Supermicro putting IPMI/BMC and BIOS downloads behind logins?

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i386

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I was checking today the downloads for the threadripper pro mainboard and wanted to see the current ipmi firmware version and had to register (or use fake contact information) to get to the download which only had the bios zip file...

Does anybody know when sm added this 'feature'?
 

Brian Puccio

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I don’t mind creating an account as long as it isn’t “create an account so we can verify you have an active service/support plan with us for that piece of hardware”.
 

acquacow

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I just use the guest download option and spam it with fake data, there's no data validation.

-- Dave
 
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RolloZ170

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it never forces you to use SM. you can switch to ASRock. BIOS downloads not necessary because the current one is usually 3 years old....
 
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