Automatic Server Restart IPMI Application for Linux - Servers
Severity: Suggested
This Automatic Server Restart (ASR) application is supported on 32-bit and 64-bit Linux kernels installed from one of the Linux distributions listed below. Official Updates and Service Packs for these distributions are also covered in this support statement:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- VMware ESX Server 2.5
- VMware ESX Server 3
Before installing this ASR application, please refer to the following website to see if IBM supports your server or blade on one of the operating systems listed above. Additionally, the IPMI device driver from Avocent (OSA Technologies) or MSI, and the corresponding Mapping Layer must be installed prior to installing this ASR application.
If you already have the ASR application successfully running on a server or blade whose operating system is not listed above, then you should continue using the configuration you have. If you want to upgrade to this version of the ASR application, then your server or blade should be running one of the supported operating systems listed above.
Change history
Version 1.07 - WAP107A ibmipmiasr-1.07-2.src.rpm
- Problem(s) Fixed:
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Enhancement:
- Limitations:
- Dependencies:
Version 1.05 - WAP106A ibmipmiasr-1.05-2.src.rpm
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Problem(s) Fixed:
- Initscripts failed to allow proper installation on SLES9 SP2
- Enhancement:
- Limitations:
- Dependencies:
Version 1.04 - WAP105A ibmipmiasr-1.04-2.src.rpm
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Problem(s) Fixed:
- ASR-IPMI application failed to build on older distributions of Linux.
- Enhancement:
- Limitations:
- Dependencies:
Version 1.03 - WAP104A ibmipmiasr-1.03-2.src.rpm
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Problem(s) Fixed:
- Fixed a problem that caused ASR-IPMI application to fail to start from the initscript on RHEL4.
- Enhancement:
- Limitations:
- Dependencies:
Version 1.02 - WAP103A ibmipmiasr-1.02-2.src.rpm
- Problem(s) Fixed:
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Enhancement:
- Removed GPL license statement from the file description.
- Limitations:
- Dependencies:
Version 1.01 - WAP102A ibmipmiasr-1.01-2.src.rpm
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Problem(s) Fixed:
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Enhancement:
- Updated the readme instructions for installing ASR app
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Limitations:
- Removed detecting the presence of device driver
- Dependencies:
Version 1.00 - WAP101A ibmipmiasr-1.00-2.src.rpm
- Problem(s) Fixed:
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Enhancement:
- Limitations:
- Dependencies:
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BladeCenter:VMware ESX Server
System x:VMware ESX Server
BladeCenter:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
BladeCenter:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
BladeCenter:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
BladeCenter:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
BladeCenter:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
BladeCenter:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
System x:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
System x:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
System x:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
System x:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
System x:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
System x:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Older System x:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Older System x:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 x86-64
Older System x:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Older System x:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86-64
Older System x:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Older System x:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86-64
Older System x:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Older System x:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86-64
Older System x:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
Older System x:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 x86-64
Older System x:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Older System x:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x86-64
Supported products
Supported systems
- BladeCenter HS20
- BladeCenter HS40
- xSeries 236
- xSeries 366
- BladeCenter LS20
- xSeries 260
- xSeries 206m
- xSeries 306m
- BladeCenter HS21
- BladeCenter LS21
- BladeCenter LS41
- System x3800
- System x3850
- System x3950
- System x3950 E
- System x3500
- System x3550
- System x3650
- System x3400
- System x3455
- System x3655
- System x3755
- System x3200
- System x3250
- System x3650 NAS
Supported options
Supported operating systems
BladeCenter
- VMware ESX Server
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
System x
- VMware ESX Server
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Older System x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 x86-64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86-64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86-64
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86-64
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 x86-64
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x86-64
Applicable countries and regions
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