Cisco UCS C200 Installation And Service Manual page 34

Configuring BIOS Settings and Updating BIOS Firmware
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Step 3 Boot the server and press F6 when prompted to get to the Boot Option screen.
Step 4 On the Boot Option screen, select EFI Shell.
Step 5 Wait for the on-screen message that says that the update is complete and the prompt to reboot the server.
The update typically takes about three minutes.
Step 6 Reboot the server to complete the update.
Updating the BIOS Firmware From A Windows Operating System
Use the following procedure to update the BIOS firmware from a running Windows host OS.
Note The required version of the iFlash32 utility that is used in this procedure is iFlash32 Version 1.1, Build 3
or later. This utility is included in the BIOS firmware update package. See
Utility Version and Build, page
Boot the server using a hard drive that has the Windows host OS installed.
Step 1
Download the BIOS update package for
Step 2
Cisco.com and extract it to a temporary folder on the server's host OS.
To find the downloads for your server, see the following URL, then click Unified Computing, log in,
and then click Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers.
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/download/index.html
Alternatively, if you do not have a browser installed on the server, you can download the package to a
Note
separate computer and then transfer the files by using a USB thumb drive. If you use this method, copy
the contents of the extracted
drive, then insert the thumb drive into a USB port on the C200 server.
Install the BIOS update driver (
Step 3
a.
b.
At a command prompt within your OS, use the iFlash32 utility to update the system BIOS in
Step 4
non-interactive mode by entering the following command and options:
iflash32 /u [BIOS file name] /ni
See the
options.
Reboot the server to complete the update.
Step 5
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f. In the Virtual Media Session window, check the check box in the Mapped column for the USB
thumb drive that you added, and then wait for mapping to complete. Observe the progress in the
Details pane.
Windows_x86
At a command prompt within your Windows OS, change directory to the location of the folder that
you extracted in Step 2:
If you extracted to a location on the host OS, change directory to that folder.
–
If you are transferring the files with a USB thumb drive, change directory to that location using
–
the drive letter assigned to the thumb drive.
Enter the following command to install the BIOS update driver to your OS environment:
install.cmd
"iFlash32 Utility Command Options" section on page 2-18
2-18.
or
Windows_x86 Windows_x64
or
Windows_x64
) to the OS environment:
flashud.sys
Chapter 2
Determining the iFlash32
and the C200 server from
folder to the root directory of the USB thumb
for information about available
Installing the Server
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