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Cisco UCS C460 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Chapter 2 Installing the Server
Configuring BIOS Settings and Updating BIOS Firmware
f. In the Virtual Media Session window, check the check box in the Mapped column for the USB
thumb drive that you added, and then wait for mapping to complete. Observe the progress in the
Details pane.
Step 3 Boot the server and press F6 when prompted to get to the Boot Option screen.
Step 4 On the Boot Option screen, select EFI Shell.
Step 5 Wait for the on-screen message that says that the update is complete and the prompt to reboot the server.
The update typically takes about three minutes.
Step 6 Reboot the server to complete the update.
Updating the BIOS Firmware from a Windows Operating System
Use the following procedure to update the BIOS firmware from a running Windows host OS.
Note The required version of the iFlash32 utility that is used in this procedure is iFlash32 Version 1.1, Build
3 or later. This utility is included in the BIOS firmware update package. See
Determining the iFlash32
Utility Version and Build, page 2-18.
Step 1 Boot the server using a hard drive that has the Windows host OS installed.
Step 2 Download the BIOS update package for Windows_x86 or Windows_x64 and the server from Cisco.com
and extract it to a temporary folder on the server’s host OS.
To find the downloads for your server, see the following URL, then click Unified Computing, log in,
and then click Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers.
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/download/index.html
Note Alternatively, if you do not have a browser installed on the server, you can download the package to a
separate computer and then transfer the files by using a USB thumb drive. If you use this method, copy
the contents of the extracted
Windows_x86 or Windows_x64 folder to the root directory of the USB thumb
drive, then insert the thumb drive into a USB port on the server.
Step 3 Install the BIOS update driver (flashud.sys) to the OS environment:
a. At a command prompt within your Windows OS, change directory to the location of the folder that
you extracted in
Step 2:
– If you extracted to a location on the host OS, change directory to that folder.
– If you are transferring the files with a USB thumb drive, change directory to that location using
the drive letter assigned to the thumb drive.
b. Enter the following command to install the BIOS update driver to your OS environment:
install.cmd
Step 4 At a command prompt within your OS, use the iFlash32 utility to update the system BIOS in
non-interactive mode by entering the following command and options:
iflash32 /u [BIOS file name] /ni
See the iFlash32 Utility Command Options, page 2-18 for information about options.
Step 5 Reboot the server to complete the update.