IBM 8870 manual In the Restrict to this brand field, select Servers

For Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003: If the server in which the Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA is installed is running the Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 operating system, you will need to download one file, which contains the following software and firmware:

vSoftware and firmware installation instructions

vVideo adapter basic input/output system (BIOS) update

vIBM Eserver xSeries BIOS update with support for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA

vDiagnostics code update

vRemote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA device drivers

vRemote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA firmware code update

vIntegrated system management processor (ISMP) update

vVideo device driver

vAdvanced Settings Utility program

The software and firmware files that you need are contained in one system service package for Windows installation kit. Complete the following steps to locate and download the package file.

1.Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.

2.In the left navigation pane, click Search PC support.

3.In the “Search PC support” window, under Additional search options, in the Restrict to this document type field, select Downloads and drivers.

4.In the Restrict to this brand field, select Servers.

5.Wait for the page to automatically refresh; then, in the Restrict to this family field, select your server model.

6.Wait for the page to automatically refresh; then, in the Enter search terms field, type system service package. (Do not use the Search field.)

7.Click Search.

8.Select the system service package that corresponds to the server model and the operating system that is running on the server in which the Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA is installed. The file you download will be in *.exe format.

9.Click the file link to download the system service package to d:/ibmssp, where d is the hard disk drive letter. (Create the directory if necessary.)

10.Browse the d:/ibmssp directory and double click the *.exe file to extract the packaged files. Extract the files into the d:/ibmssp directory.

11.See the readme.txt file that is extracted into the d:/ibmssp directory for a list of the file names and their descriptions.

12.To ensure correct software installation, follow the detailed installation instructions in Remote Supervisor Adapter II Installation Instructions for Windows Users, which is in Portable Document Format (PDF) in the d:/ibmssp directory. Then, continue with “Completing the setup” on page 46.

For SuSE Linux and Red Hat Linux: If the server in which the Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA is installed is running the Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux operating system, you will need to download one file, which contains the following software and firmware:

vSoftware and firmware installation instructions

vVideo adapter basic input/output system (BIOS) update

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