How to flash FWA-3260 (Versa 810/800) BMC FW in Versa OS

Purpose:

This article aims to provide the FWA-3260 (Versa 810/800) BMC FW checking rule for customer reference.

Target Audience:

For Advantech TSE, RBU AE, outsourcing service engineer(s) and End customer with the following knowledges  :

• ipmitool function troubleshooting experience
• Linux troubleshooting experience

Content:

When User key-in following command to upgrade FWA-3260 (Versa 810/800) BMC boot loader in Versa OS, It will report "Firmware upgrade procedure failed" message.

Customer needs to install ipmitool-1.8.13-ubuntu0.6 in Versa OS before upgrade BIOS

Procedures:

1. This symptom is the BMC FW 1.04 (or early version) limitation, BMC FW 1.04 (or early version) didn't support "-z" parameter.

2. Please suggest customer key-in following command to flashing first FWA-3260 (Versa 810/800) BMC FW in Versa OS by ipmitool-1.8.13-ubuntu0.6,

3. When active BMC FW is V1.10/1.08, flashing BMC FW can use "-Z" parameter to speed up flashing time 

First BMC FW KCS flashing command , flashing time needs to over 60 min
$ sudo ipmitool hpm upgrade <BMC FW> force activate

Second BMC FW KCS flashing command , it can add –z parameter to enhance ipmitool flashing time
$ sudo ipmitool hpm upgrade <BMC FW> -z 255 force activate


BMC bootloader  KCS flashing command  , it can add –z parameter
$ sudo ipmitool hpm upgrade <BMC bootloader FW> -z 255 force activate