Has anybody updated BIOS on the supermicro Genoa motherboard yet ?

Markfw · Aug 29, 2024

Their instructions are cryptic to me. It used to be 10 years ago, you made a DOS bootable 3.5 floppy, booted off that, then ran a DOS command like
updatebios xxxx.bin

Not id has a readme, that only says "example:

SUM.efi -I Redfish_HI -u ADMIN -p ADMIN -c UpdateBios --file BIOS.rom --reboot [Optional Arguments]

OK, how do I get to this commend prompt ?

Is this the BIOS.rom file ?
BIOS_H13SSL-1C7D_20240528_1.9_STDsp.bin

This makes me feel stupid.

Markfw · Aug 29, 2024

right now mine are bios 1.0. Something tells me I at least need an update before I try the Turin. It was in ES mode abut the same time as production Genoa-x and Bergamo, so my chances of it supporting Turin are pretty good. Its version 1.9

StefanR5R · Aug 30, 2024

I haven't updated the BIOS of mine yet. From what I understand, you can update the BIOS and/or the BMC firmware by means of at least these methods:

Run the Supermicro Update Manager (SUM) on a Windows host, Linux host, or FreeBSD host, using either the command line interface of SUM or the text-based user interface (TUI) of it. The host can be a remote host which connects to the BMC of the to-be-updated board through Ethernet. Or it can be the localhost, in which case a Windows admin user or Linux/FreeBSD root user needs to run the SUM.
Run the UEFI version of SUM, which only has a command line interface, on the localhost at the UEFI shell.

Markfw said:
SUM.efi -I Redfish_HI -u ADMIN -p ADMIN -c UpdateBios --file BIOS.rom --reboot [Optional Arguments]

OK, how do I get to this commend prompt ?

During reboot, press the key which brings up the the boot menu. There, one of the available boot options is the UEFI shell.

If you haven't changed the factory defaults yet, -u ADMIN is correct but -p ADMIN needs to be changed to the password from the sticker on the mainboard. --file BIOS.rom needs to be changed to something like --file BIOS_H13SSL-1C7D_20240528_1.9_STDsp.bin.

The Windows/ Linux/ FreeBSD versions of SUM, which are included as extra zip files or tar.gz files in the BIOS download, have their own PDF manuals.

Markfw · Aug 30, 2024

OK, I did this yesterday with help from supermicro, I called them, and after I finally got someone that spoke at least broken english, I got it done.

So first, you have to update the BMC firmware. Its on the same download that the bios is, all one package. Its done from the BMC software. Leave the genoa in bios screen. Then on the remote computer update the BMC firmware from a remote PC. This screen will come up when you login and then chose firmware update. DO the BMC first, then the BIOS.

Its a long detailed process to document, but I am sure the rest of you don't need as much guidance as me. Anyway, at 1.9 bios right now as you can see. I will try my new CPU soon. (Turin)

Markfw · Aug 30, 2024

StefanR5R said:
I haven't updated the BIOS of mine yet. From what I understand, you can update the BIOS and/or the BMC firmware by means of at least these methods:

Run the Supermicro Update Manager (SUM) on a Windows host, Linux host, or FreeBSD host, using either the command line interface of SUM or the text-based user interface (TUI) of it. The host can be a remote host which connects to the BMC of the to-be-updated board through Ethernet. Or it can be the localhost, in which case a Windows admin user or Linux/FreeBSD root user needs to run the SUM.

Run the UEFI version of SUM, which only has a command line interface, on the localhost at the UEFI shell.

During reboot, press the key which brings up the the boot menu. There, one of the available boot options is the UEFI shell.

If you haven't changed the factory defaults yet, -u ADMIN is correct but -p ADMIN needs to be changed to the password from the sticker on the mainboard. --file BIOS.rom needs to be changed to something like --file BIOS_H13SSL-1C7D_20240528_1.9_STDsp.bin.

The Windows/ Linux/ FreeBSD versions of SUM, which are included as extra zip files or tar.gz files in the BIOS download, have their own PDF manuals.

That is a hell of a lot easier than what I went though, thanks Stefan !!!

gsrcrxsi · Aug 30, 2024

probably would have been a lot easier to update the BIOS via the IPMI interface. that's kind of the de facto method these days with server boards.

open IPMI in the web browser via whatever your BMC IP address is
upload BIOS file
click update
go through a couple confirmation prompts
wait
done

Markfw · Aug 30, 2024

gsrcrxsi said:
probably would have been a lot easier to update the BIOS via the IPMI interface. that's kind of the de facto method these days with server boards.

open IPMI in the web browser via whatever your BMC IP address is
upload BIOS file
click update
go through a couple confirmation prompts
wait
done

IPMI and BMC, not the same thing ????
Or is supermicro the company specific IPMI ?? YOu saw the scree above, that using a browser, but the BMC software had to be updated first

gsrcrxsi · Aug 30, 2024

Markfw said:
Anyway, at 1.9 bios right now as you can see. I will try my new CPU soon. (Turin)

BIOS 1.9 does not support Turin yet.

gsrcrxsi · Aug 30, 2024

Markfw said:
IPMI and BMC, not the same thing ????
Or is supermicro the company specific IPMI ?? YOu saw the scree above, that using a browser, but the BMC software had to be updated first

you can update the BMC firmware via the IPMI also. they are both done from the same interface. my comment was more in response to the long solutions Stef posted. it can be done manually, but I would only do that if you are locked out of the IPMI or can't get to it or something. 99% of cases, doing it via the webGUI is the way to go.

Markfw · Aug 30, 2024

OK, I know nothing about the IPMI, can you tell me how it works ? BMC is also using the web.

gsrcrxsi · Aug 30, 2024

as far as I can tell, you used the IPMI to update the BIOS? the interface in the web browser that you posted a screenshot of is the IPMI.

IPMI = the webgui in your browser.
BMC = the physical hardware, the chip on your motherboard. this contains the IPMI software. when you access the IPMI in your web browser, it is communicating with the BMC hardware.

Markfw · Aug 30, 2024

gsrcrxsi said:
as far as I can tell, you used the IPMI to update the BIOS? the interface in the web browser that you posted a screenshot of is the IPMI.

IPMI = the webgui in your browser.
BMC = the physical hardware, the chip on your motherboard. this contains the IPMI software. when you access the IPMI in your web browser, it is communicating with the BMC hardware.

oh... confusing

StefanR5R · Aug 30, 2024

gsrcrxsi said:
my comment was more in response to the long solutions Stef posted.

You have caught me with all BMC-equipped computers powered down. :-) Otherwise I would have taken a look there for related UI items.

Skillz · Aug 30, 2024

StefanR5R said:
You have caught me with all BMC-equipped computers powered down. :-) Otherwise I would have taken a look there for related UI items.

You should be able to access IPMI even with the system powered off.

StefanR5R · Aug 30, 2024

I'm stingy enough to keep even the 5V standby power pin down... But you are right nevertheless, I could have quickly booted just the BMC to take a look, leaving the rest off.

Skillz · Aug 30, 2024

StefanR5R said:
I'm stingy enough to keep even the 5V standby power pin down... But you are right nevertheless, I could have quickly booted just the BMC to take a look, leaving the rest off.

Yeah, hard power off with the power switch on the PSU will definitely make it not work when powered off. Haha. I keep all mine on so when it's time to boot them up I don't have to physically walk over to each one. I just login to IMPI and initiate the boot process. Haha

Has anybody updated BIOS on the supermicro Genoa motherboard yet ?

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