Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update (Linux package) v1.14 - IBM System x3650

Download Description

• 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.

Severity: Suggested

Version 1.14, GGEP42A

Problem(s) Fixed:
Non Critical

• Corrected a problem that RSA II may cause network flooding when using the Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB) service in the subnet.

Enhancement:

• Security enhancement to improve the generation of encryption keys.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.13, GGEP41A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Suggested
  • Corrected a problem that may fail to schedule the Daily/Weekly power and restart actions.
• Non Critical
  • Corrected a problem that some fans may shown in offline state wrongly.

Enhancement:

• Add a choice to disable the SNMP authentication failure trap.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.12, GGEP40A
Problem(s) Fixed:
Suggested-

• Corrected a problem about login via LDAP with the Enhanced Role Based Security.
  
• Corrected a RSA II authority security problem.
  
• Corrected a problem that the remote present is not refreshed after power off the server.
  

Non Critical

• Corrected a problem that may fail to mount some USB keys to RHEL4. Enhancement:
  
• 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.
  

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.11, GGEP39A
Problem(s) Fixed:

Suggested

• Fix for Remote Control General Exception in JRE 1.6 update 12 and above.
• Corrected a problem that DHCP renew/release may fail after a long time.
• Corrected a problem that remote control preference link disapears after creating new key buttons.
• Corrected a problem that cause event number shows only from 0 to 255 when views RSA log via telnet session.

Non Critical

• Corrected a problem for showing error DST time after changing the set of DST.

Enhancement:

• Increased the security of web authentication for multi-tabbed browsing.
• Added support for non-privileged user to change its own password.
• Enhanced the Role Based Security by disallowing authenticated Windows domain users without any permission assigned to log on RSA II.
• Added French keyboard support.
• Added support for mounting large ISO files in linux client.
• Added support for reading System Ambient Temperature Thresholds in web interface.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.10, GGEP36B
Problem(s) Fixed:
Enhancement:

• Added support for new machine types: 6444, 6445, 6446 and 6447.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.09, GGEP36A
Problem(s) Fixed:

Suggested:

• Corrected a problem that may cause Email alerting to fail on networks with long latency.
• Corrected an error in the MIB file.
• Corrected a problem that may cause remote video to hang or go blank.
• Corrected a Network Time Protocol synchronization problem.
• Corrected a problem that prevented a user from logging in when using the anonymous binding method.
• Corrected a problem that prevented the Network Time Protocol server hosts settings from being restored to the default settings.

Non Critical:

• 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.

Enhancement:

• Added support for Dynamic DNS.
• Added improvements to prevent repeating keystrokes when using the remote control feature on networks with long latency.
• Added the ability to read the server's MAC addresses using the Remote Supervisor Adapter II's SNMP and Command Line Interfaces.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.08, GGEP32A

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.
• 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.

Enhancement:

• 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.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.07, GGEP30A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• 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 the SNMP MIB to remove a duplicate tcpcmdPortAssignment entry.
• Fixed a problem that caused the copying of files to a remote USB Key to fail.
• 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.
• Changed the SNMP Trap code for the system event log 75% full condition from 39 to 35, to match the MIB.

Enhancement:

• Display ambient temperature thresholds if they are available from the baseboard management controller.

Limitations: None.
Dependencies: None.

Version 1.06, GGEP28A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• SNMP Alerts for hard drive fault/recovery were not being sent.
• Corrected an issue where the OS Failure Screen was not being captured.
• Corrected a problem where a Remote Control user would see a black remote video screen when another user was logged in remotely using the Windows
  Terminal Services.
• 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.
• CLI sessions with Serial Over LAN sessions were being closed on SLES 10.
• Corrected an issue that would cause an infrequent loss of remote session connection.
• Added support for the SSH SendEnv command. SSH would fail under RHEL 5.
• Change required to allow installing RHEL 5 from a remote mounted ISO image.
• Corrected USB key write protection and copying of files over 10 MB to a USB key.
• Corrected a problem where SNMP polling from four clients would prevent a user from logging in to the RSA II.

Version 1.05, GGEP24A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected a problem where the wrong DIMM number may be reported when a double-bit memory fault occurs
• 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.
• Updated the flash utility to support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Limitations: None.
Dependencies: None.

Version 1.04, GGEP20A

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.
• Corrected a sluggish remote mouse performance problem when using the Remote Control feature.

Enhancement:

• 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

Limitations: None.
Dependencies: None.

Version 1.03, GGEP16B

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Added support for machine type 1914.

Enhancement: None.
Limitations: None.
Dependencies: None.

Version 1.02, GGEP16A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Improved the handling of invalid network data to make the Remote Supervisor Adapter II more robust
• Corrected the IP address reported in the Service Location Protocol data. When one of the "dot" fields is set to 0, the RSA 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.

Enhancement:

• 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
• Support for server models with Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors

Limitations: None.
Dependencies: None.

Version 1.01, GGEP14A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Generate an entry in event log when fan in the the power supply fails
• Corrected a problem that caused the loss of the remote keyboard function in the Remote Control feature
• Corrected a problem where the Remote Control video locks with constant remote video scrolling
• Corrected a problem that caused the web mounted floppy device to be read only

Enhancement:

• Added support for a new planar power sensor
• Added a user choice to allow or disallow wildcards in the group name
• Added nested LDAP group membership support for Active Directory environments
• Added support for additional types of CPUs

Limitations: None.
Dependencies: None.

Version 1.00, GGEP09A

• Initial release