Technical Product Specification

Intel
®
Server Board S2400EP TPS Jumper Blocks
Revision 2.0 Intel order number G50763-002
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9.5 BMC Force Update Jumper Block
The BMC Force Update jumper is used to put the BMC in Boot Recovery mode for a
low-level update.
It is used when the BMC has become corrupted and is non-functional, requiring a new BMC
image to be loaded on to the server board.
1. Turn off the system and remove power cords
2. Move the BMC FRC UPDT Jumper from the default (pins 1 and 2) operating position to
the Force Update position (pins 2 and 3)
3. Re-attach system power cords
4. Power on the system
Note: System Fans will boost and the BIOS Error Manager should report an 84F3 error code
(Baseboard Management Controller in update mode).
5. Boot to the EFI shell and update the BMC firmware using BMC####.NSH (where ####
is the version number of the BMC)
6. When update has successfully completed, power off system
7. Remove AC power cords
8. Move BMC FRC UPDT jumper back to the default position
9. Install AC power cords
10. Power on system
11. Boot to the EFI shell and update the FRU and SDR data using FRUSDR####.nsh
(where #### is the version number of the FRUSDR package)
12. Reboot the system
13. Configure desired BMC configuration settings