Updating The System Firmware; Bios Default And Password Reset Usage Procedure - Kontron CG2300 Installation And Maintenance Manual

7.2.2

Updating the System Firmware

: Do not power off or reset the system while the update is in progress. Do not interrupt the BIOS POST during the first
WARNING
system reboot.
To update the CG2300 server firmware, follow the standard update procedure in the embedded EFI shell.
: Components (e.g., BIOS, BMC, ME, SDR) can be updated individually as shown below, but upgrading the full package is
NOTE
recommended to avoid possibly running incompatible firmware components.
The update package is available at www.kontron.com/ (search for CG2300, click on DOWNLOAD: CG2300 Software Update
Package)
1. Uncompress the update package and copy the contents to a USB flash drive.
2. Insert the USB flash drive into any of the USB ports on the system.
3. Power up the system and boot the EFI shell. (Press F6 and select "EFI")
4. Run the command "map-r" in the EFI shell to mount the USB flash drive.
5. Run the command "fs0" to change the active device to the USB flash drive.
The USB key can also be mounted to "fs1". The fs# depends on the results from the "map-r" command.
6. Change the directory to the folder that stores the firmware package. (e.g., cd NewFW-CG2300)
7. Type in "updALL.nsh" at the shell prompt to initiate updating the BIOS and all firmware. (See steps below for
updating single components instead.)
8. When prompted for the FRUSDR update, select the either the option to update only the SDR or the option to update
both the FRU and SDR.
9. Answer the rest of the FRUSDR prompts as you want.
10. Provide input to the additional prompts. (Updating each specific FRU area is optional; "Yes" or "No")
11. When the FRU update is complete, the system returns to the EFI shell prompt.
Type "Reset" to reset the system.
The system takes three minutes or so to reboot so it can actually update the firmware. Do not interfere with this
process.
12. During POST, press <F2> to enter the BIOS setup.
13. In the BIOS Setup screens, verify that the BIOS, ME, BMC, and FRUSDR revisions were loaded.
14. Press <F10> and answer "Yes" to load the BIOS setup defaults.
15. Configure the BIOS settings you want.
16. Save the settings and reboot the system.
To update single components (e.g., BIOS, BMC, ME, SDR), type in one of the following scripts at step 7 in the procedure above:
BIOS:
updBIOS.nsh
BMC:
updBMC.nsh
ME:
updME.nsh
SDR:
updFRUSDR.nsh
: Use SDR update script (updFRUSDR.nsh) for cases such as installing a second PSU, when seeing the IPMI sensors is
NOTE
necessary.
7.3

BIOS Default and Password Reset Usage Procedure

The BIOS Default and Password Reset recovery features are designed so the desired operation can be achieved with minimal
system downtime. The usage procedure for these two features has changed from previous generation Intel® Server Boards. The
following procedure outlines the new usage model.
The server boards have several 3-pin jumper blocks that can be used to configure, protect, or recover specific features of the
server boards.
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