Firmware Upgrades; Bios; Lan Bypass; Replacing Frus - Advantech FWA-5020 User Manual

3.4

Firmware Upgrades

3.4.1 BIOS

The BIOS can be upgraded using "ipmitool" under Linux. ipmitool-1.8.15 or newer is
required. Or go for IPMI command with HPM.1 to upgrade the BIOS .s
"ipmitool" is available via
major Linux distributions. Documentation on ipmitool can also be found there.
Start ipmitool with the following parameters to update the BIOS on the FWA-5020:
A. ipmitool hpm upgrade (BIOS Name) -z 255 force
B. ipmitool hpm activate
C. reboot system and follow step A to flash second BIOS chip.

3.4.2 LAN Bypass

LAN Bypass Firmware can be upgraded via the LAN Bypass Software. Please refer
to the Advanced LAN Bypass User's Manual for details.
3.5

Replacing FRUs

Please make sure you follow the safety guidelines presented in section1.1 when
making changes to the hardware.
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