Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware update v1.19 (DOS) - IBM System x

Download Description

• New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Severity: Suggested

Note: BMC Version 1.19 (or greater) is required to support IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II.

Note:

• BMC Version 1.19 or greater is required to support IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
  

Version 1.19, ZUEP66A
Problems Fixed: Suggested

• Corrected a problem that remote control window doesn't redraw when switching from text to graphics mode in SLES 10 with XEN.
  Corrected a RSA II authority security problem.
  

Non critical

• Corrected the message in the RSA II log for the SPINT/Machine check error.

Enhancement:

• Enhanced the Role Based Security by disallowing authenticated Windows domain users without any permission assigned to log on RSA II.
  
• Added a user choice to sending email alert with or without square brackets in the domain part to support different kinds of SMTP server.
  

Note, the default option is sending alert with square bracket in the domain part as before.

• Added sensor ABR state support.
  

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.18, ZUEP64A
Problems Fixed: Suggested

• Fix for Remote Control General Exception in JRE 1.6 update 12 and above.
  
• Corrected a problem that user cannot log in to RSA II with special character in password through web interface.
  

Non critical

• Corrected a problem for showing error DST time after changing the set of DST.
  
• Corrected a problem that the display of command list is not fully alphabetized via telnet session.
  

Enhancement:

• Added French keyboard support.
  
• Added support for mounting large ISO files in Linux client.
  

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.17 - Build ID: ZUEP63A

Problems Fixed:

• Corrected a problem that remote control window doesn't redraw when switching from text to graphics mode in RHEL.
• Corrected a problem that remote alerts are not generated for some power good faults and SPINT/Machine check errors.
• Corrected a problem that may cause Email alerting to fail on networks with long latency.
• Corrected a problem that cause event number shows only from 0 to 255 when views RSA log via telnet session.
• Corrected a problem where typing in the remote control applet window did not work when using JRE1.6 on the remote client.
• Corrected a problem that DHCP renew/release may fail after a long time.
• Corrected a problem that may cause web browser turn black after the Web session lost due to someone else logging in with the same user id.
• Corrected a Network Time Protocol synchronization problem.
• Corrected a problem where some alert settings become unselected after updating the Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware.
• Corrected a remote disk read error that could occur when uploading images through the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
• Corrected a problem that caused the media check operation of a remotely mounted ISO image to fail.
• Fixed a problem that prevented e-mail alerts from working with some mail servers.
• Corrected a problem that prevented the Network Time Protocol configuration from being accessed from an SNMP client.
• Corrected a problem where files were not being seen when copied to a remote mounted USB key. Note that once the files are copied to the USB key, the USB key must be unmounted from the RSA II to access the files from the client system.
• 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.
• Corrected a problem that remote control preference link disappears after creating new key buttons.
• Corrected a problem that Memory ProteXion information message has incomplete data.
• Display a message stating that the user does not have proper privileges when a non-authorized user attempts to change the customized security settings.
• Removed the message that prompts the user to reset the Remote Supervisor Adapter II after changing the LDAP configuration.
• Corrected a problem where the NTP update frequency could be incorrectly displayed.
• 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.
• Changed the SNMP Trap code for the system event log 75% full condition from 39 to 35, to match the MIB.

Enhancement:

• Increased the security of web authentication for multi-tabbed browsing.
• Added support for non-privileged user to change its own password.
• Added improvements to prevent repeating keystrokes when using the remote control feature on networks with long latency.
• Added support for Dynamic DNS.
• Added support for the IBM Enhanced Role Based Security Snap-in Utility ("ldap snap-in tool ")
• 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.

Limitations: none.
Dependencies: BMC Version 1.19 (or greater) is required to support IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II.

