Kontron CP6003-RC IPMI - Manual (Page 34)

IPMI Firmware CP6003-SA/RA/RC
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P R E L I M I N A R Y
8.5.3 Firmware Upgrade - “ipmitool fwum”
“ipmitool” version 1.8.9 doesn’t support HPM.1 correctly. Tool versions prior to this do not
support HPM.1 at all.
The firmware upgrade procedure starts with downloading the binary firmware file using, for
example, the following command:
The next step is the activation of the newly downloaded IPMI firmware. This is done using
Detailed information about the currently active firmware versions and the redundant copies
can be obtained using the following command:
Some information about the IPMI’s upgrade capabilities can be determined using the com-
mand:
8.6 Setting the SEL Time
The IPMI controller does not have its own hardware real time clock. Therefore, after start-up,
restart or upgrade of the IPMI controller, its software clock first must be supplied with the current
time. The IPMI controller uses the time when handling event messages which otherwise will
have an out-of-date time stamp.
Every time when the uEFI BIOS starts up, it supplies the IPMI controller with the payload's cur-
rent real time clock time.
Restarts of the IPMI controller without a following uEFI BIOS reboot will result in invalid date
and time indication. In order to apply correct timestamps to the SEL records, issue the IPMI
command Set SEL Time. This may be done by application software on the payload side via
the KCS interface or by a remote IPMI controller via the IPMB-0.
8.7 IPMI Firmware Write Protection
If the CP6003-SA/RA/RC is plugged in a write-protected CompactPCI slot, the system write
protection bit SWP in the Device Protection Register (0x284) is set to “1”. In this case, the IPMI
firmware cannot be updated or reprogrammed neither through KCS, nor through IPMB nor
through LAN. The IPMI firmware stores the write protect state in it’s local NV-RAM. The write
protect state changes if the payload is on and the system write protection bit SWP is set to “0”.
This bit can be read only when the payload is on.
ipmitool fwum download <Binary_FWFile>.bin
ipmitool fwum upgrade
ipmitool fwum status
ipmitool fwum info
Note ...
The write protection mode is still active when the payload is off even if the IPMI
firmware reboots. To disable the write protection mode, plug the board in a
non-write-protected CompactPCI slot and switch the payload on.