IBM System x3550 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Linux Update Version 1.09 build ID GFBT25AUS System machine type 7978 CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 3.0 Configuration Information 4.0 Unattended Mode 5.0 Web Sites and support phone Number 6.0 Trademarks and Notices 7.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview ________________________ 1.1 This package will update the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware only. It will not affect any device drivers. 1.2 Limitations If there is an error in loading the BMC firmware retry loading the software by repeating the instructions in section 2. 1.3 Enhancements - IPMI 1.4. Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the update: - BIOS version 1.00, or later, must be installed prior to installing this ISMP firmware update. - A full tape backup should be completed and verified prior to running this, or any other system upgrade. - RAID configuration should be saved to a diskette: see the "Hardware Maintenance Manual" for more details. - An IPMI driver is required to update the Baseboard Management Controller firmware. Either the OpenIPMI driver can be used or the combination of the OSA IPMI driver and the IBM IPMI mapping layer can be used. NOTE: On 2.6 kernels, all versions of the OpenIPMI driver are valid. On 2.4 kernels, only versions 35.11, 35.13 and those greater than 37 are valid. 1.5 Dependencies: - none 2.0 Installing and Setup Instructions ______________________________________ 2.1 Step by step instructions for this code update - Run the "IBM System x3550 Linux BMC Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -s" where .sh is the downloaded update. 2.2 Step by step instructions for extracting the Linux update files. - Run the "IBM System x3550 Linux BMC Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -x " where .sh is the downloaded update and is the path to which the Linux update files will be extracted. - The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a BMC update under Linux. Run "./lflash -c" from a command line to update BMC on 32-bit Linux or "./lflash64 -c" from a command line to update BMC on 64-bit Linux. 2.3 Step by step instructions for extracting the DOS update files to diskette. - Run the "IBM System x3550 Linux BMC Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -xd " where .sh is the downloaded update and is the path to which the Linux update files will be extracted. If is omitted, /dev/fd0 is assumed. - The diskette created is the DOS BMC update diskette. 3.0 Configuration Information ______________________________________ There is no configuration information necessary. 4.0 Unattended Mode _______________________ 4.1 Performing the update in unattended mode - Run the "IBM System x3550 Linux BMC Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -s" where .sh is the downloaded update. 4.2 Extracting the Linux update files in unattended mode - Run the "IBM System x3550 Linux BMC Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -x " where .sh is the downloaded update and is the path to which the Linux update files will be extracted. - The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a BMC update under Linux. Run "./lflash -c" from a command line to update BMC on 32-bit Linux and "./lflash64 -c" from a command line to update BMC on 64-bit Linux. 5.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number __________________________________________ 5.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 5.2 IBM System x Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/system/x 5.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problems applying the update, go to the following Help Center World Telephone Numbers and URL: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QYL.html. 6.0. TradeMarks and Notices ______________________________ 6.1 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States, or other countries or both: * IBM * Netfinity * Netfinity Manager * Advanced System Management Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 7.0. Disclaimer __________________ 7.1 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. 7.2 Note to Government users: Note to U.S. Government users-- Documentation related to restricted rights-- Use, duplication and disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation. (C) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2006. All rights reserved.