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Back to Upgrading SBC 7000 Series Firmware

This section describes the method to upgrade the 

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BMC and BIOS firmware. The BMC and BIOS images are bundled into a single firmware package "firmware-7X00-V<release>.img".

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For an SBC HA pair with ePSX installed, perform a manual switchover on the current Active SBC and allow the system to successfully complete the process prior to performing the BMC upgrade to avoid impairments to ePSX database.

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The following procedure describes how to upgrade the firmware from the BMC web GUI.

  1. Login Log on to the BMC using the following credentials:
    Username: root
    Password: superuserSBC BMC GUI.

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    1BMC Login Screen

     

    The BMC main screen displaysis displayed.

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    1BMC Main Screen

  2. Click Firmware Update. The Firmware Update screen displaysis displayed.

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    1Firmware Update Screen

  3. Click Browse, and from the Open dialog browse to and select select the firmware-7X00-V<release>.img firmware image. To determine the exact firmware version, see refer to SBC Release Information for guidancethe current release notes.

    The chosen file displays next to the Browse button.

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    1Browsing Firmware Image

  4. Click Upload.

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    The firmware image is a 26MB 26 MB file and takes few minutes to upload based on the network. 

  5. Once the upload is completedcompletes, the Firmware Update Update screen displays the firmware images and its detailsversions.

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    1Uploading Firmware Image

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    In the previous screen, if both  The above screen displays the list of entities, which are updated. If both the Old Version and New Version are same, then the update status displays as "No". 

  6. Click Confirm to continue. The upgrade progress bar displays on the screen.

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    This is a service-affecting procedure and will power off the host side of the SBC. 

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  7. After the firmware upgrade is completedcompletes, the following screen dialog displays. The BMC automatically restartsClick OK to close the message.

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    1Completing Firmware Upgrade

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    Once the upgrade completes, the BMC and host reboots reboot automatically. Verify that the SBC starts and sync with its peer server before proceeding further. 

  8. Close the SBC BMC GUI.

  9. Clear the browser cache and login into log on to the BMC GUI again.

  10. Log on to the SBC BMC GUI again.
    The SBC BMC prompts you to change the password after a successful upgrade.

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    This change is applicable only when the BMC is upgraded to version 03.13.00 and later versions. 

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  11. Click OK to proceed. The User Management window is displayed.

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    You have an option to cancel the action. If canceled, the password remains the same as the default password and you are allowed to continue to work on the BMC. However, the warning message is displayed again on your next login to BMC. This reminder continues until the password is changed. Refer to Changing the BMC Password for the procedure to change the password.

  12. Verify and verify the upgraded version in the BMC main screen and ensure the BIOS and BMC versions match the versions listed in the release notes.

 

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For HA configuration, see refer to Upgrade Flows for guidance. 

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