FW Update Utility for SR460AC4 Release Notes
Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Intel Corporation
All Rights Reserved
June 06, 2001
PN: A39679-005
The FW Update Utility is an EFI application program used for updating
the Server Management (SM) Firmware (FW) for the SR460AC4 System.
RELEASE NOTES FOR FWUPDATE UTILITY VERSION 1.01
A. CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION 1.0
1. Added retries during a FW read to correct issue verifying HSC FW.
2. Corrected issue with loading IPMI driver from current directory.
B. DEPENDENCIES
1. Executes under the EFI Shell ver 0.99 or greater.
2. Requires BIOS 69 or higher and BMC 14 or higher.
3. Help file "fwupdate.hlp" must be located in same directory as the
program.
C. HOW TO USE THIS UTILITY
1. Boot to EFI shell.
2. Copy FWUpdate.EFI, FWUpdate.HLP, IPMI.EFI and input HEX file to a floppy
disk or HD.
3. Load the IPMI driver as follows
load ipmi.efi
4. Command line Interface
fwupdate [HEX File Name] [Options]
a. To view the command-line help
fwupdate /h
b. To update boot block as well as operational block of the firmware
from the command line interface:
fwupdate [HEX File Name] /upload /bootena
c. To update the operational block only from the command line interface:
fwupdate [HEX File Name] /upload
Note: Check the FW release notes for the FW release that you are
updating. It may require updating both boot code and operational
code.
5. GUI Interface
fwupdate
or fwupdate [HEX File Name]
Use the arrow keys to browse through the menu and press the <Enter>
key to select. A brief description of the selected menu item is
displayed in the tip-view window. The tip-view window is displayed
at the bottom of the screen.
a. To upload firmware from the GUI interface, select "Update Flash",
then select an option from its sub-menu to update boot code,
op code, or both.
b. To verify flash from the GUI interface, select "Verify Flash".
6. When updating the BMC firmware, this utility saves the configuration
data maintained by the BMC before the firmware is updated. This data
is then restored after the firmware is successfully updated.
7. Reboot the system after the update is completed successfully.
D. KNOWN ISSUES
1. When a controller is not present, utility times out after a minute or
more when using the "Display Version" feature of the utility.
E. PVCS TAG VERSION
Project Tag
1. EFI FW Update v07
2. EFI Text GUI v09
F. TOOLS USED IN BUILD
1. Intel IA64 SDK Tools v2.0
2. EFI v1.01.12.33
3. EFI-AT v1.00 (with support for blkx devices)
4. MS C/C++ Compiler for IA-64 v13.00.8781
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.