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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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