Remote Supervisor Adapter II update (Linux package) - IBM System x3755 (7163, 8877)

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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 1.04, ZYEP37A
Problem(s) Fixed:

• 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 where the NTP update frequency could be incorrectly displayed.
• Improved the handling of invalid network data to prevent the network connection from hanging.
• Corrected a remote disk read error that could occur when uploading images through the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
• Corrected the flash utilities:
• Corrected wflash to work with the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008.
• Corrected syntax errors and seg fault errors that occurred in lflash.
• Fixed an intermittent problem that sometimes caused the screen capture, which occurs when the server hangs, to display some black lines.
• Corrected a problem that sometimes caused the Remote Supervisor Adapter II network settings to be changed after updating the firmware.
• Added support for the SSH SendEnv command. SSH would fail under RHEL 5.
• Corrected a problem where SNMP polling from four clients would prevent a user from logging in to the RSA II.
• Corrected a problem where the wrong DIMM number may be reported when a double-bit memory fault occurs
• Corrected a sluggish remote mouse performance problem when using the Remote Control feature.

Enhancements:

• Added support for the IBM Enhanced Role Based Security Snap-in Utility ("ldap snap-in tool ")
• Support for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II has been added to version 2.1 and later of the snap-in utility.
• Added support for multiple NTP servers.
• Added the ability to permit SSHv2 only support.
• Added a command to the command line interface to disable the Remote Supervisor Adapter II firewall.
• Added support for remote copy of files to USB key.
• Updated the Linux client remote disk support for improved performance and reliability.
• Updates were made to allow multiple image files mounted concurrently and to support images that are read only files.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.03, ZYEP31A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Prohibit multiple login profiles from being created with the same user name.
• Corrected Daylight Savings Time support for New Zealand.
• Improved the handling of invalid network data to prevent the network connection from hanging.
• Corrected a problem where login profiles may not be restored correctly when the configuration settings are restored from a file.
• Fixed a problem where an SNMP walk through query of the system health could loop infinitely
• Fixed a problem where the user either sees a blank web page or a timeout for the page not loading. The problem can occur in three scenarios:
  1. The maximum number of failed attempts to log into the RSA-II web interface has been reached. Normally, a page stating "Too many unsuccessful login attempts have been detected." would have been displayed.
  2. When the maximum number of sessions are already in use. Normally a page stating "All sessions are currently in use. Try again later." would have been displayed.
  3. The web session lost due to someone else logging in with the same user id. Normally a page stating "Your session has terminated because you logged in with this userid at another location." would have been displayed.

Enhancement:

• Added support for the Remote Desktop Protocol
  Note: This feature is available only for servers and clients running Windows operating systems. The IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Windows Terminal Services Bridge must be installed on the server to use this feature.
• Allow larger size certificates to be imported. Increased the maximum allowable certificate size from 2039 to 5112 bytes.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.02, ZYEP27A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected a failure to copy large files from a remote floppy drive.
  
• Corrected the write-protect selection of the remote media feature.
  
• Corrected a problem that prevented the Remote Control feature from working with clients when Network Address Translation is used.
  

Enhancement:

• Improved mouse performance on the remote control feature
  
• Added support for Mozilla to the remote control feature
  
• Added Swiss-German keyboard support.
  
• Added Network Time Protocol support.
  
• Added the ability to select individual "Get" and "Set" access authority for each SNMPv1 community.
  
• Added USB key support to the remote media feature
  
• Added support for setting the LDAP and SSL configuration using the Command Line Interface.
  
• Added the ability to send remote alert notifications when login attempts repeatedly fail.
  
• Added the ability to set password policies for local Login IDs.
  
• Added support for Internet Explorer 7.
  
• Added support for western Australia Daylight Saving Time changes.
  

Limitations:

Dependencies:

Version 1.01, ZYEP22A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected the IP address reported in the Service Location Protocol data. When one of the "dot" fields is set to 0, the Remote Supervisor Adapter 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 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.
• Corrected a problem that caused the remote mount of a USB CD-ROM to fail on Windows 2003.

Enhancement:

• Change the message logged when running a configuration with non-redundant fans to say "System running non-redundant fans"
• Log the "161 Bad CMOS battery" message in the event log if the battery fails.
• 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
• Log various configuration warning messages for server hardware configuration problems.

Limitations:

Dependencies:

Version 1.00, ZYEP19A

• Initial release