Supermicro Bios Password / Softlayer

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XeonSam

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I know this is an old post but I'm having problems with the same OEMs (Softlayer).

It's a X11 though and these instructions don't seem to work in regards to updating BIOS or BMC. I get error messages in UEFI shell, IPMI and in DOS. I know as of X11, you can't use DOS anymore to update the firmware (BIOS), however, reseting the IPMI password works very well. The default password works now; just no BIOS or BMC updates.

Does anyone have experience with these systems?

Server: SYS-6019U-TN4R4T
Board: X11DPU
 

XeonSam

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Yep. This is the download I used to try to update the BIOS. Doesn't flash.
 

RolloZ170

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Yep. This is the download I used to try to update the BIOS. Doesn't flash.
error msg ?
the BMC may use different valuation keys for the BIOS verifications.
flashing the BMC and BIOS with usb programmer is required.