IBM Netfinity 3500 POST/BIOS Flash Update Diskette Version 1.35 Installation and Readme File. --CONTENTS-- 1 - OVERVIEW 2 - CHANGE HISTORY 3 - INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 4 - CMOS SAVE/RESTORE UTILITY 5 - IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS WHEN REPLACING THE 8644's SYSTEM BOARD 6 - DISCLAIMER 1 - OVERVIEW This README file contains the latest information about installing the IBM Netfinity 3500 POST/BIOS. 2 - CHANGE HISTORY 1.25 Initial BIOS release 1.29 Added code to resolve system trap on SCO installs. Added support for CDROM boot catalog menu. Added support for hardfiles greater than 8.4GB. Added support for A0/A1 processor configurations. Added new algorithm for ECC memory \ ECC L2 cache configurations. 1.35 Added support for Windows2000. Updated Intel processor code. 3 - INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE PRINT OUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS OR WRITE THEM DOWN BEFORE STARTING THIS FLASH UPDATE UTILITY. IBM PC BIOS UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS -------------------------------------------------- THIS CODE IS FOR THE FOLLOWING MACHINE(S)... -------------------------------------------------- Machine(s) Description ---------- ---------------------------------------------------- 8644 Single and Dual P6 Pentium II Processor for Netfinity Server =========================================================================== ---- About Applied Fixes or Features Added ---- (CHANGES.NEW) is another file on this diskette that lists known problems corrected and/or features added after applying this UPDATE to your system. If you would like, please take the time to read or print that file before using this diskette to update your system. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS STEPS... 1 : PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF ANY SETTINGS YOU HAVE CHANGED IN THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY. THEY MAY HAVE TO BE RE-ENTERED AFTER UPDATING THE BIOS. 2 : PUT THE FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE IN THE DRIVE AND POWER UP THE SYSTEM.. . -YOU ARE PROMPTED TO SELECT YOUR COUNTRY AND PRESS ENTER. -THE SERIAL NUMBER IS DISPLAYED AND YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE SERIAL NUMBER -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE CORRECT NUMBER. THEN . . . -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THEN . . . -THE MACHINE MODEL/TYPE IS DISPLAYED AND YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE MODEL/TYPE -IF YOU ANSWER "Y" THEN YOU ARE PROMPTED TO ENTER THE CORRECT NUMBER. THEN . . . -IF YOU ANSWER "N" THEN . . . 3 : THE CURRENT BIOS LEVEL ON THE COMPUTER IS COMPARED TO THAT ON THE FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE. -IF THE LEVELS ARE THE SAME, A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING "THE POST/BIOS CODE IN THE SYSTEM IS THE SAME VERSION AS THAT ON THE DISKETTE. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE. PRESS ESC TO CANCEL." -IF THE LEVELS ARE DIFFERENT: IF THE LEVEL ON THE FLASH DISKETTE IS NEWER THAN THE ROM A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING "THE SYSTEM POST/BIOS IS BEING UPDATED. THIS MAY TAKE UP TO 2 MINUTES. DO NOT POWER OFF OR RESTART THE SYSTEM DURING THIS PROCEDURE. IF THE LEVEL ON THE DISKETTE IS OLDER THAN THE ROM * A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED STATING "THE POST/BIOS IN THE SYSTEM IS A NEWER VERSION THAN THAT ON THE DISKETTE IF YOU CONTINUE, THE OLDER VERSION WILL REPLACE THE NEWER VERSION IN THE SYSTEM." IF YOU PRESS ENTER, A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED "THE SYSTEM POST/ BIOS IS BEING UPDATED. THIS MAY TAKE UP TO 2 MINUTES. DO NOT POWER OFF OR RESTART THE SYSTEM DURING THIS PROCEDURE." 