FRU and SDR Load Utility

The Field Replacement Unit (FRU) and Sensor Data Record (SDR) load utility is a DOS-based program used to update the server management subsystem’s product level FRU, SDR, and the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) nonvolatile storage components (EEPROMs). The utility:

∙Discovers the product configuration based on instructions in a master configuration file

∙Displays the FRU information

∙Updates the EEPROM associated with the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that holds the SDR and FRU area

∙Updates the DMI FRU area located in the BIOS nonvolatile storage device

∙Generically handles FRU devices that might not be associated with the BMC

What You Need to Do

Run the utility either directly from the configuration software CD or from diskettes created from the CD.

If you run the FRUSDR Load Utility from a diskette, copy the utility from the CD. Follow the instructions in the included README.TXT file.

If the diskette drive is disabled, or improperly configured, use BIOS Setup to enable it. If necessary, disable the drive after you are done with the FRUSDR utility.

How You Use the FRUSDR Load Utility

The utility:

∙Is compatible with ROM-DOS Ver. 6.22, MS-DOS Ver. 6.22, and later versions

∙Accepts CFG, SDR, and FRU load files (the executable file for the utility is frusdr.exe)

∙Requires the following supporting files

⎯one or more .fru files describing the system’s field replaceable units

⎯a .cfg file describing the system configuration

⎯an .sdr file describing the sensors in the system

Command Line Format

The basic command line format is

frusdr [-?] [-h] [-d {dmi, fru, sdr}] [-cfg filename.cfg] [-fru filename.fru]

Table 43. Command Line Format

Command

-? or -h

-d {dmi, fru, sdr}

-cfg filename.cfg

-p

Description

Displays usage information

Displays requested area only

Uses custom CFG file

Pause between blocks of data

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