Specifications

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Board-level updates for the ATCA-45xx CPM and RTM
TheATCA‐4500,ATCA‐4550,ATCA‐4555,andATCA‐4580CPMsandtheirRTMsmustbe
manuallyupdatedattheboardlevel,ifacustomoperatingsystemisusedoriftheCPMand
RTMareinstalledinanon‐Promentumshelf.
ThesearetheCPMandRTMboard‐levelupdateprocedures:
• UpdatingtheBIOSonpage 46
• UpdatingtheIPMIfirmwareandFPGAforATCA‐4500,ATCA‐4550,andATCA‐4555on
page 48
• UpdatingtheIPMIfirmwareforATCA‐4580onpage 50
• UpdatingtheCPMFRUonpage 53
• UpdatingtheEEPROMforATCA‐4500,ATCA‐4550,ATCA‐4555onpage 54
• UpdatingtheEEPROMforATCA‐4580onpage 56
• UpdatingtheSASfirmwareforATCA‐4580onpage 57
• UpdatingthelegacyFPGAandSPIflashforATCA‐4500,ATCA‐4550,andATCA‐4555on
page 58
• UpdatingtheRTMMMCfirmware,FRU,andalarmCPLDonpage 60
• UpdatingtheRTMSASfirmwareonpage 65
• DowngradingaCPMtoanearlierfirmwareversiononpage 66
Updating the BIOS
TheseinstructionsdescribeCPMBIOSflashupdatemethodsthatareexecutedfromtheLinux
commandlineorfromtheEFIshell.
For ATCA-4500, ATCA-4550, and ATCA-4555
Updating the BIOS from the Linux command line
ThersysbflashutilityisusedtoupdatetheBIOSfromtheLinuxcommandline.Theutilityand
itskerneldrivermustbeinstalledbeforetheBIOSupdatecanbeperformed.
1. InstallthersysbflashRPMandthekerneldriver.SeeInstallingtheBIOSupdatedriverfor
rsys‐updateonpage 41fordetai ls.
2. CopytheBIOS.ROMfilefromthefirmware/biosfolderfortheOSupdatebundletoa
locationthatisaccessibletothersysbflashutility.
3. RunrsysbflashtoupdatetheBIOSandretainthecurrentBIOSsettings:
rsysbflashBIOS.ROM/p/b/x