(BOFM enabled) (Maintenance Release) Advanced Management Module (TELCO) firmware v1.42U (BBET42U) - IBM BladeCenter

Download Description

Important: The Management Module maintenance firmware release version BBET42T will transition to the current functional release on 30 Jun 2009. BBET42T will no longer be available for download at that time. The functional release includes new functionality. See the README document for complete details. While you are not required to perform this upgrade immediately, planning should begin for transition to the functional release.

Note: If you will be activating the BOFM feature of this AMM code you will need to purchase a License. This license can be purchased at: http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/openfabric/openfabricmanager.html

Severity: Critical update for JS22 users.

Supported systems:

• IBM BladeCenter T (8720, 8730)
  
• IBM BladeCenter JS12 (7998)
  
• IBM BladeCenter JS21 (7988, 8844)
  
• IBM BladeCenter JS22 (7998)
  
• IBM BladeCenter HC10 (7996)
  
• IBM BladeCenter HS12 (8014, 1916, 8028)
  
• IBM BladeCenter HS20 (1883, 8843)
  
• IBM BladeCenter HS21 (8853, 1885)
  
• IBM BladeCenter HS21 XM (7995, 1915)
  
• IBM BladeCenter LS20 (8850)
  
• IBM BladeCenter LS21 (7971)
  
• IBM BladeCenter LS41 (7972)
  
  
• New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Change history

Version 1.42U - Build ID: BBET42U

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Fixed security issues related to cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery.
• Corrected a problem that would allow both the primary and standby management modules to incorrectly be set to the same IP address in the advanced failover mode.
• Corrected an issue that prevented local users created with version 1.23x and prior from logging into the Advanced Management Module.
• Corrected a problem where the LEDs of the Copper Pass Through Module do not display the correct internal link status.
• Fixed an issue where a user can not modify the chassis information on the chassis VPD web page.
• Corrected a problem where the hardware VPD web page may show incorrect information after the "Reload MAC/Unique IDs" button was clicked.
• Fixed a problem where the timeout value "0" for Command Line Interface(CLI) command "telnetcfg" was misinterpreted to an instant timeout instead of no timeout.
• Corrected an issue where the remote control sticky buttons "Ctrl", "Alt" and "Shift" can not be used if local LED status is different from what's displayed in the remote control window.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Serial Over LAN (SOL) from working after changing the VLAN ID.
• Corrected a problem that caused duplicate event log entries when configuring the external port of a switch module.
• Fixed an issue where the command line interface (CLI) command "bootmode" doesn't work properly resulting in an error message "Command cannot be issued to this target."
• Corrected an issue where the expansion card information on HC10 blade can not be read correctly through the command line interface (CLI) command "info".
• Corrected a problem where the error message "The requested VPD could not be loaded: Invalid blade slot number: 0." would pop up when the "Reload VPD" button was clicked without any blades installed in the chassis.
• Fixed a problem that prevented a user from restoring a configuration from a file.
• Fixed an issue where a user can fill in any string for an email alert recipient's email address. The standard email address format is now enforced.
• Corrected a problem where some blades would not appear in the Remote Console's drop-down list.
• Fixed an issue where the Pass Through Module can not be restarted using the SNMP interface.
• Corrected a problem where the High Speed Expansion Card Unique ID is incorrectly shown as 'SAS ID'.
• Corrected a problem where a "page not found" error would be seen when uploading or flashing a firmware file.
• Fixed an issue where issuing "users -x -pk all -remove" on the command line interface would appear to work but would not perform any action.
• Fixed an issue where the Advanced Management Module SSH login would fail if the trespass warning is disabled or if the length of the trespass warning is zero characters.
• Fixed an issue where a user can not set the local MAC address for the primary and standby Advanced Management Module to different values on the Advanced Ethernet Setup page.
• Corrected a problem where an LS12 blade would fail to boot an ISO image at first power on.
• Fixed an issue where power loss events may erroneously appear in the Advanced Management Module's event log after restarting blades frequently.
• Fixed a security problem that allowed port forwarding using SSH.
• Corrected a problem where blades may get stuck in Power On Self-Test (POST) state during power up.
• Fixed an issue where updating the Advanced Management Module firmware using the command line interface would result in an error "Firmware image is not meant for the target system".
• Corrected a problem where the 'snmptable' and 'snmpwalk' commands would fail for the storageLEDsTable on the SNMP interface.
• Corrected a problem that caused the "fuelg" CLI command to incorrectly round down temperature readings.

