How to use USB-to-Ethernet virtual interface upgrading firmware?

Purpose:

Upgrade firmware. The method shorten upgrading processing time than KCS.

Target Audience:

• FWA-3050 users.
• Who has Linux experience.

Steps:

1. Install ipmitool utility on Linux.

Refer steps on another article.

https://advantech-ncg.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360033313052-How-to-Install-IPMItool

2. Find out the virtual device 'USB-to-Ethernet' by ipmitool utility and record its IP address.

Use 'ipmitool lan print [number]' to find the channel which MAC address is showing 'ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff'.

[root@fwa-3050 home]# ipmitool lan print 6
Set in Progress         : Set Complete
Auth Type Support       : MD5 PASSWORD
Auth Type Enable        : Callback : MD5 PASSWORD
                        : User     : MD5 PASSWORD
                        : Operator : MD5 PASSWORD
                        : Admin    : MD5 PASSWORD
                        : OEM      :
IP Address Source       : Static Address
IP Address              : 192.168.5.1
Subnet Mask             : 255.255.255.0
MAC Address             : ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
SNMP Community String   : public
Default Gateway IP      : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway MAC     : 00:00:00:00:00:00
Backup Gateway IP       : 0.0.0.0
Backup Gateway MAC      : 00:00:00:00:00:00
802.1q VLAN ID          : Disabled
802.1q VLAN Priority    : 0
RMCP+ Cipher Suites     : 1,2,3,6,7,8,11,12,15,16,17
Cipher Suite Priv Max   : aaaaaaaaaaaXXXX
                        :     X=Cipher Suite Unused
                        :     c=CALLBACK
                        :     u=USER
                        :     o=OPERATOR
                        :     a=ADMIN
                        :     O=OEM
Bad Password Threshold  : Not Available

• 'Subnet Mask' must be 255.255.255.0.

3. Find out the virtual LAN interface and give it an IP address in same network section as BMC virtual channel.

[root@fwa-3050 home]# ethtool -i usb0
driver: cdc_eem
version: 22-Aug-2005
firmware-version: CDC EEM Device
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: usb-0000:00:14.0-3.4
supports-statistics: no
supports-test: no
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: no
supports-priv-flags: no

[root@fwa-3050 home]# ifconfig usb0 192.168.5.100/24 up

4. Make sure the virtual LAN interface and virtual BMC channel are reachable.

[root@fwa-3050 home]# ping 192.168.5.1
PING 192.168.5.1 (192.168.5.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.5.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.376 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.5.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.395 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.5.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.454 ms

--- 192.168.5.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.376/0.408/0.454/0.037 ms

5. Upgrade firmware by IOL.

# ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.5.1 -U administrator -P advantech hpm upgrade [FW file] force activate

example as below:

[root@fwa-3050 home]# ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.5.1 -U administrator -P advantech hpm upgrade FWA3050_bios_01_04.img force activate

PICMG HPM.1 Upgrade Agent 1.0.9:

Validating firmware image integrity...OK
Performing preparation stage...
Services may be affected during upgrade. Do you wish to continue? (y/n): y
OK

Performing upgrade stage:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|ID  | Name        |                     Versions                        | %  |
|    |             |      Active     |      Backup     |      File       |    |
|----|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
|*  2|3050 BIOS    |   1.04 00000000 |   1.04 00000000 |   1.04 00000000 |100%|
|    |Upload Time: 05:55             | Image Size: 26501166 bytes              |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) Component requires Payload Cold Reset
Performing activation stage:
    Waiting firmware activation...OK

Firmware upgrade procedure successful

• please keep system power stable and should not do any action which can cause upgrading procedure interrupted