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Updating the firmware
Many common problems can be resolved by updating the firmware. The BMC FW can be updated
through a host-based utility or through the web GUI.
Restoring the default configuration
The BMC FW supports an OEM command to restore all of the configuration values to their defaults.
Using the OEM command restores all IPMI configuration parameters and all Linux user configuration
files (password, group, and so on). The OEM command is not available to the end user, but the web GUI
provides a friendly interface to do this. This command does not restore the SEL records.
BMC FW version
The "
Get Device ID
" command (
NetFn Application, Command 1
) reports the firmware revision. The
"
Get Device ID
" command also reports the auxiliary firmware revision.
The firmware build ID can map from the firmware revision. Naming convention of build ID is J2BTxxy. " xx"
is minor revision (BCD encoded), and" y" is auxiliary firmware revision. " y" is " a" if auxiliary firmware
revision is 0, and " y" is " b" if auxiliary firmware revision is 1, and so on. For example, if the firmware
revision is 0.12.0, the build ID is J2BT12A; if the firmware revision is 0.12.1, the build ID is J2BT12B.
End-users can confirm whether restore default configuration whenupdating firmware through the utilities or
through the web GUI.
The default configuration should be restored whenSDRis changed.
Updating BMC using Linux
To update BMC using Linux:
1.
Log into Linux.
2.
Open the terminal.
3.
Create new directory " / work ", command:
mkdir /work
4.
Copy the BMC FW package to the / work directory using the command:
cp file_name.zip /work
5.
Change the directory using the / work, command:
cd /work
6.
Uncompress the BMC FW package using the command:
upzip file_name.zip
