********************************************************************* * * * Adaptec 94xx SAS BIOS Update Diskette * * * ********************************************************************* CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 1.1 List of critical changes and corrections 2.0 Installation Instructions 3.0 Web Site and Support Phone Number 4.0 Trademarks and Notices 5.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview _____________ Support is provided for the adp94xx Adaptec Serial Attached SAS controllers. 1.1 List of critical changes and corrections __________________________________________________ v1325 o Adding support for alternate flash modules to be used in x460, x366. This fix is mandatory for systems or FRUs manufactured after November 2005. v1324 o Fixes for hangs in x460 Multi-node configurations 2.0 Installation Instructions _____________________________ The SAS BIOS Update diskette is released as a bootable diskette image. To update the SAS BIOS in the system, insert the diskette and reboot the system. The utility will report when the SAS BIOS update is complete. The current SAS BIOS level is displayed during system booting when the SAS BIOS is scanning for drives. 3.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number _______________________________________ 3.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 3.2 IBM Marketing Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/eserver/xseries/ 3.3 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. 4.0 Trademarks and Notices ___________________________ The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: Active PCI OS/2 Warp HelpCenter PC Server IBM Predictive Failure Analysis Netfinity ServeRAID Netfinity Manager ServerGuide OS/2 Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Adaptec is a trademark or registered trademark of Adaptec, Inc. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 5.0 Disclaimer _______________ 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. 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 Contract with Appendix A: Package Specific Installation Instruction This update is packaged as a self extracting shell script. To update your system, just execute the package with the appropriate options. You must be logged on as root, and the package must be run from an ext2/ext3 filesystem. Usage is as follows: packagename.sh [-?] | [-r] | [-s] | [-xd [device]] | [-x dirname] | [-w] -? Shows the command line help -r Install the package and reboot immediately -s Silent/unattented install -xd [device] Extracts contents to floppy disk(s) If device is not specified, floppy device /dev/fd0 is taken as the default. -x dirname Extracts contents to directory specified -w Save track0 to track01.sav and wipe boot sector (assumes -r) UpdateXpress packages use a portion of track0 of the first logical hard drive to store boot information for the virtual floppy environment. Normally, the only data contained on this track is the master boot record (MBR). Occasionally, updates will fail if there is no room to store the boot information on track0. If the update fails, execute the package with the -s -w options. This will erase track0 of the hard drive while preserving the MBR; install the virtual floppy on the drive, and then reboot the system to perform the update. The data contained in track0 is backed up in a file named track0.sav Please Note: The package update for Linux ONLY supports ext2/ext3 filesystems!