IBM 88743BU User Manual - Page 326
Installing the BMC device drivers, Download the BMC device drivers
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Review each readme file for considerations and limitations. To update the BMC, follow the instructions in 5.1, "Updating firmware and BIOS" on page 246. 6.1.8 Installing the BMC device drivers The device drivers are required to provide operating system support and in-band communication with IBM Director. This section describes how to install the IPMI device drivers on Windows and Linux platforms. The required device drivers are listed in Table 6-1. Table 6-1 IPMI required device drivers Device driver Additional commands OSAa IPMI device driver Required for in-band communication with IBM Director and BMC system utilities OSA IPMI library This is the OSA IPMI mapping layer. Includes the BMC Mapping Layer, which maps the dot.commands to IPMI commands. Required for in-band communication with IBM Director. IBM ASR service Required for Automatic Server Restart functionality Microsoft IPMI Microsoft IPMI driver interface, support for new IBM update tools in Windows OS OpenIPMI Open source IPMI driver for Linux OS a. OSA Technologies, Inc. is part of the Avocent corporation. The device drivers must be installed in a specific order or the installation can fail: 1. Either of the following drivers can be installed first: - OSA IPMI device driver, then OSA IPMI library (mapping layer) - Microsoft IPMI driver (any third-party driver must be uninstalled first) 2. IBM IPMI ASR service Download the BMC device drivers To download the drivers appropriate for your server: 1. Go to the Support for IBM System x Web page: http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/x 2. Under Popular links, click Software and device drivers. 3. Select your product, for example, System x3850 M2 (7141,7144) 4. Use the category OSA IPMI. 308 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2