Version 1.16 - Build ID: ZUEP58F

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

Version 1.15 - Build ID: ZUEP58C

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected Daylight Savings Time support for New Zealand.
• Corrected a problem that caused certificate commands sent to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II by the Advances Settings Utility v2.1 or higher to intermittently fail.
• Permit simultaneous remote mounting of IMG and ISO files
• Allow an ISO or IMG file with readonly attributes to be mounted.
• Corrected a problem where the Write Protect selection did not work on remote USB key mounts
• Corrected a problem where the wrong DIMM number may be reported when a double-bit memory fault occurs
• Additional improvements in the handling of invalid network data to prevent the network connection from hanging.
• Enable SNMP alerts to be sent for a hard drive fault recovery
• Corrected a problem where after 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 LDAP authentication may fail.
• Corrected a problem where performing an SNMP query from any host when using 0.0.0.0 in the first hostname of the first community fails.
• Corrected a problem where the web interface could not be accessed after using address redirection

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.
  
  
• Stop logging when the time has been retrieved from a Network Time server

Limitations: none.
Dependencies: none.

Version 1.14 - Build ID: ZUEP56A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Prohibit multiple login profiles from being created with the same user name.
• Corrected a problem where login profiles may not be restored correctly when the configuration settings are restored from a file.
• 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
• 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:

• Allow larger size certificates to be imported. Increased the maximum allowable certificate size from 2039 to 5112 bytes.

Version 1.13 - Build ID: ZUEP53A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected a failure to copy large files from a remote floppy drive.
• 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 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:

• Added support for machine types 7362 through 7367
• Added Swiss-German keyboard support.
• Added the ability to set password policies for local Login IDs.
• 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 support for Internet Explorer 7
• Added support for western Australia Daylight Saving Time changes

Version 1.12 - Build ID: ZUEP46C

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected a sluggish remote mouse performance problem when using the Remote Control feature on the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Refresh 1 card.

Version 1.11 - Build ID: ZUEP46B

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Improved the handling of invalid network data to prevent the network connection from hanging.
• 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 failure to copy large files from a remote floppy drive.

Enhancement:

• Support for server x3800 models with Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors
• 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

Version 1.10 - Build ID: ZUEP45A

Enhancement:

• Added support for additional CPU types
• Support for server x3850 models with Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors

Version 1.09 - Build ID: ZUEP37F

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected the LDAP authentication to use port 636 when SSL is enabled.
• Fixed a problem that prevented an alert from being sent when a power fault occurred on the memory card.

Enhancement:

• Added a selection that allows the user to choose whether or not the use of wildcards is permitted in the LDAP Group Filter

Version 1.08 - Build ID: ZUEP37C

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 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

Enhancement:

• Added support for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine Refresh 1 option.
• 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 the 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.

Version 1.07 - Build ID: ZUEP31B

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Removed redundant multinode partition event log messages.

Version 1.06 - Build ID: ZUEP30C

Enhancement:

• Enhanced PCI error messaging.
• Added support for SAS 2V power fault reporting.
• Added dual core scalability functionality.
• Added support for 2nd Front Side Bus error reporting.
• Added support for additional sensors and events.

Version 1.05 - Build ID: ZUEP27A

Enhancement:

• Added support for machine type 8865.
• Added support for additional sensors and events.

Version 1.04b - Build ID: ZUEP26B

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Fixed German keyboard support for Linux Clients

Version 1.04 - Build ID: ZUEP26A

Enhancement:

• Added support for 4-way & 8-way multinode configurations of machine type 8872.

Version 1.03 - Build ID: ZUEP25A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Log hard drive removals.
• Log CPU/VRM Configuration errors.

Version 1.02 - Build ID: ZUEP22A

Enhancement:

• Added support for machine type 8872.
• Added support for additional sensors and events.

Version 1.01 - Build ID: ZUEP18B

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected Component VPD list to include all components and correctly display data.
• Corrected the information placed in the System Event Log for some SMI Events.

Enhancement:

• Added support to handle IPMI sensor changes in the BMC.

Version 1.00 - Build ID: ZUEP16A

• Initial release