IBM eserver xSeries 236 Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update for Linux Machine Type 8841 [SERVICE USE RETAIN #H185696] (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. 1.0 Overview 1.1 This will update the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II software only. It will not affect any device drivers. 1.2 Limitations If there is an error in loading the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II software, retry loading the software by repeating the instructions in section 2.0. 1.3 Enhancements - none 1.4. Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the update: - Multi-lun support is needed in order to mount more then one remote drive simultaneously. The linux kernel 2.4.20 and later have the appropriate multi-lun support, however this support needs to be enabled at kernel build time. Currently, only the SLES 8.0 SP3 distribution has multi-Lun support available and enabled. RedHat AS 3.0 has a 2.4.21 kernel, but does not have multi-lun support enabled by default. 1.5 Dependencies: - none 2.0 Installation and setup instructions This utility will update the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II software under the Linux Operating System. It requires the installation of the correct Remote Supervisor Adapter II for Linux device driver. 2.1 Performing this code update (command line) - Run the IBM eserver xSeries 236 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update from a command line with the "-s" parameter. "./.sh -s" where .sh is the downloaded update. NOTE: The following message is shown on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and other distributions that do not install the compatibility libstdc++ library. ./lflash: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. If the above message is shown, install the compat-libstdc++*.rpm that was included on the distribution media. 2.2 Extracting the Linux update files (command line) - Run the IBM eserver xSeries 236 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II 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 RSAII firmware update under Linux. Run "./lflash -r" from a command line to update RSAII firmware on 32-bit Linux or "./lflash64 -r" from a command line to update RSAII firmware on 64-bit Linux. 3.0 Configuration information The Remote Supervisor Adapter II can be configured using the web browser interface. To access the Remote Supervisor Adapter II web interface, perform the following steps. a). Open a Web browser. In the address or URL field, type the IP address or host name of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to which you want to connect. The Enter Network Password window opens. Note: The Remote Supervisor Adapter II defaults to DHCP. If a DHCP host is unavailable, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II assigns a static IP address of 192.168.70.125. b). Type your user name and password in the Enter Network Password window. If you are using the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II for the first time, you can obtain your user name and password from your system administrator. All login attempts are documented in the event log. A welcome page opens in your browser. Note: The Remote Supervisor Adapter II is set initially with a user name of USERID and password of PASSW0RD (with a zero, not an O). This user has read/write access. Change this default password during your initial configuration for enhanced security. 4.0 Unattended mode Extracting the Linux update files (command line) - Run the IBM eserver xSeries 236 Linux Remote Supervisor Adapter II 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 RSAII firmware update under Linux. Run "./lflash -r" from a command line to update RSAII firmware on 32-bit Linux or "./lflash64 -r" from a command line to update RSAII firmware on 64-bit Linux. 5.0 Web information and support phone numbers You can download new and updated files for IBM products from http://www.ibm.com/support/. For a list of supported operating systems, 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. 6.0 Notices and trademarks The following terms are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both: IBM Predictive Failure Analysis Netfinity ServeRAID Netfinity Manager ServerGuide UNIX is a registered registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. 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