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Introduction

This download contains the System Update Package for the Intel® Server Board S2600BP Family for Intel® OFU Utility. Read firmware dependencies in requirements section.

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Detailed Description

Attention:

Do NOT use this OS-based Software Update Package (SUP) if the system is an Intel® Data Center Block for Nutanix* Enterprise Cloud, the said system relies on Nutanix’s Prism Life Cycle Manager for any firmware updates. For more information, visit Nutanix* Life Cycle Manager page. For a list of hardware and firmware compatibility, visit the Nutanix* Hardware and Firmware compatibility page.

Overview

This download contains the BIOS and firmware update package for the Intel® Server Board S2600BP Family for Intel® One Boot Flash Update (Intel® OFU) Utility.

You can use this package to update the BIOS, BMC, ME, FD, and DCPMM DIMMs.

Purpose

This Firmware Update Package supports 1st and 2nd generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor families.

This update package includes the following production-level system firmware updates:

• System BIOS - 02.01.0017
• ME Firmware - 04.01.05.002
• BMC Firmware - 2.88.e172ff67
  • Read TA-1161 about implementation of password complexity rules for this BMC version
• FRUSDR - 1.49
• Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Firmware (DCPMM) - 01.02.00.5446

Firmware requirements

To update the system firmware stack to the versions included in this update package, the currently loaded system firmware stack on the system must meet the following:

• System BIOS - 02.01.0016
• ME Firmware - 04.01.04.804
• BMC Firmware - 2.88.71773d70
• FRUSDR - 1.49
• PMEM - 01.02.00.5446

Failure to get to the required firmware stack, may cause unexpected results.

Check firmware updates and troubleshooting tips from Intel website:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000088822/server-products.html

Important notes

• OFU utility with flashupdt tool does not support DCPMM FW update, please refer to "DCPMM_Update_Intructions.txt" part of this package for instructions to update DCPMM.
• Starting from BMC 2.22.59c3b83a, when KCS Policy Control Mode is configured as "Deny ALL" on BMC EWS, BMC and FRUSDR cannot be upgraded/downgraded as expected behavior. Updates can still be performed via Redfish or BMC EWS
• BMC and FRUSDR versions cannot be downgraded to backwards versions.
• For Windows and WinPE, the user needs to exit/ close the command prompt after each update.
• Refer first to the release notes for detailed information on installation instructions, supported hardware, what is new, bug fixes, and known issues before starting the firmware update.
• You must install this update package using Intel® One Boot Flash Update (Intel® OFU) v14.1 build 19 or later.