Intel SR4850HW4 Product Guide - Page 129

Save and Restore System Configuration (SYSCFG) This command-line utility is used to: ƒ Save a subset of BIOS and firmware settings to a file ƒ Write BIOS and firmware settings from a file to a server ƒ Configure selected firmware settings ƒ Configure selected BIOS CMOS settings ƒ Change BIOS boot order ƒ Display selected firmware settings ƒ Display selected BIOS settings Upgrading the Firmware Use the Firmware Update Utility to upgrade the firmware. This utility is a DOS application program that updates the following server management controllers: ƒ Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) ƒ Hot-swap Controller (HSC) You can run the utility interactively by providing commands through DOS, or you can run it in non-interactive mode by supplying the command with any options. For information on the command-line options, see Table 8. Download the latest firmware release from http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/SR4850HW4/ Running the Firmware Update Utility The following procedure shows how to use the interactive method to upgrade the firmware with the Firmware Update Utility. 1. Copy the following files to a USB flash memory device or CD-ROM. The current files are available from http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/SR4850HW4/. - FWPIAUPD.exe - .hex, where is the hex image for the controller being updated. For example, the files lnbmc11.hex and lnbmc11.txt represent the firmware and release note files, respectively for BMC release 11. Write down the name of the HEX file. You will need it later. - Firmwareupdate.txt - .txt 2. Boot to DOS. Intel® Server Platforms SR4850HW4 & SR4850HW4/M Product Guide 129