Updating The Dmi/Smbios Data - Lenovo NeXtScale nx360 M4 Installation And Service Manual

Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM website. The actual procedure might vary
slightly from what is described in this document.
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/supportportal.
2. Click on the Downloads tab at the top of the panel.
3. Under ToolsCenter, select View ToolsCenter downloads.
4. Select Advanced Settings Utility (ASU).
5. Scroll down and click on the link and download the ASU version for your operating system.
Scroll down and look under Online Help to download the Advanced Settings Utility Users
Guide.
• Remote LAN access, type the command:
Note: When using the remote LAN access method to access IMM using the LAN from a client,
the host and the imm_external_ip address are required parameters.
host <imm_external_ip> [user <imm_user_id>][password <imm_password>]
Where:
imm_external_ip
The external IMM LAN IP address. There is no default value. This parameter is required.
imm_user_id
The IMM account (1 of 12 accounts). The default value is USERID.
imm_password
The IMM account password (1 of 12 accounts). The default value is PASSW0RD (with
a zero 0 not an O).
The following commands are examples of using the userid and password default values and
not using the default values:
Example that does not use the userid and password default values:
asu set SYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SYsInfoUUID <uuid_value> –host <imm_ip>
–user <user_id> –password <password>
Example that does use the userid and password default values:
asu set SYSTEM_PROD_DATA.SysInfoUUID <uuid_value> –host <imm_ip>
• Bootable media: You can also build a bootable media using
the applications available through the ToolsCenter website at
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=TOOL-CENTER. From the IBM
ToolsCenter page, scroll down for the available tools.
Step 5. Restart the server.

Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data

Use this information to update the DMI/SMBIOS data.
The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) must be updated when the system board is replaced. Use the
Advanced Settings Utility to update the DMI in the UEFI-based server. The ASU is an online tool that
supports several operating systems. Make sure that you download the version for your operating system.
You can download the ASU from the IBM website. To download the ASU and update the DMI, complete the
following steps.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM website. The actual procedure might vary slightly from
what is described in this document.
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