# ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Version 1.2.01 Readme

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# Table of Contents

- Overview
- Change history

- ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.2.01

- Installation
- Supported hardware and operating systems
- Supported deployment scenarios

- DOS-startable CD or DOS-startable diskette and data CD
- DOS-startable diskette and network share
- Remote Supervisor Adapter II or BladeCenter Management Module™ and network share
- Altiris® Deployment Solution™
- Microsoft® Automated Deployment Services (ADS)

- Solving ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit problems

- Error reporting
- Source system hangs during Linux deployment
- Loadlin fails to start Linux installation
- Problems with CD-based scenarios
- Known BIOS problems
- Device drivers will not load for 3Com Ethernet adapter
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 may hang during USB module insertion in xSeries 225, machine type 8649
- Errors running jobs under Altiris Deployment Solution Server Linux Edition

- Additional files, utilities, and information
  - Limitations
- Support Web sites
- Notices and trademarks

# Overview

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The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit is a collection of system-configuration tools and installation scripts that you can use to deploy operating systems to your IBM eServer or xSeries(R) server in a repeatable, predictable manner.

Translated versions of the licensing information and license agreement for ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit are available from the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Web site. See section 9.0, "Support Web sites," for more information.

# Change History

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This section contains information about the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit change history.

## ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.2.01

ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.2.01 includes the following changes:

- Support for the following servers:
  - xSeries 260, machine type 8865
  - xSeries 460, machine type 8872
- Additional Altiris support:
  - Support for Altiris Deployment Solution 6.1 SP2 for Windows
  - Creation of a helper batch file for Altiris Deployment Solution for Windows
    - Automatically loads the IBM supplied Altiris binary file.
    - Creates a custom IBM tools menu in the Altiris console.
- Support for the Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise) with integrated Service Pack 1.
- Addition of the following Win PE 32 utilities: hwdetect.exe, savestat.exe, clini.exe, dscan.exe, unattend.exe
- Addition of the following Win PE x64 utilities: hwdetect.exe, savestat.exe
- Addition of the following Linux utility: hwdetect
- Clini32.exe has been renamed to clini.exe and moved to sgtk\utils\win32 directory.
- Dscan32.exe has been renamed to dscan.exe and moved to sgtk\utils\win32 directory.
- Removal of the \b parameter from the altboot.exe utiltity.

## ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.2

ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.2 includes the following changes:

- Support for the following servers:
  - xSeries 366, machine type 8863
  - eServer 326, machine type 8848
  - AMD Opteron LS20 for IBM eServer BladeCenter, machine type 8850
- RAID/Storage configuration (DOS)
  - NEW Policy based RAID configuration and replication (PRAID.EXE)
  - Single user interface for configuring and replicating RAID controller settings
  - Ability to use the PRAID policies file to describe how your RAID controller should be configured or replicated
  - Customizable logic to determine what configuration to use with which controllers. This logic can include the machine type of the server, the number of drives connected to the controller, and the RAID controller type.
  - AUTO mode to configure using default settings
  - Ability to configure all RAID controllers in a system with a single program call
  - Features to save useful information about each captured configuration, including machine type, date and time of capture
  - Ability to restore all controllers to factory-default settings
  - ServeRAID 7e support on the xSeries 226 and xSeries 236 (utility upgrade)
  - ServeRAID 8i support (new utility)
  - Fibre configuration utility fix
  - Update configuration utilities to latest level
- Additional Altiris support for:
  - Fibre configuration task
  - Windows Director Agent installation task (post OS)
  - Windows Director Agent install with Scripted OS install
  - Policy based RAID configuration
  - Policy based RAID configuration Capture and Deploy
- Core Toolkit
  - DHCP support added
  - Router support added
- Drop support for the following servers:
  - xSeries 360, machine type 8686
  - xSeries 440, machine type 8687
  - eServer BladeCenter HS20, machine type 8678

## ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.1.01

ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.1.01 included the following changes:

