Intel® One Boot Flash Update Utility

User Guide

Document Number D90557-002

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Contents

Introduction 1
Supported Operating Systems ................................................................................................ 1
Supported Intel® Server Platforms ......................................................................................... 1
Running Intel® One Boot Flash Update 2
Command Line Syntax............................................................................................................ 2
Updating the Server from a Remote Client ............................................................................. 3
Error Exit Codes 4
Supported Intel® Server Boards 5
Glossary 7

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Introduction

The Intel® One-Boot Flash Update (Intel OFU) Utility updates the System BIOS, Baseboard
Management Controller (BMC) firmware, Hot-swap Controller (HSC) firmware, Field Replaceable
Unit firmware, and Sensor Data Record (SDR) firmware on the Intel server while the operating
system is running. The utility may be launched from a command prompt in Windows, Linux, or the
Windows Preinstallation Environment 2005. This utility can also update the optional Intel Local
Control Panel firmware on Quad- and Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor-Based Servers from
Intel.
The BMC boot block, Intel Local Control Panel, HSC, and FRU updates takes effect immediately
when the utility executes. The System BIOS, BMC Op Code, SDR and BMC Platform Information
Area (PIA) updates are programmed into their respective secondary flash areas and the utility sets
an internal flag in the BIOS and BMC to indicate that the update occurred. After a system reset, the
newer version of the System BIOS, BMC, and SDRs are validated and activated.
This utility can be executed remotely through a secure network connection using a Telnet Client
and Terminal Services in Windows or using a Telnet Client and Remote Shell under Linux.

Supported Operating Systems

This utility runs on the Windows, Red Hat Linux, and SuSE Linux Operating Systems supported by
Intel System Management Software unless otherwise noted in the Release Notes or the Supported
Operating System list for your specific Intel server platform. The Intel Server Board S5000PAL,
S5000PSL, and S5000VSA also supports Intel OFU on the Microsoft Windows Preinstallation
Environment 2005 operating system included with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 and
Microsoft Windows XP SP2.

Supported Intel® Server Platforms

Refer to the list of supported Intel Server Platforms at the end of this document, or information on
your server at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ .

NOTE
The Intel S3000 family of server platforms only supports BIOS updates using Intel OFU.

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Running Intel® One Boot Flash Update

The Intel OFU utility is run by executing the flashupdt command from a command prompt.

NOTES
In order to run this utility, you must first set the working directory to the directory where the utility
is installed. This is required because the utility depends on certain files that are expected to be
located in the working directory.
Intel OFU requires Windows administrative or Linux root permissions.

Command Line Syntax

Syntax:

flashupdt [-i] [-u <URL or path>] [-c] [-h|?]

Description:
Updates the System BIOS or firmware on the local server with the System BIOS or firmware
specified in the Intel OFU configuration file provided with the update package.
Options:

[–i] Displays the version information for the currently running System BIOS, BMC,
and SDR. If the –i option is specified with the –u option, the utility displays the
version information of the update package files.
[–u] Performs the System BIOS and firmware update. The <URL or path> parameter
specifies the location where the files required for the update are located. The value
of <URL or path> can be a local file system path, an FTP server, or an HTTP
server. Examples of using the –u option:
–u Specifies the current local directory.
–u http://<IP address or URL>/<path> Specifies an HTTP server.
–u ftp://<login:password>@ Specifies an FTP server.
<server name or IP address>/<path>
If –u is used in conjunction with –i, no update is performed. Only the package
information is displayed.
[–c] Cancels all pending update operations of the BIOS, BMC and SDR that were
performed using the utility. The utility resets the internal flags in the BIOS, BMC
and SDR to cancel the update operation, whether there is one or not. FRU updates
take effect immediately.
[–h|?] Displays command line help information.

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 Syntax examples:
flashupdt –u ftp://ftp.examplesite.com/UpdatePackage/ServerName

flashupdt –u "ftp://ftp.examplesite.com/Update Package/Server Name"

flashupdt –u ftp://Kevin:87w09@ftp.examplesite.com/UpdatePackage/ServerName

For Windows:

flashupdt –u c:\UpdatePackage\ServerName

For Linux:

flashupdt –u /UpdatePackage/ServerName

Updating the Server from a Remote Client

This utility can be executed remotely via a secure network connection using a Telnet Client and
Terminal Services in Windows, or using a Telnet Client and Remote Shell under Linux. See your
operating system documentation for further information on remotely logging-in and executing
commands.
Once you have logged-in remotely, you can use the syntax described above. This process can be
scripted to allow remote updates of multiple servers.

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Error Exit Codes

The following error codes may be used when the Intel OFU utility is run from a script.
Note: the update configuration file (.cfg) may use the ERRORLEVEL command to override these
values.

Value Description
0 Successful termination
1 Invalid invocation or unknown command line argument
2 File was not found
3 Unable to read a file
4 The file update package is incompatible with the target server
5 A file in the update package is invalid or unsupported
6 Firmware interface failure (an error occurred when reading or writing to the BMC, setting the
update notification, or updating the BMC, FRU, HSC, Intel Local Control Panel, or SDR)
7 BIOS interface failure (an error occurred when reading the BIOS ID, setting the update
notification, or updating the System BIOS)
8 Insufficient rights (the user must have Administrator or root rights)
9 Utility is already running in another process
10 Utility initialization failed

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Supported Intel® Server Boards

This utility supports the following Intel® Server Boards:

• Intel Entry Server Board SE7221BK1-E
• Intel Server Board SE7320SP2
• Intel Server Board SE7320VP2
• Intel Server Board SE7520AF2
• Intel Server Board SE7520BD2
• Intel Server Board SE7520JR2
• Intel Server Board SE7525GP2
• Intel Server Platforms SR6850HW4, SR6850HW4M, SR4850HW4 and SR4850HW4M
• Intel Server Board S5000PAL
• Intel Server Board S5000PSL
• Intel Server Board S5000VSA
• Intel Server Board S5000PHB
• Intel Server Board S5000XVN
• Intel Server Board S5000XSL
• Intel Sever Board S5000SAL
• Intel Server Board S5400RA
• Intel Server Board S3000AH
• Intel Server Board S3000AHV
• Intel Server Board S3000PT
• Intel Server Board S7000FC4UR
• Intel Server Board S3200SH
• Intel Server Board X38ML
• Intel Server Board S5400SF
To find the latest Intel OFU update package for your server, refer to
http://support.intel.com/motherboards/server/.
For installation instructions, refer to the separate installation instructions provided with the
software, or, if you have a web-based distribution of the software, refer to the Readme file provided
with the download.

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NOTE
The Intel S3000 family of server platforms only supports BIOS updates using Intel OFU.

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Glossary

The following abbreviations are used in this document:

Term Description
BMC Baseboard Management Controller
Firmware In this document, firmware refers to the BMC, FRU, and SDR components
FRU Field Replaceable Unit
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface
PIA Platform Information Area
SDR Sensor Data Records

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