Configuration Save/Restore Add-In - Intel SCB2 - Server Board Motherboard Product Manual

Area
The Area menu has the following options:
Update: Use the loaded file to update the system. If a file was not selected, the system will
prompt you for one.
Verify: Compares the contents of the nonvolatile storage with the selected file. If a file was
not selected, the system will prompt you for one. You cannot verify the BIOS.
Help
The Help menu has the following options:
Help Topics: Displays help information about the System Update Add-in.
About SU: Displays System Update Add-in version information.
Recovery Agent
If the BMC firmware remote update fails, the server will reboot into the service partition and the
recovery agent will attempt to finish the update. The recovery agent is an executable file
(recover.exe) that exists on the service partition.

Configuration Save/Restore Add-In

Clicking on the Configuration Save/Restore Add-in (CSR) allows you to save configuration
information from various sources to a file. The CSR saves information from the following sources:
CMOS
ESCD
PCI records in non-volatile storage
Non-volatile emergency management port (EMP), platform event paging (PEP), and Platform
event filtering (PEF) settings
Buttons
Save To File: Displays a file dialog so you can choose a filename and location. The CSR then
tries to save any non-volatile configuration information it can to that file. Data is saved from
all sources. There is no way to choose only certain pieces of configuration data to save. The
CSR also saves the platform type, BIOS version and firmware version information in the file.
Restore From File: Displays a file dialog so you can choose a file containing configuration
data to restore. The CSR then reads the platform identification string from the file and
compares it to a string retrieved from the BIOS on the server. If the two do not match, an error
message is displayed and the restore operation aborts. If they do match, the add-in restores the
configuration data to the server. It prompts you to reboot the server for the new settings to
take effect.
NOTE
BIOS passwords are stored in the file. Restoring a configuration can make
passwords change on a server.
Close: Closes the CSR main window.
Help: Displays help information.
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