- Support for the following servers:
  - xSeries 226, machine type 8648
  - xSeries 236, machine type 8841
  - xSeries 336, machine types 8837 and 1879
  - xSeries 346, machine types 8840 and 1880
  - eServer BladeCenter HS20, machine types 8843 and 1883
- Additional Altiris support:
  - Support for Altiris Deployment Solution 6.1 SP1 for Windows
  - Additions to Altiris Deployment Solutions for Windows version 6.0 and 6.1:
    - New to Hardware Configuration Events:
      - Capture RAID configuration
      - Deploy RAID configuration
      - Added operating system version specific installation events
    - New to System Update Events:
      - Windows Post-OS updates:
        - Run the UpdateXpress RemoteUX utility to update drivers
        - Run the UpdateXpress RemoteUX utility to update firmware
        - Capture CMOS settings to a binary file
        - Deploy CMOS settings from a binary file
      - Perform IBM ServeRAID BIOS and firmware updates
    - Additions to Altiris Deployment Solutions Linux version 5.6:
      - New to Hardware Configuration Events:
        - Capture RAID configuration
        - Deploy RAID configuration
      - Added operating system version-specific installation events
      - New to System Update Events:
        - Capture CMOS settings to a binary file
        - Deploy CMOS settings from a binary file
      - Perform IBM ServeRAID BIOS and firmware update
- Updated the ipssend.exe and ipssendl.exe utilities to version 7.10B to support IBM ServeRAID 7k on the xSeries 346
- A workaround has been provided to prevent a target machine with a Remote Supervisor Adapter-II from stopping when an operating system is being cloned using the Altiris Deployment Solution (Windows or Linux). All cloning jobs that are provided for the Altiris Deployment Solution have been changed to use "text" mode.

## ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.1

ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.1 included the following changes:

- New source tree directory structure taccommodate more deployment scenarios
- Support for Altiris Deployment Solution for Windows 6.0 and 6.1
- Support for Altiris Deployment Solution for Linux 5.6 SP1
- Enhanced Microsoft ADS support
  - Update the system BIOS
  - Update the ServeRAID BIOS and Firmware
  - Install the Windows Director Agent
- Support for Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
- Support for configuring Fibre Channel host bus adapters, including the following:
  - IBM TotalStorage FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter
  - IBM HS20 Fibre Channel Expansion Card
  - FAStT FC-2 Host Bus Adapter
- Enhanced support for configuring supported RAID controllers and adapters, including the following:
  - IBM ServeRAID 4H
  - IBM ServeRAID 4Lx
  - IBM ServeRAID 4Mx
  - IBM ServeRAID 5i
  - IBM ServeRAID 6i
  - IBM ServeRAID 6i+
  - IBM ServeRAID 6M
  - IBM ServeRAID 7e (Adaptec HostRAID) SATA
  - IBM ServeRAID 7e (Adaptec HostRAID) SCSI
  - IBM ServeRAID 7t
  - Integrated SCSI controllers with RAID capabilities based on the LSI 1020 and LSI 1030 chipsets.
  - LSI IDEal RAID controller in an IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20, machine type 8832
- Updated most utilities tnewer versions, for example:
  - ipssend.exe is now at version 7.0
  - Fixed intermittent hang in savestat.exe
  - Added new command line options tclini.exe
- Support for installing Windows with a BladeCenter Management Module virtual diskette
- Support for installing Director Agent with Windows
- Reworked environment variables treduce DOS environment space
- Updated "IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit User's Reference" document

## ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.0.02

ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.0.02 included the following changes:

- Support for the following servers:
  - xSeries 206, machine type 8482
  - xSeries 306, machine type 8836
  - eServer BladeCenter HS40, machine type 8839

## ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.0.01

ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.0.01 included the following changes:

- Support for the following servers:
  - xSeries 225, machine type 8649
  - eServer 325, machine type 8835
  - Reduced DOS environment space usage

## ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.0

This was the first release of ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit.

# Installation

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Instructions for unpacking the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit files are provided in the "IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit User's Reference." This guide is in Portable Document Format (PDF) and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.

The source tree directory structure changed with the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.1, so you cannot install over an earlier version. Many environment variables in the usrvars.bat and netvars.bat files also changed, so you cannot use existing scripts.

Note: Use of diskette images from ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.0.x is no longer supported.

Complete the following steps to upgrade to the current version of the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit from version 1.1 or higher:

1. From the installed Scripting Toolkit, delete the …\sgdeploy\sgtk directory and all of its contents.
2. Unpack the new ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Package for the Web file to the same location as the previous installation. During the unpacking process, accept updates to the following files:
   - …\sgdeploy\apps\appsdir.txt
   - …\sgdeploy\apps\diragent\diragdir.txt
   - …\sgdeploy\drvs\drvsdir.txt
   - …\sgdeploy\os\osdir.txt
   - …\sgdeploy\updates\updsdir.txt

When the package is unpacked, all of the distributed ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit files are updated. Note that all custom files and directories created under all of the other ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit directories are preserved.

