Remote Supervisor Adapter II Firmware update v1.13 (Linux) - IBM eServer xSeries 345

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New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Note: You now have two ways of downloading files with the *.sh extension. You can use either the IBM Download Director, or the HTTP protocol to download these files. Do NOT use FTP as this will only cause the file to open your browser.

Version 1.13, GEE846A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected syntax errors and seg fault errors that occurred in lflash.
• Corrected the flash utility to support the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008
• Corrected a problem where some alert settings become unselected after updating the Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware.
• Reduced the number of event log entries that are generated when accessing the Remote Supervisor Adapter II via SNMP.
• Corrected a problem that could cause the Remote Supervisor Adapter II boot firmware to become corrupted during a flash update.

Enhancement:

• Added a command to the command line interface to disable the Remote Supervisor Adapter II firewall.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.12, GEE843A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Improved the handling of invalid network data to prevent the network connection from hanging.
• Fixed a problem where an SNMP walk through query of the system health could loop infinitely
• Corrected a problem that prevented the Remote Control feature from working with clients when Network Address Translation is used.
• Enable SNMP alerts to be sent for a hard drive fault recovery
• Permit simultaneous remote mounting of IMG and ISO files.
• Corrected a problem where the Write Protect selection did not work on remote USB key mounts
• Corrected a problem where after accessing the Remote Supervisor Adapter II from 4 different SNMP hosts, accesses from other hosts were not allowed.
• Permit writes of large files (larger than 10MB) to remotely mounted USB key
• Corrected a problem where the web interface could not be accessed after using address redirection

Enhancement:

• Added support for western Australia and New Zealand Daylight Saving Time changes
• Allow larger size certificates to be imported. Increased the maximum allowable certificate size from 2039 to 5112 bytes.
• Added Swiss-German keyboard support.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.11, GEE842C

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Improved the handling of invalid network data to make the Remote Supervisor Adapter II more robust
• Corrected the IP address reported in the Service Location Protocol data. When one of the "dot" fields is set to 0, the RSA II previously reported the address field as "000" instead of just "0". IBM Director will not recognize IP addresses reported with multiple 0's ("000") in the fields.
• Corrected a condition where the remote client console appeared to freeze when the servers was displaying constantly scrolling text.
• Corrected a problem where the DHCP lease does not get renewed when the DHCP server is not on the same subnet mask/network as the RSA II
• Corrected a problem that caused the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to not aquire a new DHCP IP address when the old IP address is lost
• Corrected a caching problem that caused LDAP DNS look-ups to fail
• Corrected a problem that intermittently caused the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to not respond to SNMP requests if the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is sent multiple SNMP requests while being reset.

Enhancement:

• Added support for the year 2007 US Daylight Saving Time changes
• Added a feature to lockout the command line interface for a period of time after 5 unsuccessful login attempts.
• Added support for md2WithRSAEncryption certificates
• Added support to authenticate through LDAP using an account that has the display name and SAMAccount name set to different values.
• Added French-Canadian keyboard support
• Changed maximum size of login string from 32 to 64 to support longer UPN or DN names.
• Allow dashes in the LDAP ASM Group Filter Name
• Increased the time to live to 128 on all packets from the Remote Supervisor Adapter to accommodate an increased number of network hops.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.10, GEE840B

• Fixed Maximum Segment Size negotiation on the network interface
  
• Fixed German keyboard support for remote control Linux clients
  
• Stopped generating the periodic SMIs used for Machine Check Architecture support

Version 1.09, GEE840A

• Corrected a problem where the server could become non-responsive 76 days after the Remote Supervisor Adapter II has been reset
• Allowed BIOS to disable the periodic SMIs that are generated by the Remote Supervisor Adapter II

Version 1.08, GEE839A

• Prevented users that do not have the correct authority level from powering on the server

Version 1.07, GEE836A / GEE835A

• Added Service Manager functionality
• Corrected a problem with Linux RedHat flash utility
• Updated README file to reflect that RedHat does not support mounting multiple devices, remotely, over USB
• Corrected a problem with port assignment not being set to default values
• Corrected a problem with remote session terminating while trying to connect to another server via ASM interconnect
• Corrected a problem with SSH ports were being assigned incorrectly when browsing the MIB file
• Added LDAP security fixes
• Changed the remote disk port number from 4444 to 1044
• Corrected a problem where remote recipient data was not restored properly using the configuration restore utility
• Changed a power nonredundant state to a warning from an informational alert
• Implemented an event log entry to notify in a case of CPU/VRM mismatch

Version 1.06

• Fixed a problem where the event log entries failed to show after using severity filter
• Fixed a problem with remote OS installation where mouse cursor is lost

Version 1.05

• Corrected a problem with rebooting the ASM corrupting settings
• Fixed an issue where the Remote control screen did not close
• Fixed a problem where video was lost after canceling remote disk image
• Stopped a USB memory device from mounting as a CD ROM drive
• Fixed a problem with the ASM not detecting an analog modem connected to the serial port
• Removed the dialback command from the supported command list
• Fixed a problem with remote graphics over a PPP connection
• Fixed a problem that caused the ASM to reset when the Security link on the Web interface was clicked
• Fixed a problem where the second login attempt was rejected
• Fixed a problem where Intermittently the system did not redirect the local screen to console
• Added new options under TCP via MIB file
• Fixed a problem where the Windows blue screen capture would fail

Version 1.04

• Improved the recovery procedure for an ASM interconnect bus hang
• Added support for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Added support for the Blue Identification LED
• Added Remote Disk Multi Drive Support
• Added Serial Console Redirection capability

Version 1.03

• Added support for the Belgian keyboard
• Corrected a failure that occurred while flashing the Integrated Systems Management Processor
• Corrected an Ethernet connection problem
• Fixed the save and restoration of the ISMP gateway setting

Version 1.02

• Corrected the remote disk feature which would not work if it was run with a Japanese user name
• Fixed a condition where alerts would not be generated after the system recovered from a CPU over temperature or system over voltage condition
• Added SNMP command support
• Added support for French, Italian, German, Spanish and UK keyboards

Version 1.01

• Provided the numeric pager alerts with different codes to distinguish faults from recoveries
• Corrected the firmware to recognize recoveries from ISMP detected faults on other systems connected via the ASM interconnect

Version 1.00

• Initial release