Enhancements: none.
Limitations: none.
Critical Fixes: none.
Dependencies: none.

Version 1.42T - Build ID: BBET42T

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Fixed an issue where the type for the QLogic daughter card was not available in the SNMP MIB.
  
• Corrected an issue where anonymous FTP logins from a web browser to the Advanced Management Module would fail.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Advanced Management Module requires separate x509 certifications for Https and LDAP. One server certification will satisfy both protocols now.
  
• Corrected a problem where the system status summary web page was out of sync with the blades status table.
  
• Fixed a problem where the virtualized USB keyboard and mouse in the Remote Console may stop working.
  
• Corrected a problem that prevented the fans from ramping to full speed when a CPU warning or critical temperature event occurs.
  
• Corrected a problem where an LDAP authenticated user can not apply a Blade Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) configuration file to the Advanced Management Module.
  
• Fixed an issue where Serial Over LAN will not go to the ready state after a blade is quickly removed and inserted.
  
• Fixed an issue with Blade Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) where the MAC address would not increment correctly when the increment step is more than one.
  
• Corrected a problem where the MAC address range is incorrect in the generated Blade Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) configuration file.
  
• Corrected a problem where the Advanced Management Module would not recognize a SAS expansion card and would display it as "unknown device."
  
• Fixed an issue where the email alert shows a recovery event instead of an informational event when a blade is being powered on.
  
• Corrected an issue where the Multi-processor expansion option with LS42 blades was displayed as a "Blade I/O expansion" on the Hardware VPD page. Now the Multi-processor expansion option is displayed as "Blade Processor Expansion".
  
• Corrected an issue where the Advanced Management Module Web interface does not display the battery and I/O controller LEDs when viewing the LED details for JSxx blades.
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Reboot blade with NMI" option on the Web interface may not work on some blade types (e.g. JS12/JS22).
  
• Corrected a problem where resetting the Advanced Management Module Port Assignments to defaults would not generate an entry in the Advanced Management Module's event log.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Advanced Management Module can not update firmware due to insufficient disk space.
  
• Corrected a problem where the Intelligent Copper Pass Through Module (ICPM) could not be flashed with new firmware.
  
• Fixed an issue where SNMP connections will fail on the Intelligent Copper Pass Through Module (ICPM) after restoring the ICPM's configuration from a file.
  
• Corrected a problem where the port info setting can not be restored on the Intelligent Copper Pass Through Module (ICPM) after restoring the ICPM's configuration from a file.
  
• Fixed an issue where a chassis fully populated with fourteen 7995 blades and running redundant with performance impact on 2000W power supplies in each domains may have blades that randomly power down due to a miscalculation in the available power.
  
• Corrected a problem where the Advanced Management Module would report installed components had been re-installed after a reboot.
  
• Fixed an issue where blade throttling messages, "Blade X is throttled", may appear in the Event Log even though the blade is running normally.
  
• Corrected a problem that occurred when rebooting a blade with NMI where the system status web page would be out of sync with the chassis and blade status LEDs.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Advanced Management Modules does not clear the "Blade incompatible with chassis" message even though the issue was resolved.
  
• Correct a problem where the fans will not ramp when selecting the enhanced alert category for LS21 and LS41 blades.
  
• Corrected a problem where the boot count for some blades is incorrect when selecting the legacy alert category.
  
• Fixed an issue when changes are made to a switch's advanced settings, the Event Log did not reflect that a change was made.
  
• Corrected a problem where the blades do not throttle as expected when a chassis cooling device is physically removed.
  

Enhancements: none.
Limitations: none.
Critical Fixes: none.
Dependencies: none.

Version 1.42O - Build ID: BBET42O

Problem(s) Fixed: none.
Enhancements: none.
Limitations: none.

Critical Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where Advanced Management Module can not read VPD data of JS22 blade.

Dependencies: none.