# Supported hardware and operating systems

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You can use the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit to deploy operating systems to the following IBM eServer and xSeries servers:

- xSeries 205, machine type 8480
- xSeries 206, machine type 8482, 8487
- xSeries 225, machine type 8647, 8649
- xSeries 226, machine type 8648, 8488
- xSeries 235, machine type 8671
- xSeries 236, machine type 8841
- xSeries 255, machine type 8685
- xSeries 260, machine type 8865
- xSeries 305, machine type 8673
- xSeries 306, machine type 8836, 8489, 1878
- xSeries 335, machine type 8676, 8830
- xSeries 336, machine type 8837, 1879
- xSeries 345, machine type 8670
- xSeries 346, machine type 8840, 1880
- xSeries 365, machine type 8861, 8862
- xSeries 366, machine type 8863
- xSeries 445, machine type 8870
- xSeries 460, machine type 8872
- eServer 325, machine type 8835
- eServer 326, machine type 8848
- AMD Opteron LS20 for IBM eServer BladeCenter, machine type 8850
- eServer BladeCenter HS20, machine type 8832
- eServer BladeCenter HS20, machine type 8843, 1883
- eServer BladeCenter HS40, machine type 8839

Notes:

- The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit supports only standalone xSeries 445, machine type 8870 and xSeries 460, machine type 8872 servers.
- The device driver set from ServerGuide version 7.3 or later is supported by ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit version 1.1 or higher.

# Supported Hardware and Operating Systems

You can use the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit to deploy the following operating systems to supported servers:

- Windows 2000 (Server and Advanced Server)
- Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, and Web Editions)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 2.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 3

The following tables list the hardware and operating system compatibility of supported servers.

Server | ServeRAID (SCSI) | ServeRAID (SATA) | ServeRAID (SAS) | ServeRAID (E-SATA) | ServeRAID (E-SCSI) | LSI SCSI RAID | LSI IDEal RAID | Fibre Channel
xSeries 205 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
xSeries 206 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
xSeries 225 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 226 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
xSeries 235 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 236 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes
xSeries 255 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes
xSeries 260 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No
xSeries 305 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
xSeries 306 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
xSeries 335 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 336 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 345 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 346 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes
xSeries 365 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 366 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes
xSeries 445 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 455 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No
xSeries 460 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes
HS20 8832 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes
HS20 8843 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes
LS20 8850 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes
HS40 8839 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes
eSeries 325 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes
eSeries 326 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes

Server | Windows 2000 | Windows Server 2003 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
xSeries 205 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
xSeries 206 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 225 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
xSeries 226 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 235 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
xSeries 236 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 255 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
xSeries 260 | Yes | Yes | No | No
xSeries 305 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
xSeries 306 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
xSeries 335 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
xSeries 336 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 345 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
xSeries 346 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes
xSeries 365 | Yes | Yes | No | No
xSeries 366 | Yes | Yes | No | No
xSeries 445 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
xSeries 455 | No | No | No | No
xSeries 460 | No | Yes3 | No | No
HS20 8832 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
HS20 8843 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes
LS20 8850 | No | Yes1 | No | Yes
HS40 8839 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
eSeries 325 | No | Yes2 | Yes | Yes
eSeries 326 | No | Yes2 | Yes | Yes

Notes:

- 1 - Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, Standard, and Web Editions only.
- 2 - Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Standard Editions only.
- 3 - Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Standard Editions integrated with SP1.

# Supported Deployment Scenarios

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The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit supports the following deployment scenarios:

- DOS-startable CD or DOS-startable diskette and data CD
- DOS-startable diskette and network share
- Altiris Deployment Solution
- Microsoft Automated Deployment Services (ADS)

## DOS-startable CD or DOS-startable diskette and data CD

You can use a DOS-startable diskette with a data CD to deploy Microsoft Windows to all supported servers that have both a diskette drive and a CD drive. This includes all supported servers except the following:

- AMD Opteron LS20 for IBM eServer BladeCenter, machine type 8850
- eServer BladeCenter HS20, machine type 8832
- eServer BladeCenter HS20, machine type 8843, 1883
- eServer BladeCenter HS40, machine type 8839

You can use a DOS-startable CD to deploy Microsoft Windows tall supported servers that have a CD drive.

## DOS-startable diskette and network share

You can use a DOS-startable diskette with a network share to deploy Microsoft Windows or Red Hat Linux to all supported servers that have a diskette drive and access to a network share.

## Remote Supervisor Adapter II or BladeCenter Management Module and network share

You can use a virtual diskette to deploy Microsoft Windows to all supported servers that contain a Remote Supervisor Adapter II, or a BladeCenter Management Module. This includes all supported servers except the following:

- xSeries 335, machine type 8676, 8830
- eServer 325, machine type 8835

Note: The xSeries 445, machine type 8870 is supported only when a Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA is installed.

