IBM 8870 manual Restrict to this brand field, select Servers

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

vAdvanced Settings Utility program

The software and firmware files that you need are contained in one system service package for Linux 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 is installed. The file you download will be in *.tgz format.

9.Click the file link to download the system service package.

10.From a command-line prompt, type tar -xvfzfilename.tgz, where filename is the name of the file you downloaded. This command will create a directory named ibmssp and extract the files to it.

11.See the readme.txt file that is extracted into the 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 Linux Users, which is in Portable Document Format (PDF) in the ibmssp directory. Then, continue with “Completing the setup.”

Completing the setup: Complete the following steps to complete the setup of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA:

1.If you plan to configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps on the Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA, install and compile the management information base (MIB) on your SNMP manager. The MIB supports SNMP traps. The MIB is available on the IBM Support Web site. For more information, see “Obtaining Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA software and firmware” on page 44.

2.If you did not restart the server after installing the Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA device drivers, restart the server now.

3.See the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II User’s Guide on IBM xSeries Documentation CD for detailed instructions for completing the configuration of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA, including the following features:

v Defining the login IDs and passwords

vSelecting the events that will receive alert notification

vMonitoring remote server status using the Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA Web interface

46xSeries 445 Type 8870: User’s Guide