OSA IPMI Device Drivers for Microsoft Windows PE Edited by IBM Copyright (c) 2003-2004 OSA Technologies Inc, an Avocent Company All rights reserved. Date Created : 02/03/2003 Date Modified : 02/03/2003 CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Installation and setup instructions 3.0 Configuration information 4.0 Web information and support phone number 5.0 Trademarks and Notices 6.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview _____________ 1.1 This package contains the OSA Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) device drivers for Microsoft Windows PE 2004 and 2005 for both x86 and AMD64/EM64T. 1.2 Limitations - N/A 1.3 Enhancements - N/A 1.4 Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the update: - N/A 1.5 Dependencies: - N/A 2.0 Installation and Setup Instructions _________________________________________ 2.1 Follow the procedure in Microsoft's Windows PE documentation to create a customizable Windows PE image. 2.2 Change directory to the driver subdirectory and execute the following command. ipmi_install.cmd Winpe_Image_Path [/p [Interface BaseAddress RegisterSpace]] where: Winpe_Image_Path is the directory where the WinPE image is located. /p is followed by the three IPMI KCS Interface parameters. If they are not listed then the user will be prompted for input. Interface is one of the following three numeric values: 1 KCS 2 SMIC 3 BT BaseAddress is the base address of the BMC system interface, for example: 0xca2, 3234 etc. RegisterSpace is the alignment for the base address and is one of the following three numeric values: 0 ByteBoundary 1 32BitBoundary 2 16ByteBoundary Example commands: ipmi_install c:\winpe ipmi_install c:\winpe /p ipmi_install c:\winpe /p 1 0xca2 0 The three IPMI KCS Interface parameters for the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware on IBM's systems currently default to: KCS, 0xca2, ByteBoundary. Therefore you should use these values when creating your ipmi_install command. More detailed information on these interface parameters is available on page 542 of an Intel document located on the following web page: http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/IPMIv2_0_rev1_0_markup_2.pdf For Windows PE installation information, please refer to Microsoft's Windows PE documentation. 2.3 Run oscdimg to create ISO file and burn the ISO file to CD. 3.0 Configuration Information _______________________________ 3.1 There are no configuration options within this package. 4.0 Web information and support phone number ________________________________________________ 4.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/support/. For a list of supported operating systems on legacy (non-shipping) controllers, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/. You can receive hardware service through IBM Services or through your IBM reseller, if your reseller is authorized by IBM to provide warranty service. See http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/ for support telephone numbers, or in the U.S. and Canada, call 1-800-IBM-SERV (1-800-426-7378). In the U.S. and Canada, hardware service and support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the U.K., these services are available Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 4.2 IBM eserver xSeries Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries 4.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problems applying the update, go to the following Help Center World Telephone Numbers and URL: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QYL.html. 5.0 Notices and trademarks ______________________________ 5.1 The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: - IBM 5.2 The following terms are trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: - Windows - Windows PE 5.3 The following terms are trademarks of the Intel Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: - Intel 5.4 The following terms are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in the United States or other countries or both: - AMD 5.5 Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 6.0 Disclaimer __________________ 6.1 THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS.Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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