PCBE 8.5 CD image - IBM System x

Download Description

• New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Severity: Initial release

Change history

8.5 - Code change from the previous version (8.0.1):

• The code supports these new UPS's, including the IBM Union UPS. Specifically: SMX750, SMX1000 and SMX1500RM2U; and SURTD3000XLI and SURTD5000XLI.
  
• The Windows Control Panel Add/Remove programs did not display the versioning for the PCBE Agent, Server, and Console. Now fixed.
  
• The self-test status in the Console did not update after a test. Now fixed.
  
• With RHEL 5.1, when the rpm installer was run, a message said that it was not signed. Now fixed.
  
• There was a security issue through the PCBE Agent Web UI security applet through an XSS exploit. Now fixed.
  
• Another security issue: the "contexthelp" servlet of the Agent's WebUI was vulnerable to HTTP Response Splitting. Now fixed.
  
  

8.0.1 - The following list details the code changes from the previous revision (8.0):
Code Changes:

• Memory leak when USB cable is disconnected
  
• Hibernation: Server hibernates again and UPS goes to sleep after Hibernation shutdown
  
• Hibernation: 'Comm Lost' will be logged after resumed from hibernation shutdown
  
• Hibernation: Datalog logged twice when resumed from hibernation
  
• PCBE agent doesn't startup automatically after reboot on SLES 10 64bit
  
• Displays Wrong OS Name in PCBE Web-UI & PCBE Console for Asianux Server 3.0
  
• Device setup screen is moved behind Console after adding Agent to PCBE Server on Win2K8 x64
  
• Failed to shutdown UPS due to polling thread hang up
  
• upon adding 118557-08,118557-09,126665-01 patches on Solaris 10 Japanese, "Device communication is not established" with simple signalling
  
• Agent thread hangs when invalid firmware revision received
  
• When a setup is canceled, a signaling type does not return
  
• Linux: upgrade failed if install directory is non-default
  
• Scheduled Shutdown times (down and up times) get pushed ahead by an hour when the Daylight Savings Time clock gets pushed ahead - "default.sh" cannot be executed, as it is not suitable as an example
  
• Typo: "Uninteruptable" in package information
  
• Few characters are garbled in the license agreement screen of Solaris 10 new installer
  
• Change PCBEProxy port #
  
• Turn off delay not set to 180 secs for SURT under 5k
  
• Values in Data log displayed incorrectly on a German version of XP
  
• PCBE Server sometimes send empty broadcast notification or email
  
• "Bypass Power Supply Failure" was logged as "Base Power Supply Failure"
  
• OS name was truncated for W2K8 Enterprise Edition Server Core without Hyper-V
  
• Truncated strings on Shutdown Sequence screen
  
• Solaris x64/x86: Notification didn't happen
  
• Increase the timeout value for javax.mail to 20 seconds
  
• Disable broadcast from WebUI under Vista & Windows 2008
  
• Hide broadcast notification from Console under Vista & Windows 2008
  
• Disable changing both ComPort and SignalingType at same time
  
• Set the recovery option of Agent & Server components
  
  

8.0 - The following list details the code changes from the previous revision (7.0.5):
Code changes:

• Add uninstallation procedures for PCBE 80 on Windows Server 2008 Server Core
  

Getting started:

• Add how to acccess Agent Web UI
  
• Copy in Windows Server 2008 Server Core Installation JPN.txt
  
• Update the Getting Started document
  
• PCBE Console displays wrong OS name on Windows 2008 (Longhorn)
  
• Upgrade the bundled JVM to JRE 1.5.0_15
  
• IBM installation packages
  
• Add missing server core distribution installation blocks for Server and Console components
  
• "Getting Started Guide" in PCBE product Installation page failed to open in Windows Longhorn
• Enterprise Sever Core
  
• "Release Notes" in PCBE product Installation page failed to open in Windows Longhorn Enterprise

Sever Core

• Console Update is started and does not communicate with Server
  
• Disable displaying the splash screen for the Agent -only installer
  
• Add retry to read Shutdown Delay when it is invalid
  
• "Communications Help" was not displayed on Vista and 2008.
  
