Intel NetStructure® MPCBL0010 Single Board Computer
October 2006 Technical Product Specification
Order Number: 304120 35
Operating the Unit—MPCBL0010 SBC

3.8.2.4 flashlnx Command Line Options

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

3.8.3.1 IPMC 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:
Table 4. Flashlnx Utility Command Line Options
Command Line Parameter Description
-b [option] bios_image
where possible [option] values are:
• -z - do not clear the CMOS
• -zc - update the CMOS from image
Program a BIOS image to primary fimware hub (FWH0)
-i [bios_image] Display BIOS system information
-r [options] bin_image
where possible [option] values are:
• -aAddress - physical address in hex
• -pPage - page number in decimal
• -sSize - image size in decimal
Read the flash image and store to a file
-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)