Insyde Bios Flash Utility

Executive summary The Dell Precision Rack 7910 offers a variety of methods - local or remote, with or without an operating system, to update the system BIOS. The different methods are listed below. You can choose the method that best suits your need and environment. - Executing the BIOS Dell Update Package (DUP) from within the operating system. - Using the UEFI-based BIOS flash utility in a pre-boot environment.

I got an alert from Dell about a necessary upgrade to the BIOS file, and clicked on it - it ran this Insydeflash protocol, and now my Firefox browser refreshes every 20 seconds or so, interrupting.

- Using the Lifecycle Controller Platform Update option (F10). - Using the Update and Rollback feature in iDRAC web GUI. - Using the WS-MAN based 1:many Remote Update method (Remote Enablement) 1.

Executing the BIOS DUP from within the operating system 1.1 Using Microsoft Windows DUP Installation steps: 1. Zhurnal otrabotki plana evakuacii obrazec e. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file (e.g. BIOS_K44R7_WN32_1.0.2.EXE) and double-click the new file.

Read the release information and click Install. 5 Linux DUP 3. Follow the instructions on the screen to perform the update.

The system reboots and launches Lifecycle Controller (Fig. Lifecycle Controller invokes the BIOS update (Fig.

This may take a few minutes. After the BIOS is updated, the system reboots automatically.

1.3 Using an Using an UEFI-based BIOS flash utility Dell releases a UEFI-based BIOS flash utility for each 13th generation of server platform. You can use this utility using any of the following methods: - Run it from a UEFI shell - Load it directly from the BIOS boot manager. 1.3.1 Run BIOS flash utility in UEFI shell In this method, you must provide a UEFI bootable device, such as a USB key.

To make a USB key bootable in UEFI mode, you must download the UEFI shell binary from the UEFI open source website and save it as efi boot bootX64.efi file on the USB key To update the BIOS under UEFI shell, follow the below steps: 1. Copy the downloaded UEFI BIOS flash utility (for example, R730-010002.efi) to the USB key which has the UEFI shell. Connect the USB key and turn on the system. Press during POST to enter the BIOS Boot Manager (Fig. 6 Boot Manager 4. If the boot mode is set to UEFI already, then select the One-shot UEFI Boot Menu and choose the UEFI bootable USB key to boot from, Proceed to step 7. Fig.12 UEFI-based BIOS flash utility 1.3.2 Loading the BIOS flash utility directly the from Boot Manager In case you do not have a UEFI shell, you can use the Boot Manager to update the BIOS using the UEFI BIOS flash utility.

Copy the downloaded UEFI BIOS flash utility (e.g. R730-010002.efi) to a USB key. Connect the USB key and turn on the server. Press during POST to enter the BIOS Boot Manager (Fig. Navigate to the System Utilities menu and select BIOS Update File Explorer (Fig.

Select the USB key, and navigate through the directory contents to find the UEFI BIOS flash utility (e.g. R730-010002.efi) (Fig.13). 15 Update the BIOS via iDRAC Firmware Update 5.

Navigate to the Job Queue page to monitor the status of the update jobs. The BIOS update using the iDRAC Firmware Update method starts only if the server is not in POST. Make sure that the server is up and running in the operating system or is turned off before invoking the update process. 1.5 Updating BIOS using Lifecycle Controller Lifecycle Controller provides a Platform Update wizard which allows you to flash the BIOS and other firmware. You can use the Platform Update wizard to view the current versions of the installed applications and firmware, display the list of available updates, select the required updates, download and apply the updates. You can set up different methods, such as FTP server, local USB devices, and network share to access the updates in your organization.