Intel MPCBL0010 manual Ipmc Firmware Updates, Flashlnx Command Line Options

Operating the Unit—MPCBL0010 SBC

3.8.2.4flashlnx Command Line Options

Table 4 lists the command line parameter switches and features supported by the BIOS flash utility.

Table 4.	Flashlnx Utility Command Line Options
	Command Line Parameter	Description
	-b [option] bios_image
	where possible [option] values are:	Program a BIOS image to primary fimware hub (FWH0)
	• -z - do not clear the CMOS
	• -zc - update the CMOS from image
	-i [bios_image]	Display BIOS system information
	-r [options] bin_image
	where possible [option] values are:
	• -aAddress - physical address in hex	Read the flash image and store to a file
	• -pPage - page number in decimal
	• -sSize - image size in decimal
	-m	Mirror image where all the operational codes and CMOS settings
		are copied from FWH0 to FHW1 (redundant BIOS flash device)
	-b cmos_image	Backup current CMOS settings to a file
	-r cmos_image	Restore CMOS settings from a file
	-q	Force non-interactive mode (assumes “yes” for all prompts)

3.8.3 IPMC Firmware Updates

Periodically, new IPMC firmware with additional features will be released to the Intel web site. The IPMC firmware is upgraded using the KCS interface. The IPMC firmware update release package contains the IPMC firmware as well as the update utility. The update release package also contains detailed instructions about how to update the IPMC firmware.

3.8.3.1IPMC Firmware Upgrade Using the KCS Interface

The KCS interface is the communication mechanism between the host processor on the MPCBL0010 SBC and the IPMC controller. A firmware update utility is available. It takes a hex file to be updated as input from the command line. It can also verify that updates are completed successfully by reading back data written to the flash memory.

The utility typically takes around two minutes to complete the update over the KCS interface. After the firmware update is completed, the controller goes through a reset and boots up with the new firmware. IPMC communication is temporarily lost during the update, but the host processor is not reset when going through a firmware update, so the operating system and applications running on the host processor are not interrupted.

Updating the IPMC firmware requires using ipmitool 1.8.8 or later. Download ipmitool from http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/

1.Download and compile ipmitool 1.8.8 or later for your Linux system.

2.Download the IPMC firmware file from the MPCBL0010 SBC product web site specified in Section 3.8, “Software Updates”

3.Run the following commands to update the IPMC firmware to the newly downloaded version:

	Intel NetStructure® MPCBL0010 Single Board Computer
October 2006	Technical Product Specification
Order Number: 304120	35