IBM  PTF 10458

TABLE OF CONTENTS
  General
  Install
  What It Does
  Uninstall
  Available Levels Of ServeRAID
  Recovery Procedures
  How To Tell What Level Of ServRAID Is On Your Machine

GENERAL
  This PTF installs the ServeRAID 5.11.05 code onto any machine running the
  Windows 2000 operating system, and which has a ServeRAID adapter. NAS nodes
  which form a cluster must have this upgrade installed individually.


INSTALL
  The installation is reversible, but only up to a certain point.  After that,
  the upgrade cannot be uninstalled.  The installer will be warned before
  reaching that point.  Once the installation progresses beyond this "point of
  no return", the only way to restore the machine back to its original state is
  to reinstall the particular level of ServeRAID software from a separate
  source (see the UNINSTALL section).

  Download the PTF10458.EXE to a temporary directory and execute it.  It will
  expand into the installation files (including this file).  Execute the
  SETUP.BAT to install the upgrade. Follow the screen prompts.  Use defaults
  except where directed not to.  When finished, you may erase these files and
  the PTF10458.EXE file.


WHAT IT DOES
  The installation will first have the installer create diskettes which will be
  needed later to upgrade the ServeRAID adapter's bios and firmware.  After that,
  the ServeRAID Manager will be updated, and then the device drivers.  The
  installer will be directed to shut the machine down and then reboot from the
  diskettes.  This will update the ServeRAID adapter's bios and firmware.  The
  machine might have to be configured using the Setup and Configuration Utility
  in order to get the machine to boot from the diskettes.  At the end of the
  bios/firmware update, the user will be advised that the ServeRAID Manager and
  device drivers must also be upgraded.  Don't be concerned about that - it's
  already been done.  Remove the diskette and reboot the machine.  When the
  machine comes up, the rest of the installation will take place automatically.
  Another shutdown and reboot will be required and that's it.


UNINSTALL
  As stated before, you can't completely uninstall this PTF.  However, you can
  install another version of ServeRAID over the top of it.  Here's how.  You
  must follow the steps without rebooting the machine until the very end.  If
  you don't, you may risk a "blue screen" failure, which usually means that the
  operating system has to be reinstalled from scratch.

     1.  Get a copy of the ServeRAID installation software onto the machine in
         a temporary directory. This will install normally with one slight
         modification.  (See step 5).
     2.  Go to Start-->Settings-->Control Panel-->Add/Remove Programs.
     3.  Remove ServeRAID Manager.
     4.  Install the software following the instructions, but see the next step.
     5.  Usually, at some point in these installations, it is necessary to
         reboot the machine using diskettes.  These are used to update the
         ServeRAID adapter's bios/firmware.  Before doing that, you must edit
         the AUTOEXEC.BAT file on the first diskette.

         Change:

              flashman
         to:
              flashman /FORCE


AVAILABLE LEVELS OF SERVERAID
  4.84    get PTF9278
  5.11.05 get PTF10458 (this one).


RECOVERY PROCEDURES
  If a recovery procedure is used to restore the operating system to version
  2.5 or earlier, AFTER this PTF is applied, then this PTF will need to be
  reapplied. Otherwise, the versions of ServeRAID Manager application and
  device drivers recovered will be earlier than 5.11.05, while the adapter
  firmware will remain at 5.11.05. This creates an unmatched, untested,
  unsupported combination of driver/app/firmware.


HOW TO TELL WHAT LEVEL OF SERVRAID IS ON YOUR MACHINE
  Start the IBM NAS Admin.msc.
  Expand Storage.
  Expand ServeRAID Manager.
  Click on the indented ServeRAID Manager.
  In the ServeRAID console which just opened up,
    Click on each (Local System).  Notice the levels for the ServeRAID Manager
      agent and console.
    Expand each (Local System).  Click on each Controller.  Notice the
      BIOS version, Firmware version and Device driver version.
  Close the console before trying to install PTF10458.


NAS LEVEL 3 Support                                              February, 2003
International Business Machines
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina


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