Avocent IPMI device driver for Linux Copyright (c) 2006 Avocent Corp. All rights reserved. Date Created : 2003/10/07 Date Modified : 2006/09/12 ============= EDITED BY IBM ============= CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Installation and setup instructions 3.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 4.0 Notices and trademarks 5.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview ____________ 1.1 Driver Version Linux 3.0.1-4 1.2 Limitations - none 1.3 Enhancements - none 1.4. Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the update: - none 1.5 Dependencies: - none 1.6 Supported Operating Systems RedHat: - 32bit RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS - 32bit RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS - 64bit RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS for EM64T and AMD64 - 32bit RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS - 64bit RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for EM64T and AMD64 SUSE: - 32bit SUSE Linux 8.2 - 64bit SUSE Linux 8.2 for AMD Opteron - 32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 - 64bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for AMD Opteron - 32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 - 32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 bigsmp - 64bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for EM64T and AMD64 - 32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 default - 32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 debug - 32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 bigsmp - 32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SMP - 32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 XEN - 32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 XENPAE - 64bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for EM64T and default kernel - 64bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for EM64T and debug kernel - 64bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for EM64T and XEN kernel - 64bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for EM64T and SMP kernel VMware: - ESX Server 2.5.x - ESX Server 3.0 1.7 End User License Agreement (EULA) Please read the EULA supplied with this package before installing the driver. Installing the driver implies the EULA is accepted. 1.8 Known Issues - Warning message shown when driver being installed on kernel 2.4.x: This message can be safely ignored. - Due to a system limitation on the SLES 10 64 bit Xen kernel, the driver will not support call from a 32 bit application. 2.0 Installation and setup instructions _______________________________________ 2.1 Manifest for Linux driver This package contains the following files. ipmi-i386-redhat*.*o: the 32bit pre-compiled driver core object file for Redhat Linux ipmi-i386-suse*.*o: the 32bit pre-compiled driver core object file for SUSE Linux ipmi-i386-vmesx.*o: the 32bit pre-compiled driver core object file for Vmware ESX server ipmi-x86_64-redhat*.*o: the 64bit pre-compiled driver core object file for Redhat Linux ipmi-x86_64-suse*.*o: the 64bit pre-compiled driver core object file for SUSE Linux libraw-i386-redhat.so: the 32bit IPMI driver library for Redhat Linux libraw-i386-suse.so: the 32bit IPMI driver library for SUSE Linux libraw-i386-suse9.so: the 32bit IPMI driver library for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 libraw-i386-vmesx.so: the 32bit IPMI driver library for Vmware ESX server libraw-x86_64-redhat.so: the 64bit IPMI driver library for Redhat Linux libraw-x86_64-suse.so: the 64bit IPMI driver library for SUSE Linux libraw-x86_64-suse9.so: the 64bit IPMI driver library for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 README: this file 2.2 Driver Installation To install the driver, launch a Linux shell and type: "rpm -i osa_ipmi-x.x.x-x.i386.rpm", it will install the driver module on your system. 2.3 Driver uninstallation To uninstall the driver, launch a Linux shell and type: "rpm -e osa_ipmi-x.x.x-x" or "rpm -e osa_ipmi" 2.4 Loading driver with /sbin/ipmi_load The driver will read SMBIOS record 38 (see Appendix C1 of IPMI 1.5 spec) and probe the default interface exists. 2.5 Unloading driver with /sbin/ipmi_unload To manually unload the ipmi driver, run '/sbin/ipmi_unload' from Lunix shell. 3.0 Web information and support phone number ________________________________________________ 3.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/support/. For a list of supported operating systems on legacy (non-shipping) controllers, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/. You can receive hardware service through IBM Services or through your IBM reseller, if your reseller is authorized by IBM to provide warranty service. See http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/ for support telephone numbers, or in the U.S. and Canada, call 1-800-IBM-SERV (1-800-426-7378). In the U.S. and Canada, hardware service and support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the U.K., these services are available Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 3.2 IBM eserver xSeries Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/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 and URL: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QYL.html. 4.0. Notices and trademarks ______________________________ 4.1 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States, or other countries or both: * IBM * xSeries * eServer 4.2 The following terms are trademarks of the Red Hat Corporation in the United States, or other countries or both: * Red Hat 4.3 The following terms are trademarks of the SuSE, Inc. in the United States and SuSE AG in Germany or other countries: * SuSE 4.4 Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 5.0. Disclaimer __________________ 5.1 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. 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