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

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.

Change history

Severity: Suggested

IBM BladeCenter HS21 (Type 8853) Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Update Diskette Version 1.22 BCBT62AUS

Baseboard Management Controller 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