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Recovering the BIOS
It is unlikely that anything will interrupt the BIOS upgrade; however, if an interruption occurs, the
BIOS could be damaged. In that case, you must recover the BIOS.
NOTE
Because of the small amount of code available in the nonerasable boot block
area, there is no video support. You will not see anything on the screen
during the procedure. Monitor the procedure by listening to the speaker and
looking at the diskette drive LED.
The procedure for recovering the BIOS is detailed in "Recovery Boot Jumper" on page 153. After
doing the procedure, leave the upgrade disk in drive A and turn on the server, then continue with
the BIOS upgrade (see page 75).
Changing the BIOS Language
You can use the BIOS upgrade utility to change the language BIOS displays. Use a bootable
diskette containing the Intel flash utility and language files (see page 75).
1. Boot the computer with the bootable diskette in drive A. The BIOS upgrade utility screen
appears.
2. Select Update Flash Memory From a File.
3. Select Update Language Set. Press <Enter>.
4. Select drive A and use the arrow keys to select the correct .lng file. Press <Enter>.
5. When the utility asks for confirmation that you want to flash the new language into memory,
select Continue with Programming. Press <Enter>.
6. When the utility displays the message upgrade is complete, remove the diskette. Press
<Enter>.
7. The computer will reboot and the changes will take effect.
Using the Firmware Update Utility
The Firmware Update Utility is a DOS-based program used to update the BMC's firmware code.
You need to run the utility only if new firmware code is necessary.
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