RELEASE NOTES FOR Intel System Information Retrieval Utility (sysinfo) Version 1.2 September 30, 2010 Copyright (c) 2010 Intel Corporation. =========================================== Contents -------- 1. Introduction 2. Supported Platforms 3. Supported Operating Systems 4. Pre-requisites 5. Installation and Un-installation 6. Usage 7. Known Issues 8. Unsupported Features 9. Legal Information 1. Introduction --------------- The System Information Retrieval UTILITY (sysinfo) used for collecting the system information. This utility dumps the following information either to a console or to a log file: 1. Platform Firmware Inventory 2. Sensors 3. Sensor Data Records 4. BMC SEL (IN HUMAN READABLE FORM) 5. BMC SEL (IN HEX FORM) 6. Base Board FRU 7. System BMC Boot Order 8. BMC User Settings 9. BMC LAN Channel Settings 10. BMC SOL Channel Settings 11. BMC Power Restore Policy Settings 12. BMC channel settings 13. SMBIOS Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 14. Memory 15. Processor 16. SATA 17. IDESCSI 18. HARD Drive 19. Operating System Information 20. Device Manager Information (a.k.a drivers) 21. List Of Software Installed 22. Operating System Event Log 23. PCI Bus Device Information 24. RAID settings and RAID log 25. BIOS Settings (per BIOS SETUP F2 Screen). 2. Supported Platforms ---------------------- S5000 platform series S5500 and S5520 platform series S3420 platform series S5400SF,S7000FC4UR,S3200SH platforms 3. Supported Operating Systems ------------------------------ Windows 2003 R2 SP2 (32 bit and EM64T) Windows 2008 (32 bit and EM64T) Windows 2008 R2 (EM64T) 4. Pre-requisites ----------------- 1. Boot to windows 2003 R2 SP2 or windows 2008 (32 bit or EM64T) with WMI enabled. 2. All RAID drivers for the corresponding platform to be installed. Otherwise, utility will not display RAID information. 5. Installation and Un-installation ----------------------------------- Installation: ------------ 1. Copy the compressed ZIP file into your local directory (e.g. C:\sysinfo) 2. Unzip the folder 3. There will be a main folder with ReleaseNotes.txt, Drivers, Binaries, License |----ReleaseNote.txt |----Drivers |----Binaries |----License |----Intel_System_Information_Retrieval_Utility_v1_2.pdf 4. GOTO Binaries\ folder 5. Run install.bat (for installing SysInfo) 6. Run sysinfo.exe 7. sysinfo.exe logs system information in 5 different log files a. sysinfo_log.txt ( Platform Firmware Inventory, Sensors, Sensor Data Records, BMC SEL (IN HUMAN READABLE FORM), BMC SEL (IN HEX FORM), Base Board FRU, System BMC Boot Order, BMC User Settings, BMC LAN Channel Settings, BMC SOL Channel Settings, BMC Power Restore Policy Settings, BMC channel settings, SMBIOS Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Memory, Processor, IDESCSI, HARD Drive, Operating System Information, Device Manager Information (a.k.a drivers), List Of Software Installed, BIOS Settings (per BIOS SETUP F2 Screen)). b. RAID_NVRAMlog.txt (RAID settings and RAID log) c. OS_Eventlog.txt (Operating System Event Log) d. SATA_log.txt (SATA information) e. PCI_log.txt (PCI Bus information). Uninstallation: --------------- 1. GOTO Binaries\ folder in the main folder 2. Run uninstall.bat (for un-installing sysinfo). 6. Usage -------- 1. Command line Interface sysinfo.exe a. To view the command-line help page: sysinfo.exe -h or -? b. sysinfo logs system information in 3 log files (sysinfo_log.txt, RAID_NVRAMlog.txt, OS_Eventlog.txt). sysinfo.exe [followed by ENTER key] c. sysinfo logs SATA and PCI bus information in 2 log files (SATA_log.txt, PCI_log.txt) sysinfo.exe -sata -pci 7. Known Issues --------------- 1. sysinfo doesn't log HDD information if HSBP backplane is installed. 2. To collect PCI / SATA info, sysinfo uses memrwd.sys driver. This driver is not WHQL certified. 3. To display sensor information, user needs to install Intel IMB driver (** if only Microsoft IPMI driver is installed on the system **). a. To install Intel IMB driver, run install-imbdriver.bat on console. install-imbdriver.bat is available in Binaries\ folder. b. to un-install Intel IMB driver, run uninstall-imbdriver.bat on console. uninstall-imbdriver.bat is available in Binaries\ folder. Note: If only Microsoft IPMI driver available. You may see errors "GetDeviceID ret = -1. IPMI session failure" under "Seneors" section. 8. Unsupported Features ----------------------- None. 9. Legal Information -------------------- ======================================================== LEGAL INFORMATION ======================================================== Informaton in this document is provided in connection with Intel Products and for the purpose of supporting Intel developed server boards and systems. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document. 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