Version 1.42N - Build ID: BBET42N

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Fixed an issue where the keyboard may stop working while installing Solaris 10.
• Fixed an issue where remote disk doesn't work on Linux distributions with c++ library v6.x.
• Fixed an issue where the blade icon on the Power Management Domain Detail Status may incorrectly display a question mark when there isn't enough power and this message is displayed: "Blade x not allowed to power on due to insufficient power."
• Fixed an issue where the Configuration Wizard may pop up when switching over to the secondary Advanced Management Module.
• Corrected a problem where no error message is given when the remote media encounters a disk/file error during uploading.
• Fixed an issue where a user may encounter an incorrect error message about concurrent mode or chassis network when rebooting a blade. Example error message: "Blade is pulled out or no longer working in concurrent mode now..." or "...internal chassis network is down...".
• Corrected a problem where the command line interface "update" command wouldn't show the flash completion percent status.
• Corrected a problem where the SNMPv3 privacy protocol shows up as "unknown" when the command "user -x" is issued and the protocol is set to AES.
• Fixed an issue where the Advanced Management Module event log will not show the bay number of a blade if the flash of the Blade System Management Processor firmware was interrupted.
• Corrected a problem where the command line interface "accseccfg" command does not work with option "-alt 60".
• Fixed an issue where a user can fill in any string for an email alert recipient's email address.
• Corrected a problem where the command line interface "ports" command incorrectly prompts a user to reboot the Advanced Management Module to make changes take effect when enabling or disabling FTP or TFTP ports.
• Fixed an issue where the module name for a QS21 blade shows up as "Unknown Device" on the hardware VPD page of the web interface.
• Fixed an issue when creating a user using RDS/FDS that would store the domain name as "uid=" instead of "cn=" keeping the user from logging into the Advanced Management Module.
• Fixed an issue when using LDAP authentication, the Advanced Management Module would only check the first group against the "Group Filter" field when authenticating a user.
• Corrected a problem where the voltage thresholds on the status page of the web interface are not correct for the +5V and +12V levels
• Corrected a problem where the command line interface "bootseq" command can not get or set "hd4" as a parameter.
• Corrected a problem when a user sets the remote alert retry limit to zero, the zero will not be saved and reverts to the previous value.
• Fixed an issue where the keyboard NumLock LED in the remote console is always on when booting into Red Hat 4.
• Corrected a problem where the web interface did not correctly show the LED status for QS21 blades.
• Fixed an issue where an Ethernet switch module may show as "I/O module" instead of "Ethernet SM" on the hardware VPD page of the web interface.
• Corrected a problem where the Advanced Management Module may take a long time to get the VPD of the redundant Advanced Management Module after a reset.
• Fixed an issue where a chassis with an IP address "192.168.70.125" can not discover another chassis in the same subnet.
• Fixed an issue where the Advanced Management Module reports repeated unsupported events if the BIOS or HBA firmware does not support BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager.
• Fixed an issue where the bay number of a Blade Expansion Module may not show up correctly.
• Corrected a problem where a user can not set the IP address of any switch to a value containing 255 as one of the octets.
• Corrected a problem where there is no icon to indicate the throttle capability of blade on the Power Management Domain Detail page of the web interface.
• Corrected an issue where the Advanced Management Module can not recognize some expansion cards, including fibre channel cards.
• Fixed an issue where the location LED on the blade and chassis doesn't always blink.
• Corrected a problem where blades may have a communication error after being discovered by the Advanced Management Module.
• Fixed an issue when a customer generates client certificate CSR, the "province" field was truncated.
• Fixed an issue where the SAS expansion card is shown with non-ASCII letters on the hardware VPD page of the web interface.
• Fixed an issue where the Advanced Management Module goes unresponsive after multiple SSH console sessions are killed simultaneously.
• Corrected a problem where the "Reload VPD" button wouldn't consistently update the BIOS and Diagnostic fields on the Firmware VPD web page of the Advanced Management Module web interface.

