IBM Advanced Settings Utility for x86_64 Linux Version 2.1.1 (Build ID ASUT35A) Installation README File CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 3.0 Configuration Information 4.0 Unattended Mode 5.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 6.0 Trademarks and Notices 7.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview 1.1 This README file contains the latest information about installing the Advanced Settings Utility for DOS. 1.2 Limitations: N/A 1.3 Enhancements: N/A 1.4 Recommendations and Prerequisites for the Update: N/A 1.5 Dependencies - Definition files must be at version 1.6.2 or below. 2.0 Installation and Setup Instructions The procedure to install the Advanced Settings Utility for x86_64 Linux is as follows: 2.1 Copy the .tgz to a directory on the hard drive. 2.2 Run "tar zxf .tgz" where .tgz is the downloaded .tgz. NOTE: For ASU version 2.1 and greater, ASU supports certificate generation using RSA/RSAII commands. As part of the rsa command "generate" a xml file is needed as an argument for the generate command. The xml file contains information that is needed at the time of certificate generation. When the extraction is done a template.xml is provided in the same directory where this readme is placed. In the template.xml, XXXX indicates fields where the user should imput the information for that particular item in the xml file. The items have min and max lengths which are defined in the xml file. If the item is defined as "Optional" and if it not needed, the user should delete that item from the xml file before executing the generate command. The xml file supports the two types of RSA certificate generation: "Generate Self-Signed Certificate" and "Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR)". Syntax of the asu commands are: ./asu64 generate RSA_Generate_SSL_Server_Certificate temp.xml ./asu64 generate RSA_Generate_SSL_Server_CSR temp.xml ./asu64 generate RSA_Generate_SSL_Client_Certificate temp.xml ./asu64 generate RSA_Generate_SSL_Client_CSR temp.xml 3.0 Configuration Information ASU 2.0(and higher) contains the RSA and BMC definition files(patches) already. Depending on the machine that you are running, BIOS CMOS definition file(patch) might also be present. To check what definition files(patches) are avaliable run "./asu64 patchlist". The patches that are available will be displayed. If the system does not have RSA, and the user issues any commands that would use the RSA an error message is presented to remove the RSA patch. To remove the RSA patch, the user should execute "./asu64 patchlist" to determine which patch # corresponds to the RSA patch. Execute the asu command "./asu64 patchremove #", where # is the patch number that corresponds to the RSA patch. Similar if the system does not have a BMC, the user would do the same steps as was describe to remove the RSA patch. If a BIOS CMOS definition file(patch) is not present and the operator needs this definition file(patch), then the operator needs to add it. The steps to add the BIOS definition file(patch) to asu: 3.1 Download/copy the definition file .exe to the same directory on the hard drive to which asu.exe was extracted. The BIOS definition file exe can be downloaded from the support download site for the selected machine/model. 3.2 Extract the definition file by running the exe at the command line. This will place the ".def" in the directory the exe is executed from. 3.3 Run "./asu64 patchadd .def" where .def is the .def extracted from the downloaded .exe. 4.0 Unattended Mode All ASU operations are command line based and don't wait for user input. As such, ASU can be scripted by using "batch" mode (see the Advanced Settings Utility User's Guide for more details) or any scripting facility of your operating system. 5.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 5.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support 5.2 IBM Marketing Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/eserver/xseries/ 5.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problems applying the update go to the following Help Center World Telephone Numbers URL: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QYL.html. 6.0 Trademarks and Notices 6.1 IBM and the e(logo) are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. 6.2 U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Contract with IBM Corporation. IBM web site pages may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information which should be observed. 7.0 Disclaimer 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 PANTENTS OR COPYRIGHTS.