4 : THE FLASH UPDATE IS NOW COMPLETE. REMOVE THE DISKETTE FIRST AND THEN PRESS ENTER TO REBOOT THE SYSTEM. NOTES ON CUSTOM START UP IMAGES ------------------------------- THIS VERSION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM GIVES THE OPTION OF REPLACING (OR ELIMINATING) THE DEFAULT "IBM" IMAGE THAT IS DISPLAYED DURING SYSTEM START UP. THE USER CAN SUBSTITUTE A 16 COLOR WINDOWS BITMAP (.BMP) TO REPLACE THE DEFAULT IMAGE. SOME GUIDELINES FOR THESE IMAGES INCLUDE: 1. SIMPLE DESIGNS (THE IMAGE WILL BE COMPRESSED AND COMPLEX IMAGES DON'T COMPRESS WELL...) 2. NO LARGER THAN 50K FOR EITHER IMAGE 3. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE FLASH TO STORE REPLACEMENT IMAGES MAY VARY FROM RELEASE TO RELEASE AND BY LANGUAGE SELECTION. I.E. AN IMAGE THAT FITS IN A U.S. ENGLISH FLASH MAY NOT FIT IN A GERMAN FLASH. FLASH PROGRAM OPTIONS --------------------- THE DEFAULT OPERATION OF THE FLASH UPDATE PROGRAM IS A STEP BY STEP DIALOGUE WITH THE USER THAT PRESENTS CHOICES AND GATHERS RESPONSES FROM THE USER ABOUT WHICH CHOICES ARE DESIRED. IN SOME SITUATIONS, (SUCH AS A LARGE ENTERPRISE WITH MANY SYSTEMS THAT NEED UPDATING) IT MAY BE DESIRABLE TO CREATE A FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE THAT REQUIRES NO MANUAL INTERVENTION TO PERFORM AN UPDATE OPERATION. THIS CAN BE DONE BY MODIFYING THE CONFIG.SYS FILE ON THIS DISKETTE WITH THE FOLLOWING: SHELL=FLASH2.EXE option1 option2 option3......optionxx OPTIONS ------- /U UNATTENDED MODE. ALL DEFAULTS ARE ASSUMED (UNLESS OVERRIDDEN BY OTHER OPTION STATEMENTS) AND ALL PROMPTS ARE BYPASSED. ANY ERRORS WILL RESULT IN PROGRAM TERMINATION WITHOUT ANY ERROR INDICATION. <<< USE THIS OPTION WITH CAUTION >>> /US COUNTRY CODE (LANGUAGE). THIS CAN BE ANY OF THE VALID COUNTRY CODES (UK, SV, SU, SP, PO, NO, NL, IT, GR, FR, DK, CF, CE, BE, LA, US, SF, SG, BR,JP, or TK) /B:nnnnnnn SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER /M:nnnnnnn MACHINE TYPE /N USE THE CURRENT FLASH IMAGE ON THE SYSTEM RATHER THAN THE IMAGE ON THE DISKETTE. THIS IS USED TO UPDATE MACHINE TYPE AND SERIAL NUMBER IN THE EVENT OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MAIN SYSTEM BOARD. /L:xxxx.bmp CUSTOM START UP IMAGE FILE NAME FOR THE LARGE CENTERED IMAGE. AN IBM LOGO IS USED BY DEFAULT BUT ANY 16 COLOR WINDOWS BMP FILE CAN BE USED INSTEAD. THE UNCOMPRESSED IMAGE FILE MUST BE LESS THAN 50K. ONLY RELATIVELY SIMPLE IMAGES CAN BE USED AS REPLACEMENTS. FOR NO IMAGE, USE /L:NONE /LL:yyyy.bmp CUSTOM START UP IMAGE FILE NAME FOR THE SMALLER IMAGE IN THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. IT SHOULD BE NO LARGER THAN 50K. AS WITH THE OTHER IMAGE, IT NEEDS TO BE SIMPLE. FOR NO LOWER RIGHT IMAGE USE /LL:NONE /R AUTOMATIC COLD BOOT AFTER AN UNATTENDED (/U) FLASH UPDATE. /E:ON TURNS ON THE ENHANCED SECURITY OPTION. /E:OFF TURNS OFF THE ENHANCED SECURITY OPTION. /BB THE FLASH UTILITY WILL ONLY UPDATE THE RECOVERY SECTION OF THE FLASH. THE BIOS SECTION WILL NOT BE UPDATED. /D THE FLASH UTILITY WILL GENERATE AN UNIVERSALLY UNIQUE IDENTIFIER (UUID), REPLACING THE ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE FLASH. /A:nnnnnnnn ALLOWS THE OPERATOR TO SELECT THE 32 BIT ADDRESS WHERE THE FLASH UTILITY WILL COPY THE FLASH IMAGE FROM DISKETTE TO MEMORY BEFORE PREFORMING THE FLASH UPDATE. A FLASH UPDATE DISKETTE USING THESE PROGRAM OPTIONS IN IT'S CONFIG.SYS SHOULD BE TESTED CAREFULLY BEFORE WIDESPREAD USAGE. CMOS SAVE/RESTORE PROGRAM --------------------- THIS DISKETTE INCLUDES A CMOS SAVE RESTORE UTILITY FOR SAVING AND RESTORING THE SETUP AND CONFIGURATION MAINTAINED IN THE CMOS BATTERY BACKED RAM. THIS UTILITY IS INTENTED FOR USE AS AN AID IN CONFIGURING MULTIPLE IDENTICAL SYSTEMS. TO USE THIS UTILITY, COPY THE EXECUTABLE FILE (SRCMOSNG.EXE) TO A DOS BOOTABLE DISKETTE. TYPE 'SRCMOSNG' AT THE COMMAND PROMPT FOR INFORMATION ON COMMAND SYNTAX AND OPTIONS. USAGE NOTES: 1) THE BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION INCLUDES PASSWORDS. SAVING AND RESTORING THE BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION WILL ALSO CHANGE THE PASSWORDS TO THOSE SAVED IN DATA FILE (IF ANY). 