File Name: XSERIES200/NetWare 4.2: IDE DRIVE REQUIRE FIRMWARE UPGRADE CONTENTS --------- 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 4.0 Configuration Information 5.0 Unattended Mode 6.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 7.0 Trademarks and Notices 8.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview: This paragraph should contain detailed information to allow the customer to make the decision to upgrade.) 1.0 This is for IDE hard files manufactered by IBM. 1.1 This program will identify drives needing the update 1.1 This is for any code level below A59A or A69A (depending on model) 1.2 Elimanates a chance tha ECC errors could be generated under high I/O 1.4 Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the Update:None update reccomended for all that apply. IBM strongly recommends this update to customers using these drives 1.5 Dependencies: - State any other drivers or related code dependencies related to this update. None - State any FRU numbers related to this update. IBM Netfinity 15GB 7200rpm xSeries 200 server, Type 8478, IDE Model 19K4460 IBM Netfinity 15GB 7200rpm ATA-100 FRU 19K1564 19K4461 IBM Netfinity 20.4GB 7200rpm ATA-100 FRU 19K1565 00N8203 IBM Netfinity 30GB 7200rpm ATA-100 FRU 19K1567 xSeries 300 server, Type: 8672, IDE Model 19K4461 IBM Netfinity 20.4GB 7200rpm ATA-100 FRU 19K1565 22P7157 IBM 40GB 7200rpm ATA-100 FRU 19K1568 00N8203 IBM Netfinity 30GB 7200rpm ATA-100 FRU 19K1567 xSeries 330 server, Type: 8654, IDE Model 19K4461 IBM Netfinity 20.4GB 7200rpm ATA-100 FRU 19K1565 22P7157 IBM 40GB 7200rpm ATA-100 FRU 19K1568 00N8203 IBM Netfinity 30GB 7200rpm ATA-100 FRU 19K1567 2.0 Change History -------------------- The below information should include fixes and symptoms history from the last GA code release to the new release. Note: The current change should be listed first. Note: Clarify between new features and fixes. Customers may not be concerned with updates for new features, but very interested in fixes, etc. 2.1 IBM eserver xSeries IDE drive firmware update diskette Causes the Drive to respond to Novel Driver with needing to flush drive cache first. Version 2.01 added two additional servers to the list of server that this will work on - 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions *Note: If installing from an update package, see additional instructions, in Appendix A. ----------------------------------------- 3.1 Obtain IBM eserver xSeries IDE drive firmware update image from the web. Once applied to a CD this will be a bootable CD. If diskette boot is required.... Create a diskettes from the images in the diskette subdirectory. This (first diskette) will be a bootable Diskette. This Program will search for IDE drives. The program will automaticly start when the peogram is statred one the use confirms that this is the desired results. It will then display all the IDE drives that it found. Below that it will display drives that require known updates. You are then given the opportunity to accept the update. 6.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number ---------------- 6.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/pc/support 6.2 IBM Marketing Netfinity Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/netfinity 6.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problems applying the update go to the following Help Center World Telephone Numbers URL: 1-800-772-2227 http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QYL.html. 7.0 Trademarks and Notices ---------------------------- 7.1 If you use IBM trademarks, include the following lead-in: The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: Follow it with a list of the IBM trademarks that are in the README file. Make sure that IBM is in the list. 7.2 Some trademarks must be acknowledged with specific statements. If you use these trademarks in the README.TXT file, include the appropriate separate attribution statement after the list of IBM trademarks. ex: C-bus is a trademark of Corollary, Inc. ex: Java and HotJava are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ex: Intel trademarks or registered trademarks are trademarks of Intel Corporation. 7.3 Include the following statement to acknowledge any other non-IBM trademarks you might have used. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 8.0 Disclaimer ---------------------------- 8.1 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. 8.2 Note to Government Users Include the following note after the disclaimer paragraph. Note to U.S. Government Users -- Documentation related to restricted rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Appendix A: Package Specific Installation Instruction This update is packaged as a self-extracting PackageForTheWeb (PFTW) executable file. To unpack, this update requires that your TEMP environment variable be set to a path with read/write access. You must be logged in as an administrator. The package update log, ux.log, is created on the system drive. To locate the log file go to: %SystemDrive%\uxlog\ux.log The command-line syntax for PackageForTheWeb firmware update package is: Package.exe [-s] [-a [-s] | [-r] | [-c] | [-x directory] | [-xd] | [-w] | [-?] ] [-s] This command installs the Package-For-The-Web software silently and does not prompt if files are to be over-written in the %temp% directory. [-a] This command passes all subsequent commands to the PFTW software to install the update package. [-s] This command runs a silent and unattended update. For firmware updates, the update is scheduled to run on the next reboot. An immediate reboot can be forced with the -r option. [-r] This command schedules the update and reboot immediately. It can be used with or without the -s command. [-c] This command cancels any scheduled firmware update and records results of this operation in the log file. Only one firmware package can be scheduled at a time, if a firmware update needs to be applied instead of the currently scheduled firmware update package, cancel the current (run with the -c option on any firmware package) package. Then, run the applicable firmware package. [-x directory] This command is used with firmware updates to extract the update to the directory named directory. The PackageForTheWeb executable extracts itself to a subdirectory in the %TEMP% directory, a relative directory will be relative to that location. You must specify an absolute directory if you do not want to use the default directory. [-xd] This command is used with firmware updates to extract to a floppy diskette. The floppy diskette can then be used to boot from and apply the update. This option is not available for all firmware updates, such as tape drive and hard-disk drive updates. [-w] PowerQuest Virtual Boot Environment requires that there are 2 free sectors on the first track before it can schedule a firmware update. Use this option only if scheduling an update failed because 2 free sectors were not available on the first track. This option clears the non-boot and the non-partition information sectors on the first track. Typically, these sectors are not used. Before clearing the sectors a copy of the complete first track is saved in the %temp% directory from which the update runs. [-?] This command displays information about the command line switches. The command line switches -s, -r -c and -e are unnattended. Other command line options such as display help (-?) might require that you hit any key to continue. If Windows packages are run without any command line options, a GUI is displayed. This GUI offers all of the options that are available using the command line.