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2. Copy the following files to a removable media device. The current release of these files is
available through IBL. Download the following files from IBL. (If the user does not have
access to IBL, contact your Intel Sales Representative.)
FWUpdate.efi
IPMI.efi
<name>.hex
IPMIdriver.txt
Firmwareupdate.txt
<name>.txt
Where <name> represents the hex image for the controller being
updated. For example, the files lnbmc11.hex and lnbmc11.txt
represent the firmware and release note files, respectively for
BMC release 11.
will need it later.
3. You can update the firmware either by the 'FWUpdate' utility's command line interface or
through the GUI interface.
4. To run the Firmware Update Utility through the Command line Interface:
a. Invoke the utility by entering the following command:
fwupdate [HEX File Name] [Options]
b. To view the command-line help, type:
fwupdate /h
or
fwupdate /?
c. To update boot block as well as operational block of the firmware from the command line
interface:
fwupdate [HEX File Name] /upload /bootena
Note: An external jumper may be required in order to enable the boot block to be
uploaded.
d. To update the operational block only from the command line interface:
fwupdate [HEX File Name] /upload
Note: Check the FW release notes for the FW release that the user is trying to update. It
may require updating both boot code and operational code.
e. Go to step 8 and continue.
5. To run the Firmware Update Utility through the GUI interface:
Invoke the utility by entering the following command:
a.
fwupdate <name>.hex
b. In the command, <name>.hex is the file the user copied earlier in Step 2.
c. Wait for the HEX file to load and the utility to display its menu items.
d. Use the arrow keys to select the Update Flash menu item.
e. Press the <Enter> key.
f. The utility asks the user to update the boot code and/or the operational code. Check the
firmware release notes for the release that the user is trying to update for information on
what the user needs to update. The update might require the user to update both boot code
and operational code or it might require the user to just update the operational code.
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