This package is the IBM POS Monitor Inventory Drivers for Linux 1.0 instrumentation. It sufaces data from new IBM 4820 monitors such as power on hours, backlight state, current resolution and refresh rate and much of the EDID information.
The ibm-dspdrv-suse-1.0.0-1.0.i586.rpm contains the user mode libraries and support files that form the instrumentation. This rpm requires that the sblim-sfcb cimserver and the libusb-0_1-4 usb support packages are already installed.
% rpm -ivh ibm-dspdrv-suse-1.0.0-1.0.i586.rpm
This will install the libraries and update the SFCB repository with class definitions for RSS_Display CIM class.
The monitor should be connected to the system unit by the usb cable provided with the monitors identified in the section: Monitor Support below.
Most IBM customers will want to use RMA to allow interconnection of the instrumentation CIM classes to remote systems management software such as IBM Director. After install of the instrumentation the RMA General Agent daemon on the POS machine should be stopped and restarted in order to pick up cimserver repository and other system changes.
More about RMA can be found at: IBM Remote
Management Agent V2 R6
Please use the latest available version of RMA.
The drivers log abnormal conditions to /var/log/dspdrv/ipsd.log. For normal production usage there is no need to change this behaviour. In fact it is not recommended. If any problems surface however additional information may be logged for purposes of support.
To enable detailed logging edit the /etc/dspdrv/log.conf file. Change the Level property to 4 to enable very detailed trace logging. You may also wish to change the MaxLength property if you wish to log for any length of time as the logfile will fill quickly. Recycle the SFCB cimserver so that the instrumentation libraries pick up the logger configuration changes.
Log Levels:
The instrumentation may run on other operating systems but this is not
supported by IBM at this time.
Please also use the latest version of SFCB supported by Novell for SP1 which is sblim-sfcb-1.3.7-0.12.1.i586.rpm
Older monitors do not have the functionality to provide the systems management information
1. For customers using RMA 2.5 or 2.6 you need to do additional configuration to include the Monitor Inventory Drivers CIM class in the filter-list that the RMA General Agent accepts.
Edit /opt/ibm/StoreIntegrator/user/rma/cim/CIMconfig.xml and make sure these lines are included in the filter-list:
<CIMFilterElement lifeCycleEvents="true">RSS_Display</CimFilterElement>
This will allow this CIM class to be 'seen' by RMA and thus available in the IBM Director JMX Browser.
Tue April 13 - Initial version
Mon October 18 - Release