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Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware update for Linux - IBM eServer xSeries 306

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Version

1.05

Release Date

16 January 2007

Downloadable File

File link File size File description

ibm_fw_rsa2_upe815c_anyos_noarch.chg

2,745 CHANGE HISTORY for the RSA II firmware update

ibm_fw_rsa2_upe815c_linux_i386.xml

6,008 XML for the RSA II update for Linux

ibm_fw_rsa2_upe815c_linux_i386.txt

8,492 README for the RSA II update for Linux

ibm_fw_rsa2_upe815c_linux_i386.sh

1,508,166 RSA II update for Linux

Abstract

Download the latest IBM eServer xSeries 306 Remote Supervisor Adapter II Firmware Update for Linux.

Download Description

Severity: Suggested

New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Note: You now have two ways of downloading files with the *.sh extention. 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.

Change history

Version 1.05, UPE815C
Problem(s) Fixed:

  • Corrected a problem where the Linux & Windows flash utilities appear to hang while flashing.

Enhancement:

  • Added support for the year 2007 US Daylight Saving Time changes.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.04, UPE815A

Problem(s) Fixed:

  • 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 Remote Supervisor Adapter 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 caused the lflash or wflash utility to fail intermittently

Enhancement:

  • 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 1.03, UPE813A

  • Add 64-bit support to the lflash utility
  • Corrected a problem that would very infrequently cause the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to hang when power is first applied to the adapter card
  • Corrected a problem where the server could become non-responsive 76 days after the Remote Supervisor Adapter II has been reset
  • Changed the fan fail algorithm to prevent false fan fail indications

Version 1.02

  • Raised the planar temperature thresholds

Version 1.01

  • Added support for encrypted remote control
  • Added LDAP DNS support
  • Added support for more commands to the command line interface

Version 1.00

  • Initial release

 

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

Older System x:Red Hat Linux

Older System x:SUSE Linux

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Document Information

Modified date:
27 September 2013

UID

ibm1MIGR-54942

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