Reference Guide

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Using the Baseboard Management Controller
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BIOS Version Information
The BIOS enables the system interface to the BMC and logs this event to the BMC early in
POST. BIOS version information is located in the event record, bytes 15 and16.
Table 1-64.
POST Start Event
Byte
Item
Data
1–2
Record ID
3
Record Type
4–7
Timestamp
8–9
Generator ID
0x01 (BIOS)
10
Event Message Format Version
0x04 (IPMI 1.5)
11
Sensor Type
0xC1 (OEM reserved)
12
Sensor Number
0x81 (BIOS start)
13
Event Direction/Event Type
0x70 (OEM)
14
Event Data 1
0xA0
15
Event Data 2
0x01 (BIOS major version)
16
Event Data 3
0x01 (BIOS minor version)
Example:
SEL list command:
ipmitool sel get 9
This indicates that the BIOS version is V1.1.