• The behavior of "Change" button in "Add-Remove Programs" changed
  
• Add the digital signature to Export .exe and UPSSleep.exe
  
• "Getting Started Guide" did not work on Server Core
  
• PCBE Console crashes when the save user id option is selected
  
• Create an entry to start WebUI in PCBE startup menu for US version
  
• Gray out the broadcast notification option if running under Windows 2008 & Vista
  
• Change the Installer Front End to accomdate agent only installation
  
• Merge DataLog fix
  
• Add retry to all polling data
  
  

7.0.5- The following list details the code changes from revision (7.0.4a):
Code changes:

• PCBE USB implementation causes time sync issues
  
• Agent service did not start while testing USB hibernation schedule: hs_err_pidxxx.log issue
  
• Console Update doesn't work
  

Diagnostic

• Selftest screen only shows the date/time of the selftest result initiated from software
  
• PCBE does not support low battery in SNMP (simple signaling)
  
• RHELES2.1: OS name not shown properly on the console
  
• WebUI: Disable email option for 'Monitoring Stopped' event
  
• Plug & Play Manager warning logged on OS EventViewer(USB)
  
• default.cmd overwritten during update install
  
• First digit truncated for sleep time(hours) on Shutdown now screen
  
• Insufficent disk space error installing on RHEL4
  
• USB Power Meter tab remains after installing PCBE agent
  
• PCBE Console needs to be reinstalled after 10 years in order to connect to server.
  
• PCBE failed to send sleep command to UPS because of InvalidObjectIDException error
  
• [OS shutdown] thread runs before [Send link command] thread
  
• Do not allow PCBE service to hang infinitely
  
• PCBE Agent won't automatically boot with Linux runlevel1
  
• Add debug logging to investigate the Invalid OID exception that occurs when attempting to put the

UPS to sleep

• PCBE+4G UPS, "Power Returned"pop-up is not displayed and the Email won't be sent
  
• Retain debug.txt when a service starts up
  
• AutoUpdate certificate will expire on 11/18/2011.
  
• Enhance proxy.txt logging for comm lost
  
• Retry if the UPS' response does not include "CRLF" instead of generating "comm lost" immediately
  
• A message on About (Help->About) window when lost connection was chopped off.
  
• "R2" was missing from Windows version display on About (Help>About) window
  
• Need retry to establish communication when Agent read "unknown Response" from UPS
  
• Solaris: System installed JRE would be used if newer version Java exists on the system
  
• JPN: Square box shown on the installer for SUSE and RHEL4
  
• Japanese text in WebUI Agent Notification is garbled
  
• SuSE9: Agent OS name on the console is only displaying the kernel version
  
• Add proxy.txt logging for SNMP processing
  
• A dialog box about Windows logo test popped up during installation
  
• Enhance debug logging with the power failure event
  
• WebUI allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by prepending several / (slash) characters.
  
• [Installation abort] button on Logo test warning msg will not abort the installation
  
• Error happens when opening console on Longhorn(Beta2)
  
• OS name not correctly shown on Longhorn(Beta2)
  
• "Number of Batteries" field does not appear in PCBEv7.0.5 build 104 UI.
  
• Memory leak in FileLogger.java in the EventLogger component
  
• Not returning Battery Voltage & EM Firmware revision through SNMP OIDs
  
• Change the text label on the "turn on delay" field of Device Properties
  
• Native service not restored after uninstall if update installed
  
• OS shutdown during run-time calibration if USB connection present
  
• Memory leak at console update - Autoupdate Notification message is truncated
  
• Autoupdate: Cannot disable IE to be opened when you login to PCBE Console if once an autoupdate had been detected
  
• SuSE RPM install: All characters garbled and unable to login from WebUI 7.0.4a
  
• This version addresses minor bug corrections and code maintenance. 7.0.3
  
• This is the first firmware release to support the IBM UPS 7500XHV and the IBM UPS 10000XHV.

See the CHANGE HISTORY file for complete details.