## Altiris Deployment Solution

You can use the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit with the Altiris Deployment Solution to deploy Microsoft Windows or Red Hat Linux to all supported servers. The following versions of Altiris Deployment Solution have been tested and are supported with this version of the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit:

- Altiris Deployment Solution for Linux, version 5.6 SP1
- Altiris Deployment Solution for Windows, version 6.0
- Altiris Deployment Solution for Windows, version 6.1
- Altiris Deployment Solution for Windows, version 6.1 SP1
- Altiris Deployment Solution for Windows, version 6.1 SP2

Note: Altiris Deployment Solution for Windows, version 6.0 does not support deployment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.

## Microsoft Automated Deployment Services (ADS)

You can use the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit to configure supported RAID adapters and controllers.

Note:In some cases, performing a memory-intensive DOS-based task such as updating the server BIOS code or IBM ServeRAID firmware code requires more conventional memory (RAM) than is available after loading the Microsoft ADS virtual boot diskette and the IBM ServerGuide Scripted Toolkit with network connectivity. The following list shows a representative sampling of server BIOS code updates using the ServerGuide Scripted Toolkit with ADS that have been tested:

Model | Name | Old BIOS | New BIOS | Status
8480 | x205 | 1.45 | 1.47 | Pass
8482 | x206 | 1.19 | 1.20 | Pass
8647 | x225 | 1.37 | 1.40 | Fail
8670 | x345 | 1.15 | 1.16 | Pass
8671 | x235 | 1.12 | 1.13 | Pass
8673 | x305 | 1.62 | 1.62 | Fail

Note:

Updating ServeRAID firmware using ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit with ADS was verified on an xSeries 225, machine type 8647 with a ServeRAID 4H RAID controller.

# Solving ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Problems

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This section contains information about solving problems that might occur as you use ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit.

## Error reporting

Each DOS batch file (sample scripts) performs a task, calls other ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit utilities to perform a task, or calls other batch files to perform a task. The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit performs limited error-checking using the return codes from the utilities that are called. Persistent-state information is used to communicate errors, which are otherwise cleared, that are returned from other batch files.

Note:
No log files are created by the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit to report errors.

When an error is encountered, the batch file currently in-process stops and displays an error message. If more than one batch file is in-process, each file will report an error message. You must correct the problem; then, restart the deployment scenario.

Attention: When you restart a deployment scenario after an error is encountered, the process always starts from the beginning. It does not resume from the last task correctly performed.

## Source system hangs during Linux deployment

When you are deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 2.1 from a source system running Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), the source system might appear to hang. To solve this problem, disable the IIS HTTP Keep-Alive feature.

## Loadlin fails to start Linux installation

Loadlin might fail to start the Linux installation if the parameter file contains more than 256 characters. By default, the maximum command-line length that can be passed to the kernel is 256 characters. See the Loadlin documentation for information about changing the Linux kernel command-line length.

## Problems with CD-based scenarios

When you create a CD for a deployment scenario, be sure to enable all DOS 8.3 character file names in the ISO image. Otherwise, file names that contain characters such as the tilde (~), dollar sign ($), and number sign (#) might be renamed and cause the CD-based deployment scenario to fail.

## Known BIOS problems

This section contains information about known BIOS problems involving the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit.

### eServer xSeries 305 Type 8673, BIOS version 1.68A, build ID PLET68A

If the BIOS update loops continuously and does not get past the update portion of its processing, edit the lcreflash.bat BIOS file.

- lcreflsh.bat is located in the following directory, if the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit was setup using the default settings:

      \sgshare\sgdeploy\updates\8673\BIOS

- Edit the lcreflash.bat file tremove the /r flag. The revised file should have the following line:

      flash2 /i:flashfil.fls /v /u

- Save changes to the file; then, start the Toolkit process.

### eServer 326 Type 8848, BIOS version 1.16, build ID M2JT16A

If the BIOS update loops continuously and does not get past the update portion of its processing, edit the lcreflash.bat BIOS file.

- lcreflsh.bat is located in the following directory, if the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit was setup using the default settings:

      \sgshare\sgdeploy\updates\8848\BIOS

- Edit the lcreflash.bat file tremove the /r flag. The revised file should have the following line:

      flash2.exe /U /x /I:flashfil.fls

- Save changes to the file; then, start the Toolkit process.

### BladeCenter HS40 Type 8839, BIOS

Attempting to upgrade the BladeCenter HS40 BIOS using the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit integrated with the Altiris Deployment Solution Linux Edition version 5.6 SP1 will fail.

