IBM Advanced System Management Windows Device Driver Diskette version 5.25B THIS VERSION CONTAINS DIGITALLY SIGNED DRIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO IBM'S WEB SITE FOR THE XSERIES SERVERS THAT THESE DRIVERS SUPPORT. (http://www.pc.ibm.com/support) CONTENTS -------- 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 System Management Device Driver installation instructions 4.0 Stopping the IBM Director application program 5.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 6.0 Trademarks and Notices 7.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview ------------- This diskette contains device drivers for the following service processor hardware: - Advanced System Management PCI Adapter card - Advanced System Management Processor, which is part of the planar board on specific models of Netfinity and IBM eServer xSeries servers - Remote Supervisor Adapter, which is an option on specific models of xSeries servers 2.0 Change History ------------------- 2.1 Advanced System Management Windows Device Driver version 5.24 to 5.25 Changed command timeout values for some new commands. Added additional problem determination support. 2.2 Advanced System Management Windows Device Driver version 2.25 to 5.24 Fixed a problem that could cause a Windows crash when using the remote access function of the Remote Supervisor Adapter. Added support for remote blue-screen capture on Windows Server 2003. Changed the README.TXT version number to match the internal version of the system management device driver so that all verbal, written and software references that identify the driver version will be consistent. 2.3 Advanced System Management Windows Device Driver version 2.24 to 2.25 Fixed a problem that caused installation failures on xServer 330 systems. Fixed a problem that caused installation failures on Netfinity 5100 systems. This driver now supports Windows Server 2003 2.4 Advanced System Management Windows Device Driver version 2.23 to 2.24 Move support for Remote Supervisor Adapter II (RSA II) from this installation package into a new package that supports only RSA II. NOTE: To install software for RSA II, the IBM RSA II Windows Server Software installation package must be used instead of this package. 2.5 Advanced System Management Windows Device Driver version 2.22 to 2.23 Fixed a security problem in the Shared Serial Port driver for Windows 2000. 2.6 Advanced System Management Windows Device Driver version 2.21 to 2.22 Fixed a problem with using the Remote Control function of the Remote Supervisor Adapter on xServer 205 and 225 systems. 2.7 Advanced System Management Windows Device Driver version 2.20 to 2.21 Fixed a problem with the remote disk function of Remote Supervisor Adapter II. 2.8 Advanced System Management Windows Device Driver version 2.19 to 2.20 This driver package now supports the Remote Supervisor Adapter II on xSeries servers running Windows 2000 (see www.pc.ibm.com for the list of supported servers). Fixed a problem in the Remote Supervisor Adapter driver package that could cause errors in local command processing while a reset was in progress on the Remote Supervisor Adapter. 3.0 System Management Device Driver installation instructions -------------------------------------------------------------- Note: The IBM Director application program must be stopped before any of these service processor device drivers can be installed. Please refer to the section 4.0 of this document for instructions on how to stop the IBM Director program. By following the installation instructions shown below, the correct System Management Device Driver will be automatically installed onto your Netfinity Server. If the installation is being done from this diskette, insert this diskette into the server's floppy diskette drive, bring up a command prompt window, screen, or session, and enter one of the following commands. The examples shown below assume the floppy drive is A:. If the installation is being done from the Advanced Systems Management Utilities CD-ROM, insert this CD-ROM into the server's CD-ROM drive, bring up a command prompt window, screen, or session, and enter one of the following commands. The examples shown below assume the CD-ROM drive is D:. For Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003: To install System Management drivers: * Open a Command prompt * If installing from a diskette, type: A:\WIN2000\SETUP * If installing from a CD-ROM, type: D:\DD\WIN2000\SETUP * Follow the directions that appear on the screen NOTE: If the Hardware Wizard starts itself before, or during the installation of System Management device drivers, because it has detected the System Management hardware, then close the Hardware Wizard by clicking the "Cancel" button. The actions of the Hardware Wizard are not needed. For Windows NT 4: NOTE: The NT-4 operating system must have Service Pack 3 or higher installed in order for these drivers to work properly. NOTE: If you are installing on xSeries 232 and 342 servers without the Remote Supervisor Adapter, or on xSeries 300 servers, the machine will need to be rebooted after following either of the two installation methods below. There are 2 methods you can choose from when installing the Windows NT 4 System Management Drivers. 1 The unattended method will install the drivers and accept default values for any screen prompts that would otherwise appear. The user will be prompted if an error occurs during installation. For an unattended installation of the drivers: * Open a Command prompt * If installing from a diskette, type: A:\NT\SETUP -q * If installing from a CD-ROM, type: D:\DD\NT\SETUP -q * Follow the directions that appear on the screen 2 The normal method will prompt the user with instructions and wait for the user to answer before continuing with the installation. For a normal installation of the drivers: * Open a Command prompt * If installing from a diskette, type: A:\NT\SETUP * If installing from a CD-ROM, type: D:\DD\NT\SETUP * Follow the directions that appear on the screen If the NT 4 System Management Drivers are being upgraded on a system that has Universal Manageability Services (UMS) running, then the easiest method to upgrade the driver is to follow the steps listed below. * Click on the Start Menu, then select Settings, then select Control Panel * In the Control Panel window, double-click the Devices icon * Scroll down to the entry that shows ibmspw and highlight it * Click the Startup... button on the right side of the window * In the Startup window, select the Disabled radio button and then click the OK button * Close the Devices and Control Panel windows and reboot the machine. * After the machine has rebooted, install the System Management Drivers using one of the two installation steps described above. After the drivers are installed, they will automatically be re-enabled. 4.0 Stopping the IBM Director application program ------------------------------------------------------- If the IBM Director application program is already running on your server it must be stopped prior to installing any of these device drivers. The following example show how to do this. For Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003: * Open a Command prompt * Type: net stop twgipc For more details on how to shutdown the IBM Director application please refer to the IBM Director documentation. 5.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number --------------------------------------- 5.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 5.2 IBM Marketing eServer xSeries Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/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 URL: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QYL.html 6.0 Trademarks and Notices --------------------------- The following terms are trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: Windows Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: Netfinity 7.0 Disclaimer --------------------------- 7.1 THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. 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