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- Page 1 Firmware Update and Manual recovery Instructions The X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/ BH12 Motherboards USER'S GUIDE Revision 1.0...
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- Page 3 To best utilize our products, please bear in mind that all Supermicro products are intended to be installed, configured, and serviced by professional technicians only. For processor/memory updates, please refer to our website at http://www.supermicro.com/products/.
- Page 4 Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Website: www.supermicro.com...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Chapter 2 Firmware Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards 2.1 Recovering the BMC Firmware ..................19 2.2 Recovering the BIOS Firmware ..................22 Chapter 3 Updating the Golden Image for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/ BH12 Motherboards 3.1 Updating the Firmware Golden Image ................26 3.2 Updating the BIOS Golden Image ..................27... -
Page 6: Using The Bmc For Firmware Updates
Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide Chapter 1 Firmware Updates for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/ B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards This chapter provides hands-on, practical instructions on how to perform firmware updates for Supermicro X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 motherboards using the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) firmware via WebGUI (Graphical User Interface). - Page 7 BMC for the first time, please use the unique password provided by Supermicro to log in. You can change the unique password to a password of your choice for subsequent logins. For more information regarding BMC passwords, please...
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Page 8: Updating The Bmc Firmware
Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide 1.2 Updating the BMC Firmware Follow the instructions given on Section 1.1.2 to access the BMC Login page. Click <Login> and enter the BMC home page as shown on the screen below. -
Page 9: Selecting An Image File For Firmware (Bmc) Update
Chapter 1: Firmware Updates for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards 1.2.2 Selecting an Image File for Firmware (BMC) Update The screen above allows you to choose an image file for your firmware (BMC) update. To update your BMC to a desired BMC version, follow the instructions below. -
Page 10: Updating The Bmc To A Different Version Of Bmc
Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide 1.2.3 Updating the BMC to a Different Version of BMC To update your BMC to a different version of BMC, follow the instructions below. 1. After you've uploaded the file you want to use for the BMC update as shown in the previous section, you are ready to update your BMC firmware to the version of your choice. - Page 11 Chapter 1: Firmware Updates for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards 5. The system will display the BMC Login page as shown below. 6. Enter your username and password in the appropriate boxes. 7. Click Login to enter the BMC home page as shown below.
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Page 12: Updating The Bios Firmware
Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide 1.3 Updating the BIOS Firmware Follow the instructions given on Section 1.1.2 to access the BMC Login page. Click <Login> and enter the BMC home page as shown on the screen below. -
Page 13: Selecting An Image File For Firmware (Bios) Update
Chapter 1: Firmware Updates for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards 1.3.2 Selecting an Image File for Firmware (BIOS) Update The screen above allows you to choose an image file for your firmware (BIOS) update. Follow the instructions below to update your BIOS to a desired BIOS version. - Page 14 Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide 6. When BIOS upgrading is complete, the system will reboot. 7. After the system reboots, the BMC Login page will display as shown below. 8. Enter your username and password in the appropriate boxes on the BMC Login page.
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Page 15: Updating The Cpld Firmware
Chapter 1: Firmware Updates for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards 1.4 Updating the CPLD Firmware Follow the instructions given on Section 1.1.2 to access the BMC Login page. Click <Login> and enter the BMC home page as shown on the screen below. -
Page 16: Selecting An Image File For Firmware (Cpld) Update
Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide 1.4.2 Selecting an Image File for Firmware (CPLD) Update Follow the steps below to select an image file to update your Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) to a desired firmware version. - Page 17 Chapter 1: Firmware Updates for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards Warning! Be sure to power off your system before you start to update your CPLD with the image file that you've just uploaded to the system! 7. When the CPLD update is complete, the system will reboot as indicated by a warning statement displayed on the screen.
- Page 18 Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide Chapter 2 Firmware Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/ B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards This chapter provides practical instructions on how to manually recover the firmware installed on the Supermicro X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 series motherboard using the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) firmware via WebGUI (Web Graphical User Interface).
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Page 19: Chapter 2 Firmware Recovery For The X12Mp/X12Dp/X12Sp/B12/H12/Bh12
Chapter 2: Firmware Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards 2.1 Recovering the BMC Firmware Follow the instructions given on Section 2.1.2 to access the BMC Login page. Click on <Login> and enter the BMC home page as shown on the screen below. - Page 20 Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide Platform Resiliency Actions Name Version BIOS BIOS Date: 11/24/2020 Rev 1.0a BIOS Backup BIOS Date: 11/24/2020 Rev 1.0 BIOS Golden (*used to restore the BIOS to its BIOS Date: 11/24/2020 Rev 1.0...
- Page 21 Chapter 2: Firmware Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards 5. To recover your BMC firmware, click on Recover. 6. From the available image files, select the image file you want to use for BMC recovery as instructed in the red text box displayed below.
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Page 22: Recovering The Bios Firmware
Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide 2.2 Recovering the BIOS Firmware Follow the instructions given on Section 1.1.2 to access the BMC Login page. Click on <Login> and enter the BMC home page as shown on the screen below. - Page 23 Chapter 2: Firmware Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards Platform Resiliency Actions Name Version BIOS BIOS Date: 11/24/2020 Rev 1.0a BIOS Backup BIOS Date: 11/24/2020 Rev 1.0 BIOS Golden (*used to restore the BIOS to its BIOS Date: 11/24/2020 Rev 1.0...
- Page 24 Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide 4. Click on the pencil icon in front of "Platform Resiliency Actions" to display your firmware items as listed in the table below. Platform Resiliency Actions Download Evidence Recover...
- Page 25 Chapter 2: Firmware Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards 5. To recover your BIOS firmware, click on Recover. 6. From the available image files, select the image file you want to use for BIOS recovery as instructed in the red text box displayed below.
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Page 26: Updating The Firmware Golden Image
When recommended by Supermicro or if preferred by the administrator, a current image can be used as a golden image. The following sections provide instructions on how to update the... -
Page 27: Updating The Bios Golden Image
Chapter 2: Updating the Golden Image for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards 3.2 Updating the BIOS Golden Image Follow the instructions given on Section 1.1.2 to access the BMC Login page. Click on <Login> and enter the BMC home page as shown on the screen below. - Page 28 Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide 3. When the screen above displays, click BIOS Golden for BIOS golden image update. 4. Click Update to update the BIOS golden image. Note: For your BIOS golden image update to work properly, be sure to power off the system before starting BIOS golden image update.
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Page 29: Updating The Bmc Golden Image
Chapter 2: Updating the Golden Image for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards 3.3 Updating the BMC Golden Image Follow the instructions given on Section 1.1.2 to access the BMC Login page. Click on <Login> and enter the BMC home page as shown on the screen below. - Page 30 Super Firmware Update and Recovery for the X12MP/X12DP/X12SP/B12/H12/BH12 Motherboards User's Guide 3. When the screen above displays, click BMC Golden to update the BMC golden image. 4. Click Update to update the golden image as shown in the screen below. This process will take a few minutes to complete.
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