Updates
of the Server BIOS must be made using the integrated ASM.

3.3 System Backplane VPD

The System Backplane VPD will always be blank since there is no
System Backplane on the RXE-100.

4.0 TRADEMARKS

The following product name is a trademark of IBM Corporation:

o  IBM

                
5.0 NOTICES

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