Identifying Your Server; Updating The Baseboard Management Controller Firmware - Gateway E-9425R User Manual

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Tips & Tricks
Passwords can also be cleared using
jumpers on the system board. For
instructions, see "Resetting BIOS
passwords" on page

Identifying your server

Updating the baseboard management controller firmware

Select the
2 Security
Enter the current password, then press E
3
For the new password, leave the password field blank, then press E
4
The password is removed.
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While you are working on a cabinet that contains several slim servers, it can be
difficult to keep track of which server or servers you are currently working on.
The System ID indicators are a yellow LED (front) and a blue LED (back) that you
can turn on to help you locate the correct server. For the System ID indicator
to turn on, the server does not need to be turned on, but it does need to be
plugged in.
To turn on the System ID indicator:
Press the ID button on the control panel of the server. The yellow (front)
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and blue (back) System ID LED indicators turn on. For the location of these
LEDs, see "LED information" on page
To turn off the indicator, press the System ID button.
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The baseboard management controller (BMC) performs several system
management functions such as:
Monitoring server components (FRU) and sensor data records (SDR) (the
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information provided depends on the option selected)
Managing non-volatile storage for the system event log and sensor data
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records
Interfacing with the emergency management port to send alerts and
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interact with remote management systems
Fault resilient booting (the extent depends on the option selected)
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You should update the BMC firmware when Gateway Customer Care has
instructed you to update it.
To update the BMC firmware:
Download the BMC update file from support.gateway.com and copy onto
1
a USB Disk-on-key device.
Turn off and boot the system from the SCDVD, then open the command
2
line.
At the command line, change directories to the USB Disk-on-key device.
3
Run the update utility on the USB Disk-on-key device.
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menu, then select the password to remove.
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Identifying your server
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