To ensure a successful upgrade, you must edit the LCREFLSH.BAT BIOS file distributed with the BIOS update files:

- LCREFLSH.BAT is located in the following directory, if the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit was setup using the default settings:

      \sgshare\sgdeploy\updates\8839\BIOS

- Replace the following line in the lcreflsh.bat file:

      COPY /B SBX44.001+SBX44.002

  with

      copy /b sbx44.001+sbx44.002

- Save changes to the file; then, start the Toolkit process.

### xSeries 365 Type 8861,8862, BIOS version 1.08, build ID RDJT28a

When you deploy CMOS settings from a binary file, the "restore boot order" function does not work correctly.

Currently, there is no work around for this problem.

## Device drivers will not load for 3Com Ethernet adapter

The 3Com Ethernet device driver available from the 3Com Website is combined with the Dynamic Access software on a single diskette. The ServerGuide Toolkit is unable to load the device driver from this combined image.

The 3Com Ethernet device driver that is available from the IBM Support Website is packaged separately from the Dynamic Access software. If the device driver fails to load, download the device driver that is packaged by itself, without the Dynamic Access software. If you are unable to download the device driver by itself, delete the DASetup.exe file from the root of the combined driver diskette prior to scanning the driver with DScan.

## Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 may hang during USB module insertion in xSeries 225, machine type 8649

Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 may hang during USB module insertion in the xSeries 225, machine type 8649. To prevent this problem, make the following change to the LOADLIN parameter file generation section of the INSTOS.BAT file in the sgdeploy\sgtk\examples\linux directory:

Before change:

echo /dev/ram rw initrd=%IRD_PATH%\%IRD_FILE% >> %RAMDSK%\ LOADLIN.PAR

After change:

echo /dev/ram rw initrd=%IRD_PATH%\%IRD_FILE% nousb >> %RAMDSK%\ LOADLIN.PAR

## Errors running jobs under Altiris Deployment Solution Server Linux Edition

You may encounter errors during the power management task when running some jobs under the Altiris Deployment Solutions Server Linux Edition. If error code 2 is returned in the server logs during the power management step and the following text is displayed on the client console:

"WARNING: We need to boot to production mode but a production partition does not exist."

It may be necessary to cancel all tasks, delete the affected computer from the web console and then force a rescan of the affected computer.

Please refer to the Altiris Knowledge Base Article # AKB5837.

# Additional Files, Utilities, And Information

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This section contains information that is not documented in the "IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit User's Reference."

## Limitations

The following limitations are applicable to this version of the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit:

- The emm386.exe expanded memory device driver is not supported by the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit. The following utilities and functions are incompatible with this device driver:
  - hwdetect.exe
  - savestat.exe
  - BIOS code updates
  - Firmware code updates
  - PRAID.EXE
- Enabling and then either configuring or installing to the LSI IDEal RAID devices on the eServer BladeCenter HS40, machine type 8839 is not supported by the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit.
- The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit supports the installation of only IBM Director Agent 4.20 or later.
- For altboot.exe, the /b parameter is not supported in this release.
- ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.2.01 does not support the update of ServeRAID-8i BIOS or Firmware.

# Support Web Sites

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The following Web pages provide resources for understanding, using, and troubleshooting IBM deployment and systems-management software:

- IBM Remote Deployment Manager page

  http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/sys_migration/rdm.html

  This Web page provides an overview of IBM Remote Deployment Manager.

- IBM ServerGuide page

  http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/eserver/xseries/serverguide/index.html

  This Web page provides an overview of ServerGuide.

- IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit page

  http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/ document.do?lndocid=MIGR-53564

  This Web page provides an overview of the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit. You can download the latest version of this file here.

- IBM ServerProven® page

  http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/index.html

  This Web page provides compatibility information about hardware, software, and middleware.

- IBM Support page

  http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/

  This is the IBM Support Web site for IBM hardware and systems-management software.

- IBM Systems Management Software: Download/Electronic Support page

  http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/eserver/xseries/systems_management/ dwnl.html

  Use this Web page to download IBM systems-management software, including the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit.

- IBM UpdateXpress page

  http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/ systems_management/sys_migration/xpress.html

  This Web page provides an overview of UpdateXpress. It also contains links to pages from which you can download UpdateXpress, order an UpdateXpress CD, or purchase a subscription from a vendor other than IBM.

- IBM xSeries Systems Management page

  http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/eserver/xseries/systems_management/index.html

  This Web page provides an overview of IBM systems-management software.

# Notices And Trademarks

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BladeCenter

eServer

IBM ServerGuide

ServerProven

ServeRAID

xSeries

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