Dell PowerEdge C6100 User Manual

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Using the Baseboard Management Controller

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BIOS Version Information

The BIOS enables the system interface to the BMC and logs this event to the BMC early in
POST. BIOS version information is located in the event record, bytes 15 and16.

Table 1-64. POST Start Event

Byte

Item

Data

1–2

Record ID

3

Record Type

4–7

Timestamp

8–9

Generator ID

0x01 (BIOS)

10

Event Message Format Version 0x04 (IPMI 1.5)

11

Sensor Type

0xC1 (OEM reserved)

12

Sensor Number

0x81 (BIOS start)

13

Event Direction/Event Type

0x70 (OEM)

14

Event Data 1

0xA0

15

Event Data 2

0x01 (BIOS major version)

16

Event Data 3

0x01 (BIOS minor version)

Example:

SEL list command:
ipmitool sel get 9
This indicates that the BIOS version is V1.1.

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