Question: How to upgrade the Advantech FWA-3260 BIOS?
Answer:
Follow this procedure to upgrade the BIOS on Advantech FWA 3260:
NOTE: The Advantech box must have Internet connectivity [Required only to SCP the images, no other dependencies].
1. Click this https://versanetworks.app.box.com/s/rp5uqwhfo3qvqxm1wru5j4g7jq27yzhs to download bootloader, BMC, nvram, and bios images and copy on DUT (target device).
# Install ipmitool
# sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
# sudo apt-get install ipmitool
# Enable IPMI kernel modules
# sudo modprobe ipmi_devintf
# sudo modprobe ipmi_si
# Upgrade Active BMC [may take around ~12 min] # sudo ipmitool hpm upgrade namb3260_bmc_standard_1.10.img force # sudo ipmitool hpm activate [ignore the error] # Upgrade the Bootloader [ may take around 1 min] # sudo ipmitool hpm upgrade namb3260_bootloader_standard_1.00.img force # sudo ipmitool hpm activate # Upgrade Backup BMC [may take around ~12 min] # sudo ipmitool hpm upgrade namb3260_bmc_standard_1.10.img force # sudo ipmitool hpm activate # Upgrade Active BIOS [may take around 20-30min] # sudo ipmitool hpm upgrade FWA3260_bios_Versa_01_06.img force # sudo ipmitool hpm activate # Upgrade NVRAM [may take around 1 min] # sudo ipmitool hpm upgrade FWA3260_nvram_Versa_0x06_00.img force # sudo ipmitool hpm activate # sudo ipmitool chassis power cycle [Which is close to a hard-power recycle, triggered by the ipmi]. # Upgrade Backup BIOS [may take around 20-30min] # sudo ipmitool hpm upgrade FWA3260_bios_Versa_01_06.img force # sudo ipmitool hpm activate # sudo ipmitool chassis power cycle
2. Verify the BIOS and FW versions.
# To verify the BIOS and other FW versions # sudo modprobe ipmi_devintf # sudo modprobe ipmi_si # sudo ipmitool hpm check *[Please perform a hard power recycle if the Firmware versions doesn't get updated].
3. Disable the hyper-threading in the BIOS.
# Procedure to disable Hyper-threading
https://support.versa-networks.com/solution/articles/23000012759-disabling-hyper-threading-in-a-versa-810-fw-3-device
PS: In case the ipmitool is not responding, you could try to perform a cold reset using the below command:
[admin@Branch: ~] $ sudo ipmitool mc reset cold
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