User’s Manual
Table Of Contents
- About this guide
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Chapter 2: Main Menu Overview
- Chapter 3: Deploy Management
- 3.1 Agent Management overview
- 3.2 Deploying agents
- 3.2.1 Automatically scanning and deploying to devices
- 3.2.2 Scanning an IP range
- 3.2.3 Adding and deploying to devices
- 3.2.4 Editing device information
- 3.2.5 Installing Agents manually
- 3.2.6 Installing Agents in silent mode
- 3.2.7 Upgrading older versions of agents or repairing agents
- 3.2.8 Setting up a Windows 7 deployment environment
- 3.3 Removing agents
- 3.4 Client Agent Updater
- Chapter 4: Device Information
- Chapter 5: Management Functions
- 5.1 Metadata Management
- 5.2 Software Management
- 5.3 Task Scheduler
- 5.4 OOB Control
- 5.5 Management Control Overview
- 5.6 Management Control Information Overview
- 5.7 DASH Management Control Information
- 5.8 RTL8117 Management Control Information
- 5.9 vPro Management Control Information
- 5.10 BMC Management Control Information
- 5.10.1 Hardware Sensor
- 5.10.2 Inventory
- 5.10.3 Control
- 5.10.4 Remote Desktop
- 5.10.5 Smart BIOS
- 5.10.6 Firmware Update
- 5.10.7 Event Log
- 5.10.8 IPMI
- 5.10.9 IPMI Serial-over-LAN (SOL)
- 5.10.10 Settings
- 5.10.11 Configuration
- 5.10.12 FRU Information
- 5.10.13 Image Redirection
- 5.10.14 Platform Event Filters
- 5.10.14 BSOD Capture
- 5.11 Screen Broadcast
- Chapter 6: Settings Migrator
- Chapter 7: Report Generator
- Chapter 8: Account & General Settings
4-24 Chapter 4: Device Information
Flashing BIOS from the BIOS cache
You can select a BIOS file from the BIOS cache.
1. Select
Flash from BIOS Cache
in the
BIOS
Flash
Type
field.
This option will only appear if only a single device was selected.
2. An applicable BIOS file should be automatically selected, if you wish to
select another BIOS file, click on the
BIOS Cache List
drop down menu.
Ensure to select a BIOS file for all devices if you are updating the BIOS for
multiple devices.
3. Select your
Flash Mode
, then click on
Flash BIOS
.
Hardware Flash Mode is only available if the client device is connected using a
management LAN port which supports RTL 8117 LAN IC.
4. Click
OK
on the pop up message, a new pop up message should appear.
5. If you would like to automatically shutdown the client device when the BIOS
update is completed, please click
Yes
on the pop up window. If you would
like to manually shutdown the client device click
No
.
If you selected
Yes
, the device will automatically shutdown after the update
and this action will be reflected in the Mission Center.
If you selected
No
, the device will update the BIOS and the update result
will appear in the Mission Center. Click on the update result in the Mission
Center and click
Shutdown
to manually shutdown the device.