Remote Supervisor Adapter Firmware update (Linux package) - IBM eServer xSeries 255

Download Description

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 1.08, AVET26A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected a problem where incorrect power supply status could be sent to IBM Director when there was difficulty communicating with the power backplane controller possibly resulting in a false IBM Director power fault.
  

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• Added support for the year 2007 US Daylight Saving Time changes
  
• Added Daylight Saving Time support for western Australia Dependencies

Version 1.07, AVET25B

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected a counter problem that could result in a server clock skew in certain IBM Director environments.
  
• Fixed a Maximum Segment Size negotiation problem on the network interface which could have prevented oversized data packets from being delivered.
  
• Corrected a problem which caused the Remote Supervisor Adapter to not renew its DHCP lease when the DHCP server is not on the same subnet mask/network as the Remote Supervisor Adapter.
  
• Fixed a problem which caused the Remote Supervisor Adapter not to reaquire a new IP address when the former address is lost.
  
• Corrected a problem that caused the Remote Supervisor Adapter to report the final hours of April 30th in certain time zones as April 31st
  

Enhancement:

• 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.
  

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Version 1.06, AVET25A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected the MIB files to work with HP Openview.
  

Enhancement:

• Added VRM status bit monitoring.
  
• Added the ISMP gateway setting to the save/restore configuration feature.
  

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Version 1.05, AVET24A

Problem(s) Fixed:

Enhancement:

• Removed the ISMP and power backplane firmware packets from the diskette. The DMCFLASH.PKT file is now located on the ISMP firmware update diskette.
  

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Version 1.04, AVET23A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected an issue storing the administrator password
  

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Version 1.03, AVET22A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected an issue where temperatures and voltages were not being displayed over an ASM interconnection
  
• Fixed a problem where an early power off warning was being reported twice over an ASM interconnection
  
• Prevented the telnet login screen from displaying during a remote graphics session
  
• Corrected a problem where "firmware update" was given as a popup help screen when "remote boot" was in progress
  

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Version 1.02, AVET20A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Changed ANSI interface to be consistent with other interfaces with respect to VRM voltage reporting
  
• Prevented certain voltages from showing when the server is powered off
  
• Alerted user to manually disable ASF if the Remote Supervisor Adapter is present
  

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Version 1.01, AVET18A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected drive numbers reported over ASM interconnect
  
• Corrected drive backplane temperature alerting over ASM interconnect
  
• Corrected DIMM slot number reporting
  
• Fixed a problem using remote video in 256 color mode
  
• Removed reference to drive backplane 3 and 4 over ASM interconnect
  
• Fixed ethernet driver interrupt masking problem
  

Enhancement:

• Added ambient temperature reporting over ASM interconnect
  

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Version 1.00, AVET16A

• Initial release