Upgrading the BMC and BIOS Firmware

This section describes the method to upgrade the 

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

1. Log on to the BMC using the following credentials:
   Username: root
   Password: superuser

   BMC Login Screen

   

   The BMC main screen is displayed.

   BMC Main Screen

   

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

   Firmware Update Screen

   

3. Click Browse, and from the Open dialog browse to and select firmware-7X00-V<release>.img firmware image. To determine the exact firmware version, see SBC Release Information for guidance.
   
   The chosen file displays next to the Browse button.

   Browsing Firmware Image

   

4. Click Upload.

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

5. Once upload is completed, the Firmware Update screen displays the firmware images and its details.

   Uploading Firmware Image

   

    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.

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

7. After the firmware upgrade is completed, the following screen displays. The BMC automatically restarts.

   Completing Firmware Upgrade

   

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

8. Close the BMC GUI.

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

10. Verify the upgraded version in the BMC main screen.