Western Digital Ultrastar Serv60+8 User Manual page 340

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b. Locate the line that is labeled
to it. In this example, the boot number is
boot command.
c. Setup the one-time boot option by issuing the command:
d. Verify that BootNext has changed to
be booted next when the enclosure is restarted.
e. Restart the enclosure.
Step 4 : Once the enclosure boots through the normal boot screen, navigate to the root of the EFI
partition and delete the Startup.nsh and the folder from the update files. Failure to delete these
files can lead to the enclosure being set on a continuous boot loop.
efibootmgr
The efibootmgr will display a list of boot manager options.
efibootmgr Options
root@root: /home/hgst/Downloads/BIOS Update# efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0014
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0014, 0005, 0007, 0009, 000B, 000D, 000F, 0011, 0013,
0004, 0006, 0008,
000A, 000C, 0000, 0001, 0002, 000E, 0010, 0012, 0003
Boot0000* Enter Setup
Boot0001 Boot Device List
Boot0002 Network Boot
Boot0003* Launch EFI Shell
...
efibootmgr -n 0003
The command will return the following information related to the next boot of the
enclosure.
One-time boot Option
root@root: /home/hgst/Downloads/BIOS Update# efibootmgr -n 0003
BootNext: 0003
BootCurrent: 0014
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0014, 0005, 0007, 0009, 000B, 000D, 000F, 0011, 0013,
0004, 0006, 0008,
000A, 000C, 0000, 0001, 0002, 000E, 0010, 0012, 0003
Boot0000* Enter Setup
Boot0001 Boot Device List
Boot0002 Network Boot
Boot0003* Launch EFI Shell
...
The EFI shell will automatically launch the Startup.nsh file and start the BIOS update.
The BIOS will begin to flash on the system and the enclosure will restart. Once the
system restarts, it will run through the different components to verify that there were
no errors that occurred during the update. After the second restart, the system will
take 3-5 minutes longer than normal to boot up as the new BIOS image is flashed to
the backup BIOS flash.
and identify the boot number next
Launch EFI Shell
and it will be used to issue the one-time
0003
. The BootNext value indicates what option will
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5.3 BIOS Firmware Update
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