Remote Supervisor Adapter II update (Linux package) v1.14 - IBM System x3400, x3500

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.

Change history

Supported systems:

• IBM Systems x3400
  
• IBM Systems x3500 R
  
• Remote Supervisor Adapter II Update
  

Version 1.14, Build ID: SPEP42AUS
Problem(s) Fixed:

• Change the default mode for the remote mouse.
  
• The mouse mode is not correct after launching the remote control.
  
• Security enhancement for RSAII RBS function.
  
• The SMTP alert can't be sent to exchange 2007 or Domini 8.

Enhancement:
Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.13, Build ID: SPEP41AUS
Problem(s) Fixed:

• Update the copyright in the web page.
  
• Fixed TRK/P:Remote Ctrl Preferences link disappears w/user keys.
  
• Fixed Telnet into RSA to view log, event# shoe 0 to 255.
  
• Added a dot command for setting firewall.
  
• Fixed user without "User Account" access cannot change his password.
  
• Fixed DHCP Renew/rebind failed after intermitted time.
  
• Fixed Online help for LDAP authentication contains wrong information.
  
• Changed copyright.
  
• Fixed "The RSA II name is wrong in the login page for the zeus_per_oem".
  
• Updated the jre version in the web interface for remote control.
  
• Fixed "DIMM Mach Chk can call out wrong DIMMs/Memory Card for Tulsa".
  
• Updated the keystore file.
  
• Fixed "The mouse curson doesn't sync with the remote mouse".
  
• Fixed "Problem with Remote control using French keyboard".
  
• Fixed "Roll back for the change of d454275 (French keyboard issue)".
  
• Fixed "Remote control toolbar buttons do not clear w/out redrawing".
  
• Fixed "Text to Graphics mode - RC window doesn't redraw in RHEL".
  
• Fixed "RSAII Web help for Network Interfaces DDNS contains errors".
  
• Fixed "IPMI implementation for sensor type 0x08 was wrong".
  
• Updated the copyright in the web page.
  
• Fixed "Some SNMP traps aren't received when SP starts up".
  
• Supportd the French keyboard in Linux.
  
• Fixed "Restore ASM configuration page shows error about DDNS".
  
• Fixed "User can't login when password has special characters".
  
• Fixed "too many chasis discovered message in trace log".
  
• Enable relative position mode in the remote mouse.
  
• Fixed "RSA relative mouse mode unable to shutdown/restart W2k3".
  
• Fixed "Web interface -> Tasks -> Remote Control contains grammatical e".
  
• Updated of remote video client to support JRE 1.6.0_u12 or later.
  
• Fixed "The DST time always change after saving".
  
• Fixed "DST scheme always show the first item".
  
• Fixed "DST will be set to uncheck incorrectly".
  
• Fixed "TRK/P: Remote Disk applet fails intermittently w/newer Java".
  
• Fixed "TRK/P: Remote Control help contains typo under Remote Console".
  
• Fixed "TRK/P:RSA CLI "?" Display Command LIst - not fully alphabetized".
  
• Fixed "TRK/P: RSA prevent keystroke popup msg contains error in text".
  

Enhancement:

• Added web authentication support in multi-tabs browser.
  
• Added Remote large ISO support in Linux client.
  

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.12, Build ID: SPEP40AUS
Problem(s) Fixed:

• Fixed a problem that RSA reports "Unable to initialize BMC".
  

Enhancement:

• Added support DDNS
  
• Added support "disable key repeating" configuration in remote present function
  

Enhancement:
Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.10, Build ID: SPEP36AUS

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected a problem that RSA cannot reply correct power supply status.

Enhancement:
Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.09, Build ID: SPEP35AUS

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected a problem where the message "SCSI Backplane Power Cable Removed" was erroneously generated in the RSA event log instead of "Diagnostic Panel Cable Removed".
• Corrected a problem where ssh accesses from a client running RHEL 5, OpenSSH_4.3p2 would fail.
• Enable SNMP alerts to be sent for a hard drive fault recovery
• Corrected a problem that prevented the display contents from being captured when the OS watchdog times out.
• Permit simultaneous remote mounting of IMG and ISO files.
• Corrected a problem where the Write Protect selection did not work on remote USB key mounts
• Corrected a problem where after accessing the Remote Supervisor Adapter II from 4 different SNMP hosts, accesses from other hosts were not allowed.
• Improved the handling of invalid network data to prevent the network connection from hanging.
• Permit writes of large files (larger than 10MB) to remotely mounted USB key
• Corrected a problem where the web interface could not be accessed after using address redirection

Enhancement:

• Added support for SUSE10.

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.06, SPEP29A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• RSAII Event logs for the event pool saturation.
  
• Dot cmd fails while RSA tries to acquire IP address.
  

Enhancement:
Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.05, SPEP28A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected sluggish mouse performance in the Remote Control feature.
  
• Corrected a problem that prevented the Remote Control feature from working with clients when Network Address Translation is used.
  
• Corrected the write-protect selection of the remote media feature.
  
• Corrected a problem that caused the lflash update utility to fail when attempting to flash the Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware.
  

Enhancement:

• Added support for Internet Explorer 7
  
• Added support for western Australia Daylight Saving Time changes
  
• Extended support for hard drives up to a count of 16 drives
  

Limitations:
Dependencies:

Version 1.04 - SPEP26A

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.
  

Enhancement:

• Added support for the year 2007 US Daylight Saving Time changes.
  
• 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.
  
• Add CLI support to set LDAP and SSL configuration settings.
  
• Added a feature to lockout the command line interface for a period of time after 5 unsuccessful login attempts.
  
• Added the ability to send remote alert notifications when login attempts repeatedly fail.
  

Limitations: N/A

Dependencies: N/A

Note:

• Adjust Package version to v1.04 in SPEP26A build.

Version 1.04 - SPEP25A
Note: Contains fix for year 2007 US Daylight Saving Time changes.

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.

Enhancement:

• Added support for the year 2007 US Daylight Saving Time changes.
• 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
• Add CLI support to set LDAP and SSL configuration settings.
• Added a feature to lockout the command line interface for a period of time after 5 unsuccessful login attempts.
• Added the ability to send remote alert notifications when login attempts repeatedly fail.
  

Limitations: N/A

Dependencies: N/A

Version 1.03 - SPEP23A

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected the IP address reported in the Service Location Protocol data when one of the "dot" fields is set to 0. IBM Director would not recognize IP addresses reported with multiple 0's in the fields. (for example. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II will now report an IP address as 192.168.0.125 instead of 192.168.000.125
• Add Machine Types 7974, 7976 in Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware to support these machine type number platforms.

Enhancement:

• Added support for md2WithRSAEncryption certificates

Limitations: N/A

Dependencies: N/A

Version 1.02 - SPEP19A

• The firmware supports x3400 (System Type: 7973 and 7974) as well.

Version 1.01 - SPEP17A

• The firmware supports x3400 (System Type: 7975 and 7976) as well.

Version 1.00 - SPEP12A

• Initial release