IBM eServer 445 xSeries Hardware Maintenance Manual And Troubleshooting Manual page 49

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v Diagnostics code update
v Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA device drivers
v Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA firmware code update
v Advanced 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 the 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 -xvfz filename.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
37.
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
v Selecting the events that will receive alert notification
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Chapter 2. Configuration

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