Bios Upgrade Procedure; Table 7. Iflash64 Utility Command-Line Options And Parameters - Dell 3250 Product Manual

BIOS Upgrade Procedure

A BIOS upgrade procedure can be done using the latest available System Update Package (SUP)
for the system. This is a script file that automatically runs IFlash64 and other firmware update
utilities. You can also use the IFlash64 utility to upgrade the BIOS using the following steps:
1. Boot to the EFI Shell. For information on how to boot the server, refer to The Extensible
Firmware Interface (EFI) Shell.
2. Copy IFlash64.EFI to a hard disk, CD-ROM disk, or EFI ramdisk (EFI ramdisk driver
required). The binary file contains the new BIOS. Refer to the update instructions provided
with each BIOS release for the most current instructions.
IFlash64 with Command-line Interface
Table 7 lists the command-line options for the IFlash64 Utility.
Table 7. IFlash64 Utility Command-line Options and Parameters
Parameter
Iflash64
[Volume_File_Name]
/d
/f
/quiet
/reboot
/update
/verify
/h Or /?
Running the IFlash64 utility through the command-line interface:
1. Start the utility by typing IFlash64 [File Name] [Options]
2. To view the command-line help, type:
IFlash64 /h
or
IFlash64 /?
3. To update System BIOS from the command-line interface, type, IFlash64 [File Name]
/update
4. To verify System BIOS from the command-line interface, type, IFlash64 [File Name]
/verify
IFlash64 with GUI Interface
Running the IFlash64 Utility through the GUI Interface:
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Description
The name of the utility.
Name of the BIOS binary volume file used for the update. The file path can be
specified with the file name. There is no default file name.
Display header and FLASH areas information of volume file.
Load default values from CMOS on next boot.
Quiet or non-interactive mode. It displays only error messages and disables
prompting you for input.
Reboot system after update.
Update system BIOS in non-interactive mode. Note that it only updates flash
areas that are different than the ones found in the input binary file. Use "/o" to
override this default operation.
Verify current Flash with contents of input binary file in non-interactive mode.
Displays command-line help.