14 flash tools, 15 yafuflash, 1 installation in windows – ADLINK IMB-S90 User Manual

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IMB-S90 IPMI User’s Manual

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3.14 FLASH Tools

The Flash Tools are command line utility programs used to upgrade the firmware using
different medium like KCS, USB, and LAN. There are three tools, which are being used

• YAFUFlash

• EFI base YAFUKCS

3.15 YAFUFlash

Yet Another Firmware Upgrade Flash is a tool used for flashing the BMC. This utility is
used for flashing in both Linux and Windows environment. There are two types of
mediums used to flash the BMC. They are,

• Network

• USB

• KCS

All the three mediums are applicable for Windows and Linux environment. But only KCS
medium can be used in DOS environment. The medium can be selected as per your
requirement.

Note: YAFU based firmware update using Signed Hashed image is only possible if
enough RAM is available to upload the full firmware image before the update starts.

3.15.1

Installation in Windows

1. Open the command prompt an enter YafuFlash\Windows path.

2. This contains two files, Yafuflash.exe and LIBIPMI.dll.

3. Format: Yafuflash [OPTIONS] [MEDIUM] [FW_IMAGE_FILE], where

Perform BMC Flash Update

• -? Displays the utility usage

• -h Displays the utility usage

• -V Displays the version of the tool

• -e List outs a few examples of the tool

• -i

[OPTIONS]

- info

Displays information about existing FW
and new FW

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