Using The Frusdr Load Utility; Running The Frusdr Load Utility - Intel SR870BN4 - Server Platform - 0 MB RAM Product Manual

NOTE
The system supports BIOS recovery using CD-ROM or DVD. The recovery
image should be copied to the CD in El Torito format.

Using the FRUSDR Load Utility

The Field Replacement Unit (FRU) and Sensor Data Record (SDR) Load Utility
an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) program that updates or modifies the server management
subsystem's product level FRU and SDR repository.
The user should run the FRUSDR Load Utility each time the user upgrades or replaces the
hardware in your server; excluding add-in boards, hard drives, and RAM. The utility programs the
sensors the server uses to monitor server management.
Using the FRUSDR Load Utility, the user can do the following:
Discover the product configuration based on instructions in a master configuration file.
Display the FRU information.
Update the non-volatile storage device associated with the baseboard management controller
(BMC) that holds the SDR and FRU information.
Generically handle FRU devices that might not be associated with the BMC.
Supply command lines and interactive input through the standard input device.
View and direct results to the standard output device.

Running the FRUSDR Load Utility

Follow these steps to run the FRUSDR Load Utility:
1. Boot to the EFI Shell. For information on how to boot the server, refer to "Booting the Server
from the Service Partition" on page 142
2. Copy the FRUSDR package to a removable media device or to the hard drive. The user can
find the FRUSDR package on the CDROM included in the Country Kit that shipped with the
server.
Load the Intelligent Platform Manager Interface (IPMI) driver by typing the following
3.
command:
load ipmi.efi
NOTE
The IPMI driver file name might change independently of the FRUSDR
Load Utility.
4. Run the utility by entering a frusdr command based on the following syntax:
frusdr [option] [/p]
The frusdr command accepts single options only. The user can accompany any option with the
switch to cause the output to pause between blocks of displayed output. For descriptions of
/p
the FRUSDR Load Utility command-line options, see "FRUSDR Load Utility Command-line
Options," below.
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