Acer Veriton P330 F2 Smart Server Manager Best Practice Guide - Page 28

Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Enterprise Linux.

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Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Best Practices Running a networked firmware update to multiple machines First, the user will need to ensure a DHCP server is setup. The firmware is updated via the IPMI management network connected to the BMC - the dedicated management port must be connected, or NIC 1 set to failover in the BIOS as detailed below. 1) Failover mode (one line for dedicated BMC NIC, one line for NIC#1) or 2) Onboard mode (only one line for NIC#1) or 3) Dedicated mode (one line for dedicated BMC NIC, one line for NIC#1) Once downloaded, install the package by following the simple installation instructions in the read me file of download. Be sure to download and install the correct package for your OS environment - i.e. Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Enterprise Linux. 28

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Smart Server Manager v1.2 – Best Practices
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Running a networked firmware update to multiple machines
First, the user will need to ensure a DHCP server is setup.
The firmware is updated via the IPMI management network connected to the BMC – the dedicated
management port must be connected, or NIC 1 set to failover in the BIOS as detailed below.
1)
Failover mode (one line for dedicated BMC NIC, one line for NIC#1) or
2) Onboard mode (only one line for NIC#1) or
3)
Dedicated mode (one line for dedicated BMC NIC, one line for NIC#1)
Once downloaded, install the package by following the simple installation instructions in the read me file of
download. Be sure to download and install the correct package for your OS environment – i.e. Windows
Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Enterprise Linux.