Procedure In Ft Server Utility - NEC Express5800 Series Maintenance Manual

Chapter 1 Maintenance
4.6.2

Procedure in ft Server Utility

Take the steps below to update BMC firmware.
1. Save the image data of the BMC update firmware in a desired directory of the server. Write down the
path to the directory in which the image data is saved.
2. Select the secondary PCI module.
3. Check Current state of the target component by selecting Refresh.
4. Select a firmware #n under the target BMC #n in the [BMC] tree.
BMC #0 is BMC of the PCI module (ID:10), BMC #1 is BMC of the PCI module (ID:11).
5. Select Update of firmware update.
When update starts, the following message is output to syslog.
kernel: EVLOG: INFORMATION - BMC nn/120, firmware burn starting.
Sample screen of ft Server Utility
Important To update BMC firmware, a firmware image file for updating needs to be stored on
the server.
The color of the screen may be different due to newt package used for screen display.
Tips
However, the initial position is Update on firmware screen.
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