Intel ISP2150 Server User Manual


 
96 ISP2150 2U Rack Server Platform Product Guide
Obtaining the Upgrade Utility
You can upgrade to a new version of the BIOS using the new BIOS files and the BIOS upgrade
utility, iFLASH.EXE. You can obtain the BIOS upgrade file and the iFLASH.EXE utility through
your computer supplier or from the Intel Customer Support website:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/LB440gx
NOTE
Please review the instructions distributed with the upgrade utility before
attempting a BIOS upgrade.
This upgrade utility allows you to:
Upgrade the BIOS in flash memory.
Update the language section of the BIOS.
The following steps explain how to upgrade the BIOS.
Creating a Bootable Floppy Diskette
1. Use a DOS or Windows 98 system to create the floppy disk.
2. Insert a formatted, bootable floppy disk in floppy drive A.
3. At the C:\ prompt, for an unformatted floppy disk, type:
format a:/s
or, for a formatted floppy disk, type:
sys a:
4. Press <Enter>
Creating the BIOS Upgrade Floppy Diskette
The BIOS upgrade file is a compressed self-extracting archive that contains the files you need to
upgrade the BIOS.
1. Copy the BIOS upgrade file to a temporary directory on your hard disk.
2. From the C:\ prompt, change to the temporary directory.
3. To extract the file, type the name of the BIOS upgrade file, for example:
10006BI1.EXE
4. Press <Enter>. The extracted file contains the following files:
LICENSE.TXT
README.TXT
BIOS.EXE
5. Read the LICENSE.TXT file, which contains the software license agreement and the README.TXT
file, which contains the instructions for the BIOS upgrade.
6. Insert the bootable floppy disk into drive A.
7. To extract the
BIOS.EXE file to the floppy disk, change to the temporary directory that holds the
BIOS.EXE file and type:
BIOS A:
8. Press <Enter>.
9. The floppy disk now holds the BIOS upgrade and recovery files.