Firmware Upgrades - Advantech sky-8100 User Manual

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3.3 Firmware Upgrades

Advanced Platform Management allows users to update the SKY-8100's firmware via
the BMC's system or LAN interfaces using the HPM.1 protocol and related definitions.
Firmware components supported include the BMC firmware itself as well as the system
BIOS. For improved reliability most updateable components support a backup image
stored in a dedicated, redundant flash chip. The BMC will perform an automatic rollback
in case of an upgrade failure to recover the unit to its previous well known state.
Note!
Please note that the functionality of BMC will be degraded while uploading
BMC firmware. Some functionality including sensor listing, BMC information
etc., will not be available at that time.
There are four components subject to firmware upgrades in the SKY-8100:
Component 0: BMC bootloader
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Component 1: BMC application firmware
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Component 2: System BIOS
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Component 3: BIOS NVRAM
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Caution!
Please note that the BMC boot loader is a hardened and minimized firmware
component which is not subject to field updates as it does not support fail safe
updates via rollback capabilities. The upgrade capability of the boot loader is
only intended for factory use. A failing update in the field may leave the unit
dysfunctional and may result in the requirement for on premise service access
and / or RMA.
Ipmitool version xyz or later support HPM.1 firmware updates. This tool is part of all
major Linux distributions.
We recommend that users perform a BMC or BIOS firmware upgrade through IOL
(IPMI over LAN) interface. In such case, BMC IP shall be properly set before
proceeding firmware upgrades. Please refer to SKY-8100 BMC User's Guide for
details.
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Restores the User defaults to all the setup
options.
This option allows you to override the
specified boot order and use a different
boot device for the next boot.
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