HP Dc7900 BIOS Flash Q&A White Paper - Page 18

How do I update the ME firmware in a DOS environment?, What are the steps necessary to use Altiris

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After the update is complete, the ME firmware is executing the update image, a system reboot is not immediately required. How do I update the ME firmware in a DOS environment? Another FWUpdLcl.exe version is included for ME firmware within a local DOS environment. For more information, view readme.txt located in the ME Flash\Local-DOS folder. The ME can be updated by executing the following command "FWUpdLcl.exe " from the directory containing the utility and update image file. The ME Flash folder contains a binary update image for the ME. The binary image file is named XXX_bbbb.bin where "XXX" is the abbreviated ME firmware version and "bbbb" is the build version number. The update binary image and the Local-DOS folder contents can be copied to any DOS media such as a USB flash media device, including HP Drive Key and M-Systems DiskOnKey®. The update process output is similar to the Windows-based version. What are the steps necessary to use Altiris for ME firmware update? This section contains instructions for using Altiris Deployment server to deliver a ME firmware update. This information assumes that an Altiris Deployment server has been successfully configured. The basic steps required for ME firmware update through the Altiris Deployment server is as follows: 1. Copy FWUpdLcl.exe and ME firmware update image to the server 2. Create MEflash.bat 3. Create the Altiris ME Flash Event 4. Connect the Client PC to the Altiris Console Step 1: Copy FWUpdLcl.exe and ME firmware update image to the server 1. Create a "MEFlash" folder in the Altiris eXpress folder 2. Copy the following files to the MEFlash folder: a. FWUpdLcl.exe (located in softpaq subdirectory "ME Flash\Local-DOS") b. XXX_bbbb.bin (located in softpaq subdirectory "ME Flash") 18

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After the update is complete, the ME firmware is executing the update image, a system
reboot is not immediately required.
How do I update the ME firmware in a DOS environment?
Another FWUpdLcl.exe version is included for ME firmware within a local DOS environment.
For more information, view readme.txt located in the ME Flash\Local-DOS folder.
The ME
can be updated by executing the following command "FWUpdLcl.exe <XXX_bbbb.bin>" from
the directory containing the utility and update image file.
The ME Flash folder contains a
binary update image for the ME.
The binary image file is named XXX_bbbb.bin where "XXX"
is the abbreviated ME firmware version and "bbbb" is the build version number.
The update
binary image and the Local-DOS folder contents can be copied to any DOS media such as a
USB flash media device, including HP Drive Key and M-Systems DiskOnKey®.
The update
process output is similar to the Windows-based version.
What are the steps necessary to use Altiris for ME firmware
update?
This section contains instructions for using Altiris Deployment server to deliver a ME firmware
update.
This information assumes that an Altiris Deployment server has been successfully
configured.
The basic steps required for ME firmware update through the Altiris Deployment
server is as follows:
1.
Copy FWUpdLcl.exe and ME firmware update image to the server
2.
Create MEflash.bat
3.
Create the Altiris ME Flash Event
4.
Connect the Client PC to the Altiris Console
Step 1:
Copy FWUpdLcl.exe and ME firmware update image to the server
1.
Create a “MEFlash” folder in the Altiris eXpress folder
2.
Copy the following files to the MEFlash folder:
a.
FWUpdLcl.exe (located in softpaq subdirectory “ME Flash\Local-DOS”)
b.
XXX_bbbb.bin (located in softpaq subdirectory “ME Flash”)