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BIOS Update from Linux Operating System
The Intel
®
Server Compute Blade SBX82 Linux Update Package includes the lflash.exe
file, the data files for the firmware being flashed and all files needed to create a DOS flash diskette. The following are supported Linux operating systems for the lflash
utility:
• Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3 Advanced Server (AS) Update 2 or later
• Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3 Advanced Server (AS) EM64T
• SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T
GUI operation
The Linux update package does not currently have a GUI mode.
Command Line Operation
The Linux update package runs from the command line without a GUI. Three modes of operation are available. Use the command shell and run the lflash
utility from either a Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 operating system to update the BIOS. See the following table for detailed syntax and step-by-step instructions for each of the three update modes.
The syntax of the update package is:
<update>.sh <mode> <target>
< mode > Operation
-s
Perform update (silently).
-x <path>
-xd <drive>
Extract Microsoft* Windows* update to hard drive directory < path
>. If no < path
> is specified, defaults to A:
Extract DOS update to floppy < drive
>. If no < drive
> is specified, defaults to A:.
Steps to perform update in Unattended Mode (Command Line)
1. Boot the system into the Linux operating system.
2. Download the appropriate Linux Update package for the Intel
®
Server Compute Blade SBX82.
(Contact your Intel customer representative for more information.)
3. The Linux update package contains the lflash
utility and the associated BIOS files.
4. Open a command shell and run the “Intel
®
Server Compute Blade Linux BIOS Update” with the following command line:
<update>.sh -s where
<update>.sh
is the downloaded update.
Steps to extract the Windows Update to the hard drive in Unattended Mode
(Command Line)
1. Boot the system into the Linux operating system.
2. Download the appropriate Linux Update package for the Intel
®
Server Compute Blade SBX82.
(Contact your Intel customer representative for more information.)
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Intel® Server Compute Blade SBX82: Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide
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Table of contents
- 17 Server Compute Blade SBX
- 20 Features and specifications
- 20 Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
- 21 Intel® Server Compute Blade SBX82 features
- 22 Intel® Server Compute Blade SBX82 specifications
- 23 Related publications
- 24 Notices and statements used in this document
- 25 2 Using power, controls, jumpers, switches, and indicators
- 25 Turning on the blade server
- 26 Turning off the blade server
- 27 Understanding the control panel and LEDs
- 29 System board illustration
- 29 Using system board switches
- 30 Using switch block 2 (SW2)
- 31 Using Light Path Diagnostics to troubleshoot the system board
- 33 3 Customer replaceable units
- 33 Installation guidelines
- 33 System reliability considerations
- 33 Handling static-sensitive devices
- 34 Major components of the blade server
- 35 Removing the blade server from the SBCE unit
- 36 Opening the blade server cover
- 37 Removing the blade server bezel assembly
- 37 Installing a SCSI hard disk drive
- 38 Removing a SCSI hard disk drive
- 39 Installing memory modules
- 41 Installing an additional processor
- 44 Installing an I/O expansion card
- 45 Installing a small form-factor expansion card
- 46 Installing a standard form-factor expansion card
- 48 Installing the Intel® Blade Server SCSI Expansion Module SBESCSI
- 49 Installing a SCSI storage expansion unit
- 52 Installing a SCSI disk drive
- 53 Opening the SCSI storage expansion unit cover
- 54 Installing an I/O expansion card in the SCSI storage expansion unit
- 55 Replacing the battery
- 57 Completing the installation
- 58 Installing the blade server bezel assembly
- 59 Closing the blade server cover
- 60 Installing the blade server in the SBCE unit
- 61 Updating your blade server configuration
- 63 4 Field replaceable units
- 63 Microprocessor removal
- 63 Removal Guidelines
- 63 Removal procedure
- 65 System board assembly
- 65 System board component locations
- 66 Switches
- 67 System board LED locations
- 67 System board replacement
- 69 5 Configuring the blade server
- 69 Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
- 69 Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program
- 69 Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices
- 72 Using passwords
- 73 Using the PXE boot agent utility program
- 73 Firmware updates
- 74 Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers
- 75 Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration
- 75 Configuring a SCSI RAID array
- 76 Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program
- 77 6 Diagnostics
- 77 General checkout
- 78 Diagnostic tools overview
- 78 POST error logs
- 79 Viewing error logs from the Configuration/Setup Utility program
- 79 Diagnostic programs and error messages
- 79 Starting the diagnostic programs
- 80 Viewing the test log
- 81 Diagnostic error message tables
- 81 Error symptoms
- 81 Error symptom charts
- 81 Small computer system interface messages
- 81 Light Path Diagnostics
- 82 Memory errors
- 83 Recovering the BIOS code
- 83 Automatic BIOS recovery
- 83 Backup page jumper
- 85 7 BIOS, Diagnostics and Firmware update procedures
- 85 Updating the BIOS
- 86 Updating the Diagnostics
- 86 Updating the BMC and SDR
- 87 Online (OS Present) BIOS Update
- 87 BIOS Update from Windows Operating System
- 87 GUI operation
- 88 Steps to perform update (GUI)
- 88 Steps to extract the Windows Update to the hard drive (GUI)
- 88 Steps to extract DOS update files to diskette (GUI)
- 88 Command Line Operation
- 89 Steps to perform update in Unattended Mode (Command Line)
- 89 (Command Line)
- 89 Line)
- 90 BIOS Update from Linux Operating System
- 90 GUI operation
- 90 Command Line Operation
- 90 Steps to perform update in Unattended Mode (Command Line)
- 90 (Command Line)
- 91 Line)
- 91 System Event Log messages
- 91 SEL Viewer utility
- 92 SEL Viewer command-line arguments
- 93 Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- 93 SEL Viewer Main Window
- 96 Pull-Down Menu – File
- 96 File Menu Item – Open
- 97 File Menu Item – Save As
- 97 File Menu Item – Exit
- 97 Pull-Down Menu – SEL
- 97 SEL Menu Item – Reload
- 98 SEL Menu Item – Properties
- 98 SEL Menu Item – Clear SEL
- 98 SEL Menu Item – Sort By
- 98 Pull-Down Menu – View
- 99 View Menu Item – Hide SEL Info Window/View SEL Info Window
- 99 View Menu Item – Display In Hex/Display In Text
- 99 View Menu Item – Resolution Mode
- 99 Pull-Down Menu – Help
- 99 Help Menu Item – General Help
- 100 Help Menu Item – About
- 100 OEM SEL data
- 100 SEL Viewer display information
- 102 OEM SEL entry definitions
- 103 POST OEM SEL formats with timestamp
- 103 SMI OEM SEL formats with timestamp
- 104 POST OEM SEL formats without timestamp
- 105 POST processor event/error SEL format
- 106 SMI OEM SEL formats without timestamp
- 107 SMI processor event/error SEL format
- 109 SMI memory event/error SEL format
- 110 SMI bus event/error SEL format
- 110 SMI chipset event/error SEL format
- 111 8 Symptom-to-FRU index
- 111 Beep symptoms
- 115 No-beep symptoms
- 115 Diagnostic error codes
- 118 POST error codes
- 124 Light Path Diagnostics
- 126 Error symptoms
- 137 Service processor error codes
- 138 SCSI error codes
- 138 Temperature error messages
- 139 Power error messages
- 141 System shutdown
- 141 System errors
- 142 Temperature-related system shutdown
- 142 DASD checkout
- 142 Undetermined problems
- 143 Problem determination tips
- 145 Server Compute Blade SBX
- 146 System
- 147 A Getting help and technical assistance
- 147 Before you call
- 147 Using the documentation
- 147 Getting help and information from the World Wide Web