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Configuration Software and Utilities, Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility

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3 Configuration Software and Utilities This chapter tells you how to update the BIOS by with the Intel Flash Memory Update Utility, and how to recover the BIOS if an update fails. Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility With the Intel Flash Memory Update Utility you can update the system BIOS from a floppy disk or other bootable media. The utility available from the Web provides a simple method for creating a bootable flash memory update floppy that will automatically update your BIOS. • Prepare for the update • Update the BIOS • Recover the BIOS if an update fails Obtaining the BIOS Update File You can update to a new version of the BIOS or change the language section of the BIOS by using the BIOS update file. The BIOS update file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains all the files you need to update the BIOS. The BIOS update file contains: • New BIOS files • BIOS recovery files • Intel Flash Memory Update Utility You can obtain the BIOS update file through your server supplier or from the Intel World Wide Web site: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ ✏ NOTE Review the instructions distributed with the update utility before attempting a BIOS update. Configuration Software and Utilities 63

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Configuration Software and Utilities
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3
Configuration Software and Utilities
This chapter tells you how to update the BIOS by with the Intel Flash Memory Update Utility, and
how to recover the BIOS if an update fails.
Updating the BIOS with the Intel
®
Flash Memory
Update Utility
With the Intel Flash Memory Update Utility you can update the system BIOS from a floppy disk or
other bootable media. The utility available from the Web provides a simple method for creating a
bootable flash memory update floppy that will automatically update your BIOS.
•
Prepare for the update
•
Update the BIOS
•
Recover the BIOS if an update fails
Obtaining the BIOS Update File
You can update to a new version of the BIOS or change the language section of the BIOS by using
the BIOS update file. The BIOS update file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains all
the files you need to update the BIOS. The BIOS update file contains:
•
New BIOS files
•
BIOS recovery files
•
Intel Flash Memory Update Utility
You can obtain the BIOS update file through your server supplier or from the Intel World Wide
Web site:
NOTE
Review the instructions distributed with the update utility before attempting a
BIOS update.