Frusdr Load Utility; When To Run The Frusdr Load Utility; What You Need To Do; How You Use The Frusdr Load Utility - Intel STL2 - Server Board Motherboard Product Manual

FRUSDR Load Utility

The Field Replacement Unit (FRU) and Sensor Data Record (SDR) Load Utility is a DOS-based
program used to update the server management subsystem's product level FRU, SDR, and the SM
BIOS (SMB) nonvolatile storage components (EEPROMs). The load utility
discovers the product configuration based on instructions in a master configuration file
displays the FRU information
updates the nonvolatile storage device (EEPROM) associated with the Baseboard Management
Controller (BMC) that holds the SDR and FRU area
updates the SMB area located in the BIOS nonvolatile storage device
generically handles FRU devices that may not be associated with the BMC

When to Run the FRUSDR Load Utility

You should run the FRUSDR Load Utility each time you upgrade or replace the hardware in your
server, excluding add-in boards, hard drives, and RAM. For example, if you replace an array of
fans, you need to run the utility. It programs the sensors that need to be monitored for server
management.
Because the firmware must reload to properly initialize the sensors after programming, turn the
server off and remove the AC power cords from the server. Wait approximately 30 seconds, and
reconnect the power cords.

What You Need to Do

The FRUSDR Load Utility may be run directly from the Configuration Software CD or from a
diskette you create from the CD. It can be extracted from the CD by booting to the CD and
selecting "Make Diskettes" or by inserting the CD into a PC running Windows 95 or NT and
selecting the "Utilities" section.
NOTE
If your diskette drive is disabled, or improperly configured, you must use
BIOS Setup to enable it. If necessary, you can disable the drive after you are
done with the FRUSDR utility.

How You Use the FRUSDR Load Utility

This utility is compatible with ROM-DOS Ver. 6.22, MS-DOS
utility accepts CFG, SDR and FRU load files. The executable file for the utility is frusdr.exe. The
utility requires the following supporting files:
one or more .fru files describing the system's field replaceable units
a .cfg file describing the system configuration
a .sdr file describing the sensors in the system
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Intel Server Board STL2 Product Guide