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3.1.3. Primary Function Buttons There are four primary function buttons in the IDA My Server page as listed in the following table. These are portals to the primary functional areas of IDA. Button Task Has the same function as the menu Get Updates, Click to enter the Update Server System Firmware interface. Has the same function as the menu Configure, Click it to enter Server System, BIOS and BMC Configuration interface. Has the same function as the menu RAID Configuration, Click to enter RAID Logical Volume Setup interface. Has same function as the menu OS Installation, Click it to enter OS Unattended Installation interface. 3.2. Get System Update If your server has internet connection, IDA can automatically locate and download the latest Intel® Server System update packages to upgrade server BIOS, BMC FW, SDR and HSC firmware. To do this, IDA uses the system update package that has been specifically developed for each platform. You can either click the menu Get Updates or click the button Get System Updates to enter IDA Server Firmware Update interface. You can manually download this package from Intel® Server System page at http://support.intel.com. The update package has a .ZIP file extension, and may contain the following components: • System BIOS • iBMC （Integrated Baseboard Management） Firmware • Sensor Data Records (SDRs) • Hot-swap backplane controller (HSC) firmware update for non-expander types of HSC backplanes Intel® Deployment Assistant v3.0/3.1 User Guide - 14 -

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3.1.3.
Primary Function Buttons
There are four primary function buttons in the IDA
My Server
page as listed in
the following table. These are portals to the primary functional areas of IDA.
Button
Task
Has the same function as the menu
Get Updates
,
Click to enter the Update Server System
Firmware interface.
Has the same function as the menu
Configure
,
Click it to enter Server System, BIOS and BMC
Configuration interface.
Has the same function as the menu
RAID
Configuration
, Click to enter RAID Logical
Volume Setup interface.
Has same function as the menu
OS Installation
,
Click it to enter OS Unattended Installation
interface.
3.2.
Get System Update
If your server has internet connection, IDA can automatically locate and
download the latest Intel® Server System update packages to upgrade server
BIOS, BMC FW, SDR and HSC firmware. To do this, IDA uses the system update
package that has been specifically developed for each platform.
You can either click the menu
Get Updates
or click the button
Get System
Updates
to enter IDA Server Firmware Update interface. You can manually
download
this
package
from
Intel®
Server
System
page
at
http://
support.intel.com
.
The update package has a .ZIP file extension, and may contain the following
components:
•
System BIOS
•
iBMC
（
Integrated Baseboard Management
）
Firmware
•
Sensor Data Records (SDRs)
•
Hot-swap backplane controller (HSC) firmware update for non-expander
types of HSC backplanes
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