Transferring bios from the client – Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual
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13. In the File pull-down menu, select Load BIOS and Flash.
14. When the Open window appears, use the folder's navigation icons to move to the NAS system's desktop, and
select the share folder in which you placed the downloaded BIOS file.
15. Click Open.
A Load BIOS window appears.
16. Select Load BIOS.
This message appears:
Are You Sure?
17. Click Yes.
The utility erases the current BIOS, opens the new updated BIOS file, and programs the system to accept the new
BIOS file (a status bar at the bottom of the window provides progress information).
The message appears:
Flash ROM update complete. Please restart your system.
18. Click OK.
19. Restart your NAS system.
Transferring BIOS From the Client
You should occasionally check the Dell | Support website at support.dell.com to see whether an updated
BIOS is available for your system.
To update the BIOS, perform the following steps:
1.
Download the most recent BIOS from support.dell.com.
2. Using a null modem serial cable, connect the client system to the NAS system.
3. Turn on the client system and set up a Hyperterminal connection.
a. Click the Start button and point to Programs® Accessories® Hyperterminal® Hyperterminal.
b. In the program group, double-click Hyperterminal.
c. Select 115200 for the bits per second, 8 for data bits, None for parity, 1 for stop bits, and Xon/Xoff for
flow control.
4. Restart the NAS system.
5. Press <F2> immediately after you see the following message:
Press <F2> to enter the Function Select menu
NOTE:
If you use a version of Windows 2000 earlier than Service Pack 2, the function keys do not
work. You must press <Esc><2>.
If you wait too long and your operating system begins to load into memory, allow the system to
complete the load operation, and then shut down the system and try again.
6.
When the Function Select menu appears, press 5 to update the BIOS Flash ROM.
7.
When a message appears asking you to confirm the selection, press <Y>.
The message Flash System BIOS appears.
8. In the HyperTerminal window, click Transfer, and then select Send File.