RELEASE NOTES FOR Intel System Information Retrieval Utility (sysinfo)

Version 10.0 Build 6
Mar 14, 2011


Copyright (c) 2011 Intel Corporation.

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Contents
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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. Changes since previous release
10. Legal Information


1. Introduction
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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
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    S1200BT platform series.


3. Supported Operating Systems
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    Windows 2003 R2 SP2 (32 bit and EM64T)
    Windows 2008 (32 bit and EM64T)
    Windows 2008 R2 (EM64T)


4. Pre-requisites
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   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
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   Installation:
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     1. Copy the compressed ZIP file into your local directory (e.g. C:\sysinfo)
     2. Unzip the folder
     3. GOTO Windows folder. (windows release notes is available in this folder)
     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:
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     1. GOTO windows\Binaries\ folder in the main folder
     2. Run uninstall.bat (for un-installing sysinfo).

6. Usage
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   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 system information in 2 log files (SATA_log.txt, PCI_log.txt).
	     sysinfo.exe -sata -pci



7. Known Issues
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      1. sysinfo doesn't log HDD information if HSBP backplane is installed.

       
8. Unsupported Features
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      1. Displaying SATA and PCI information.


9. Changes since previous release
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      1. Added support for S1200BTS platform series. The BMC related information will not be logged for this platform.
  
10. Legal Information
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                               LEGAL INFORMATION

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