Server Management Guide
BMC Firmware Update Procedure
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3 BMC Firmware Update Procedure
BMC firmware can be updated from pre-OS and OS present environments, such as Extensible
Firmware Interface, Microsoft Windows* Pre-installation Environment (WinPE), Microsoft Windows*
Server and Red Hat* or SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server operating systems.
You can download the server firmware update package from http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/.
3.1 Update BMC firmware under EFI
Intel
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provides a firmware update package for EFI for each platform on the support web site. In order
to download the update and run it under EFI, a USB key is frequently used. Use the following steps
for reference:
Copy “Firmware update package for EFI” (name may vary depending on the platform) to the USB
Key and insert USB key to the system.
Boot system to EFI.
Change from EFI shell to USB key (for example, fs0:).
Change directory to the folder where the BMC update package is located.
Run “BMCxx.nsh” to perform the BMC update.
After update is completed, reboot the system.
Verify that the BMC firmware has been successfully updated by viewing “System Management
Page” in the BIOS menu.
3.2 Update BMC firmware under WinPE
Microsoft Windows Pre-installation Environment* (WinPE*):
In order to build a customized WinPE CD for factory build purpose, you have to prepare the
following content:
The package “Firmware Update Package for the Intel
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Deployment Assistant, Intel
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One-boot
Flash Utility, Intel
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embedded EFI shell, and Microsoft Windows* Pre-installation Execution
Environment (WinPE)” (name of the package may vary depending on the platform) is posted for
each platform on Intel
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’s support web site. This download contains BIOS, BMC, FRUSDR, and
HSC code for use with the customized WinPE CD.
Microsoft WinPE* CD
“BIOS, Firmware Update and Configuration utilities for Microsoft Windows* PE” for each
platform on the support web site.
Detailed instructions for building the Customized WinPE CD are available on Intel
®
’s support web site
under the “BIOS, Firmware Update and Configuration utilities for Microsoft Windows* PE” package by
clicking the “Deployment Procedure for Microsoft Windows* Pre-installation Environment” link.