Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Update v1.23 - IBM BladeCenter HS21 (1885, 8853)

Download Description

• New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention
• New firmware update file formats
• Extracting and using .iso image files to create a CD-ROM disc

Change history

Severity: Suggested

IBM BladeCenter HS21 (Type 8853)

Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Update Diskette

Version 1.23 BCBT63AUS - Suggested
Enhancements:

• Added support for PCI Expasion Unit II (PEU2c)

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.22 BCBT62AUS - Suggested

Fixes:

• Fixed the issue that CPU Fault LED is intermittently lit without any error

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.21 BCBT61AUS - Suggested

Fixes:

• Added high temperature warning for BPE-3

Enhancements:

• Enabled BMC Hardware Watchdog to correct firmware hangs
• Added code to reset the BMC in the case of prolonged communication errors

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.20 BCBT60AUS - Suggested

Fixes:

• Corrected the firmware error log length in WHEA data
• Corrected the WHEA firmware logging to not log the de-assertion events
• Fixed the problem that the 4-port 1Gb Ethernet expansion card is shown as unspported PCI device sometimes on reboots

Enhancements:

• Added support of the revised version of Netezza BIE sidecar

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.19 BCBT59AUS - Suggested

Fixes:

• Fixed the BSE3 events not being logged problem
• Corrected the "Sensor Type" property of sensor AgvPwrIns
• Fixed the problem that blades do not recover from Voltage Fault
• Corrected the Linux update files's name extension in Readme

Enhancements:

• Added support of the Netezza BIE sidecar

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.18 BCBT58AUS - Suggested

Fixes:

• Fixed the problem that Xeon 5400 series processors erroneously throttle

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.17 BCBT57AUS - Suggested

Fixes:

• Fixed the problem that HS21 Blades occasionally do not respond to Power Off commands
• Fixed the LED ID's for expansion board LED's
• Fixed the problem that AMM shows throttle and recovery of blade when power supply 1 and 3 only
  are installed
• Fixed the incorrect LED colors displayed on LED page of AMM with old version of firmware
• Enable the sensor test function
• Fixed the problem that sometimes system will hang during POST
• Fixed the problem that AMM will show warning of "Problem communicating with BSMP" after reinstall the blade or reset BMC
• Fixed the problem that AMM will show multiple BMC reset message when resetting multiple blades at the same time

Enhancements:

• Added BladeCenter Enterprise Refresh (BCE-R) support update
• Added 8GB DIMM support

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.16 BCBT53AUS

Fixes:

• Fixed fan bump for 50W processor.

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.15 BCBT52AUS

Fixes:

• Fixed QLogic support

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.14 BCBT51AUS

Enhancements:

• Added support for QLogic card (CFFx)

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.13 BCBT50AUS

Enhancements:

• Added support for 1Gb 4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card
• Added Real Time Linux support

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.12 BCBT47AUS

Enhancements:

• Added support for BladeCenter PCI Expansion Unit 3 (BPE3)
• Added support for Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA)
• Added improvements in management module to baseboard management controller communications.
• Added support for flashing the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) from Windows 2008
• On the first occurance of a Voltage Drop, the system will now recover and come back up to an operating state

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.11 BCBT42AUS

Enhancements:

• Added support for Intel's new Quad-core (54xx series) Processors

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.10 BCBT36AUS

Fixes:

• Fixed Cold Reset Error after flash
• Fixed intermittent false 0.9V errors

Enhancements:

• Added support for Power Executive including power measurement and capping

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.06 BCBT30AUS

Enhancements:

• Added support for Power Executive Phase II and I

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.05 BCBT29AUS

Fixes:

• Various Fixes for Concurrent KVM card
• Fixed SOL corruption when stopping and starting the SOL session
• Eliminate Erroneous hard drive errors on BladeCenter Storage Expansion 3 (BSE3)

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.04 BCBT23AUS

Fixes:

• Fixed an intermittent flash "hang" problem
• Fixed Fuel Gauge to report memory DIMM numbers (Watts) from tables on AC cycle or out of box insertion rather than from EEPROM-stored values

Enhancements:

• Added support for IP Gateway Blade
• Added support for quad-core CPUs
• Added support for Concurrent KVM card
• Various Fixes for Power Executive

Baseboard Management Controller Version 1.00 BCBT01AUS

• Original Release