How to update BMC Firmware on G8825Z5 with Ubuntu 22.04.02

How to update BMC Firmware on G8825Z5 with Ubuntu 22.04.02

How to update BMC Firmware on G8825Z5 with Ubuntu 22.04.02

Hardware Environment:

MiTAC G8825Z5 GPU server

BIOS: v1.00

BMC: v1.00

CPU: AMD EPYC 9575F x2

RAM: DDR5-5600 64GB x 24

OS: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS Server

 

Prerequisites For Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:

For a newly installed Ubuntu system, run the following commands to install required software packages.

Setp1. $ sudo apt update

Step2. $ sudo apt upgrade

Step3. $ sudo apt install curl

Step4. $ sudo apt install jq

Step5. $ sudo apt install ipmitool

Step6. $ sudo apt install libssl-dev

 

Before this script is run to update the firmware image, imgname.txt is located at the same path of mct_redfish_update.sh.

 

Update the BMC Firmware:

Step7. $ sudo mct_redfish_update.sh bmc ib [USER] [PASSWORD] -s

ex: sudo ./mct_redfish_update.sh bmc ib root tyan@123

Step8. During the BMC update process, the fan will run at full speed.

Step9. BMC Firmware update completed; system will auto reboot.