Cisco Systems UCSCPCIEBTG Installing Bios Firmware from a Remote Server, Current FW Version field

CIMC Firmware Management

Installing BIOS Firmware from a Remote Server

Server /cimc # scope firmware

Server /cimc/firmware # show detail

Firmware Image Information:

Update Stage: NONE

Update Progress: 100

Current FW Version: 1.4(3j)

FW Image 1 Version: 1.4(3j)

FW Image 1 State: RUNNING ACTIVATED

FW Image 2 Version: 1.3(3a)

FW Image 2 State: BACKUP INACTIVATED

Boot-loader Version: 1.4(3.21).18

Installing BIOS Firmware from a Remote Server

Note This procedure is not available on some servers. For other BIOS installation methods, see the Cisco UCS C-SeriesRack-Mount Server BIOS Upgrade Guide available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/ en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/bios/b_Upgrading_BIOS_Firmware.html.

Before You Begin

•Log in to the as a user with admin privileges.

•Activate the CIMC firmware that goes with the BIOS version you want to install, as described in .

•Power off the server.

Note If you start an update while an update is already in process, both updates will fail.

Procedure

	Command or Action
Step 1	Server# scope cimc
Step 2	Server /cimc # scope firmware
Step 3	Server /cimc/firmware # show detail
Step 4	Make sure the firmware version shown
	in the Current FW Version field
	matches the BIOS firmware version you
	are installing.

Purpose

Enters the CIMC command mode.

Enters the firmware command mode.

Displays the available firmware images and status.

Important If the CIMC firmware version does not match, activate the CIMC firmware before continuing with this procedure or the server will not boot. For details, see Activating Installed CIMC Firmware, on page 160.

Step 5	Server /cimc/firmware # top	Returns to the server root level.
Step 6	Server# scope bios	Enters the BIOS command mode.

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