IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II USB Interface Daemon for x86 Linux (C) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1999, 2005. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication, or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in "Notices and trademarks” in this document. CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Installation and setup instructions 3.0 libusb Requirements 4.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 5.0 Trademarks and Notices 6.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview ________________________ 1.1 This README.TXT file is associated with the ibmusbasm-1.xx-2.src.rpm file, where xx is the version number. The RPM file will build and install the RSAII daemon and/or support software for the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II. 1.2 Limitations - none 1.3 Enhancements - none 1.4. Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the update: - none 1.5 Dependencies: - The ibmusbasm rpm requires the libusb and libusb-devel packages to be installed. If your distribution does not include/install the 2 packages please reference Section 3 for libusb installation instructions. - If you have GCC compiler version 2.96, you should update it to version 3.xx. - Make sure the RSA II is configured for "Linux OS" before installing the RSA II software. Also, some xSeries servers require the mini USB cable to be connected between the RSA II and a USB port on the server. If these steps are not performed then the RSA II software installation may fail. Refer to the RSA II Installation Guide and RSA II User's Guide for additional information. - The system that the source rpm file is to be run on must have Linux development/build capability and be properly configured for your hardware. 2.0 Installation and setup instructions ______________________________________ 2.1 Installing this rpm _________________________ If this is an upgrade to an existing RSA II daemon, the previously installed RSA II daemon must be removed. See section 2.3 below. Do not try to upgrade the rpm with the upgrade (-U) switch. To install the RPM execute the following commands: 1: rpmbuild --rebuild ibmusbasm-1.XX.src.rpm 2: cd /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386 ( For Redhat: cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 ) 3: rpm -ivh ibmusbasm-1.XX.i386.rpm 2.2 Un-installing the ibmusbasm RPM _____________________________________ Depending upon your system's configuration, you may see messages about missing files when running the "rpm -e" commands. You may safely ignore those messages. Type the following commands at a shell prompt to remove the old source and binaries. The RPM utility will unload the daemon and remove all ibmasm-related files from your system. rpm -e ibmusbasm or for a Red Hat system possibly rpm -e ibmasm rpm -e ibmasm-src-redhat or for a SuSE system possibly rpm -e ibmasm rpm -e ibmasm-src-suse 2.3 Utility Programs ______________________ There are two useful utility programs installed with this RPM. You must have root privileges to run these utilities. ibmspup is a small script that loads ibmasm (the service processor daemon). ibmspdown unloads the modules. These modules will not load if you do not have the RSA II hardware installed. 3.0 libusb Requirements ______________________________________ This RSA II RPM requires version 0.1.6 (or later) of the libusb/libusb-devel rpms. These are included in most current distributions, but if not, they must be installed prior to installing this RPM. Note: On SLES8, version 0.1.5-179 of libusb has been tested and is supported as a substitute for libusb 0.1.6. Note: On some distributions such as SLES9 the libusb-devel package has been combined with the libusb package, so only the libusb package is required. 4.0 Web information and support phone number _________________________________________ 4.1 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. 4.2 IBM eserver xSeries Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries 4.3 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. 5.0. Notices and trademarks ______________________________ 5.1 The following terms are trademarks of the Red Hat Corporation in the United States, or other countries or both: * Red Hat 5.2 The following terms are trademarks of SuSE, Inc. in the United States and SuSE AG in Germany or other countries: * SuSE 5.3 The following terms are trademarks of Linus Torvalds in the United States or other countries or both: * Linux 6.0. Disclaimer __________________ 6.1 THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. 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