How to update SKY-8211 firmware through IPMI HPM

Purpose

This article will guide you how to upgrade system firmware through BMC ethernet features.

Upgrading F/W with HPM via ipmitool is supported by the BMC. Two common methodologies can be chosen for HPM updates, one is KCS and the other is IOL with RMCP+ protocol support. Via KCS interface, the upgrade process is executed from local OS and

for the IOL interface, which leverages NC-SI, allows upgrading from remotely. With IOL, the HPM.2 long message is supported to improve the update duration (faster).

Target Audience

Everyone who needs to update firmware of SKY-8211 series

Minimum requirement

1. SKY-8211 series
2. Linux Based OS with IPMItool installed (for KCS use case, also for BMC MGMT port setup)
3. Client PC with IPMItool installed (allow user to approach SKY-8211 BMC through MGMT ports)

Steps : Following example shows how to approach the F/W update through system MGMT port (Ethernet) 

Find BMC IP address :

User can get BMC IP address through command “ipmitool lan print <No.>” under quick start linux (QSL) or any bootable Linux OS w/ ipmitool installed. 

* <No.> = 1 ~2 interface mapping is below

Perform F/W upgrade from an External machine which connects to MGMT ports 

Commands will be followings 

#ipmitool -I lanplus -H <BMC-IP> -U administrator -P advantech hpm upgrade <File.img> activate

 

 

Upgrade sequence

If there're multiple f/w need to be updated , following sequence is must to prevent any unexpected behavior after upgrade.

BMC  --> BMC Bootloader --> CPLD --> BIOS -->BIOS NVRAM

* BIOS NVRAM contains lots of BIOS default settings and update this via hpm is also highly recommended even it should be automatically updated in New BIOS first successful boot.

• BMC bootloader:

# ipmitool -I lanplus -H BMCIP -U administrator -P advantech hpm upgrade bootloader.img activate

• BMC: Please run the following command twice for backup BMC.

# ipmitool -I lanplus -H BMCIP -U administrator -P advantech hpm upgrade bmc.img activate

• FPGA(or CPLD): Please power cycle the system after the upgrade, then run the command again for backup FPGA.

# ipmitool -I lanplus -H BMCIP -U administrator -P advantech hpm upgrade fpga.img activate

• BIOS: Please power cycle the system after the upgrade, then run the command again for backup BIOS.

# ipmitool -I lanplus -H BMCIP -U administrator -P advantech hpm upgrade bios.img activate

• NVRAM:

# ipmitool -I lanplus -H BMCIP -U administrator -P advantech hpm upgrade NVRAM.img activate

• FW version Check: 

# ipmitool -I lanplus -H BMCIP -U administrator -P advantech hpm check