Version 1.42I - Build ID: BBET42I

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Fixed an issue where the Advanced Management Module LEDs page will incorrectly display the location LED for a JS12/JS22 blade as being "on" after the user sets the LED to "blink" through the web interface.
• Corrected a problem where the number of "active users" may not match between the web and command line interface.
• Fixed an issue where viewing and changing SSL certificates for the secondary management module will fail when the "Do not swap Management Module IP addresses" is enabled.
• Fixed an issue where Advanced Management Module incorrectly shows a question mark instead of a critical symbol in the web interface when there is insufficient power for a blade to power on.
• Corrected a problem where Advanced Management Module may not be able to read the port configuration and status of ICPM.
• Corrected a problem where command line interface "fuelg" command indicates "unknown device" for an empty IO Module bay instead of "not present."
• Corrected a problem where command line interface "config" command cannot be used to change "system contact" or "location".
• Fixed an issue where the blade expansion module was incorrectly reported as "High Speed Expansion Card" after installing a High Speed Expansion Card on the blade expansion module.
• Corrected a problem where the description of QS22 blade shows as unknown.
• Fixed an issue where a user cannot flash switch firmware through TFTP protocol.
• Fixed an issue where Advanced Management Module may not update switch's VPD when switch's VPD can not be read successfully at first time.
• Corrected a problem where a user can not apply BOFM configuration file if the file size is large.

Enhancements: none.
Limitations: none.
Critical Fixes: none.
Dependencies: none.

Version 1.42F - Build ID: BBET42F

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Fixed an issue where Serial Over LAN (SOL) session may drop intermittently when power cycling blades.
• Corrected a problem where the Advanced Management Module would report installed components had been re-installed after a reboot.
• Fixed an issue where user may not be able to exit the Remote Console's command input mode until the Enter key is pressed. It may appear that the Remote Console is frozen after pressing Numlock to enter the command mode if the Enter key is not pressed to exit the mode.
• Fixed an issue where the command line interface would report presence for an empty management module bay.
• Corrected a problem where the command line interface may go into an infinite loop repeating, for example, "Unrecognized long option: config:file" if the read command has an invalid parameter.
• Fixed an issue where user may not be able to login to the Advanced Management Module with OpenLDAP users under ou=Users entry when binding method is w/Login Credentials.
• Fixed an issue where RESTARTRESET and BLADECENTER nodes can not be viewed through SNMP in BladeCenter Telco chassis.
• Fixed an issue where Advanced Management Module incorrectly reports BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager configuration changed in the event log.
• Corrected a problem where Advanced Management Module may not generate an event log entry when user enables or disables SSH through SNMP.
• Fixed an issue where Serial Over LAN (SOL) will go ready even when disabled.
• Corrected a problem where the command line interface does not check user authority level when restoring the configuration from a file.
• Fixed an issue when creating a new user where all the settings were not at the defaults.
• Corrected a problem when restoring the configuration from a configuration file "syslog port/status" and "AMM-authenticated network access" would not restore.
• Fixed an issue where "inactivity alert and disable period" setting will not be saved when using options -id and -ia on the same command.
• Corrected a problem where 'User login password required' configuration may not get disabled as expected when 'Complex password rules' is enabled through web or command line interface.
• Corrected a problem where user can not enable data encryption using the "security" command.
• Fixed an issue where the "boot" command can not be used to power cycle a JS12 blade.
• Corrected a problem where protocol names set through command line interface are showing up as numbers on the web interface.
• Fixed an issue where a user may not be able to access the Advanced Management Module via SNMP authPrivacy using their privacy password.

Enhancements:

• Includes support for NetXen Daughter Cards with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
• Conforms to Australia's changes to DST.
  

Limitations: none.
Critical Fixes: none.
Dependencies: none.

Version 1.42D - Build ID: BBET42D

Problem(s) Fixed:

• Corrected a problem that allowed users with restricted access to write to the FTP space. Users now must have Chassis Administrator, Blade Administrator, Switch administrator, or Supervisor role to be allowed to log into the FTP server.
• Fixed an issue when failing to read the blade VPD and alerts would not be sent.
• Corrected an issue where fully qualified LDAP users would fail to log in.
• Fixed a problem where Serial Over LAN (SOL) sessions would incorrectly appear to be inactive.
• Fixed an issue where the Advanced Management Module would reset when restoring a configuration file using the command line interface.
• Fixed a problem where the online documentation incorrectly stated support of Java 1.6.0. Remote console only supports Java version 1.5.0.
• Fixed an issue where users could not log into the Advanced Management Module when LDAP was set up with deeply nested groups. Now supports up to 256 nested groups.
• Corrected a problem where a user may not be able to log in to the remote console.

Enhancements:

• Provides support for blade type 7998.

Critical Fixes: none.
Dependencies: none.

Please see the CHANGE HISTORY file for complete details.