2) SYSTEMS WITH ENHANCED SECURITY STORE PASSWORDS AND BOOT SEQUENCE INFORMATION IN A PROTECTED EEPROM. IN THESE SYSTEMS, THE BOOT SEQUENCE AND PASSWORDS CAN BE NEITHER SAVED NOR RESTORED. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS WHEN REPLACING THE 8644's SYSTEM BOARD Standard BIOS and SCSI information have been installed in this replacement system board and MUST be initialized for Machine Type 8644. Failure to do so can result in a system malfunction. Prior to servicing the system, ensure you have a Netfinity 3500 BIOS Flash Update Diskette (available, for example, from http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/files.html). Replace the defective system board following the instructions for Machine Type 8644. -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. After the system is reassembled, insert the Netfinity 3500 BIOS Flash Update Diskette in the floppy drive, then turn power on. 2. (If the message "The POST/BIOS code in the system is a newer version than in the diskette..." appears during this procedure, disregard it and press to continue) 3. Resolve any configuration or POST startup error messages following the on screen instructions. 4. When the BIOS update is complete, remove the diskette from the floppy drive, and press to restart the system. 5. When the "Press F1 for Configuration/Setup" message appears on the IBM logo screen, press . 6. At the "Configuration/Setup Utlity" menu, highlight "Load Default Settings" and press . 7. Press again to continue. 8. (At this point, you might also set the correct date and time). 9. Highlight "Exit Setup" and press . 10. Highlight "Yes, save and exit the Setup Utility", then press to restart the system. 11. When a message similar to the following is displayed, press : Adaptec AIC-7895 SCSI BIOS v1.31 ©r. 1997 Adaptec, Inc. All Rights Reserved. <<< Press for SCSISelect :sup.TM:esup. Utility >>> 12. Highlight "00:09:A" at the "Bus:Device:Channel" menu; press to display the "Options" menu. 13. Highlight "Configure/View Host Adapter Settings"; press to display the "Configuration" menu. 14. Press "Reset to Host Adapter Defaults" to reset the SCSI settings. 15. Highlight "Yes" to " Reset All Options to Default Settings?"; press to reset defaults. 16. Press . 17. Highlight "Yes" to "Save Changes Made?"; press to return to the "Options" menu. 18. Press to return to the "Bus:Device:Channel" menu. 19. Highlight "00:09:B" at the "Bus:Device:Channel" menu; press to display the "Options" menu. 20. Highlight "Configure/View Host Adapter Settings"; press to display the "Configuration" menu. 21. Press "Reset to Host Adapter Defaults" to reset the SCSI settings. 22. Highlight "Yes" to " Reset All Options to Default Settings?"; press to reset defaults. 23. Press . 24. Highlight "Yes" to "Save Changes Made?"; press to return to the "Options" menu. 25. Press to return to the "Bus:Device:Channel" menu. 26. Press again. 27. Highlight "Yes" to "Exit Utility"; press . 28. Press any key to restart the system. 29. Initialization of the replacement system board is now complete. 6 - DISCALAIMER 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.