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QSSC-S4R Server System Product Guide Chapter 3: Server Utilities

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Update BMC firmware using OFU for Windows

Microsoft Windows*:

This method requires the One Boot Flash Update utility (OFU), which needs to be downloaded from Intel's

support web site and is part of the “BIOS, Firmware Update and configuration utilities for Windows*”:

 Extract the Intel® OFU package for Microsoft Windows* and double-click Setup_Win.exe. It will install the

Intel® OFU utility for Microsoft Windows to your system.

 Download and copy “Firmware Update Package for the, One-boot Flash Utility, embedded EFI shell and

Microsoft Windows* Preboot Execution Environment (WinPE)” (name may vary depending on the platform)

from the support web site to your USB key.

 Run flashupdt –u /updatepackage_location

The new BMC firmware takes effect the next time system is rebooted.

Update BMC firmware using OFU for Linux

Linux*:

Intel provides a solution to allow the customer to update the BMC firmware while Linux OS is running.

This method requires the One Boot Flash Update Utility (OFU), which needs to be downloaded from Intel's

support web site and is part of the “BIOS, Firmware Update and configuration utilities for Linux”.

 Extract the OFU package for Linux and run ./setup to install the OFU utility on your system.

 Download and copy “Firmware Update Package for the One-boot Flash Utility, embedded EFI shell and

Microsoft Windows* Preboot Execution Environment (WinPE)” (name may vary depending on the platform)

from the support web site to your USB key.

 Run flashupdt –u /updatepackage_location

The new BMC firmware takes effect the next time system is rebooted.

Note: The OFU utility is case sensitive. Therefore, when you transfer the Firmware Update Package

using USB key from a Microsoft Windows* system to a Linux environment, you must first extract

under the Microsoft Windows* environment. Otherwise, you will need to mount the USB key

manually with “vfat” option under Linux to avoid conversion from upper case to lower case and vice

versa.

Server Management Software and Utilities

In order to perform in-band and out-of-band management of Servers, several solutions such as tools, utilities,

and management software are provided to allow you to manage the system easily.

This chapter provides an overview of Server management utilities, tools, and software.

SYSCFG Utility

The System Configuration Utility (SYSCFG) is a command-line utility that can be used to save and restore BIOS

and BMC firmware settings to a file or to set and display individual settings.

SYSCFG is a command-line, scriptable utility. It can be used in a script to automate the process of configuring

multiple servers.

The general syntax is: syscfg <switch> <argument1> <argument2> ...

Example: # syscfg /sole 1 enable 1 19200 6 50

For detailed information, refer to the SYSCFG User Guide that is provided with BIOS, Firmware Update, and

Configuration Utilities under www.qsscit.com

or in the Resource CD that is accompanied with your QSSC-S4R

server system.

Supported Operating Systems

SYSCFG can be run from pre-OS boot and post-OS boot environments:

 Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)