Server Management Guide

BMC Firmware Update Procedure
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Server Boards and Server Platforms Server Management Guide
3.3 Update BMC firmware under IDA
Intel
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Deployment Assistant:
To use IDA, download and copy “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) to your
USB key:
Boot system using the Intel
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Server Deployment Toolkit CD that shipped with the system.
Click “Get System Updates”. It will automatically locate and download the latest update packages
(BIOS, BMC firmware, and FRUSDR) and choose the updates to be applied to this server.
Under the “Download Updates” page, select “From USB Disk on Key or hard disk” and browse
the “Firmware Update Package for the Intel
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Deployment Assistant, Intel
®
One-boot Flash Utility,
Intel
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embedded EFI shell and Microsoft Windows* Pre-Boot Execution Environment (WinPE)”
zip file (file name may vary depending on the platform).
After FW update is completed, reboot the system.
3.4 Update BMC firmware using OFU for Microsoft
Windows*
Microsoft Windows*:
This method requires the Intel
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One Boot Flash Update utility (Intel
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OFU), which needs to be
downloaded from Intel
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s support web site and is part of the BIOS, Firmware Update and configuration
utilities for Microsoft Windows*:
Extract the Intel
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OFU package for Microsoft Windows* and double-click Setup_Win.exe. It will
install the Intel
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OFU utility for Microsoft Windows* to your system. You can also use the Intel
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System Management Software CD to install the Intel
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OFU utility from the CD’s auto-run menu.
Download and copy “Firmware Update Package for the Intel
®
Deployment Assistant, Intel
®
One-
boot Flash Utility, Intel
®
embedded EFI shell and Microsoft Windows* Preboot Execution
Environment (WinPE)” (name may vary depending on the platform) from the support web site to
your USB key.
Run flashupdt u /updatepackage_location/flashupdt.cfg
The new BMC firmware takes effect the next time system is rebooted.
3.5 Update BMC firmware using OFU for Linux*
Linux*:
Intel
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provides a solution to allow the customer to update the BMC firmware while Linux* OS is
running.