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How to Identify BIOS and BMC Revision Levels
To help you identify your system's current BIOS and BMC revision levels, refer to the
following subsections.
BIOS Revision Level Identification
During system Power-On Self Test (POST), which runs automatically when your
system is powered on, your system monitor displays several messages, one of which
identifies the BIOS revision level currently loaded on your system, see the example
below.
Example: BIOS Revision Level
Phoenix BIOS 4.0 Release 6.0.250A
In the example above, BIOS 6.0.250A is the current BIOS revision level loaded on your
system.
Note:
The BIOS Revision Level
stated in the example may not
reflect the actual BIOS setting in your system.
BMC Revision Level Identification
During system Power-On Self Test (POST), which runs automatically when your
system is powered on, system diagnostics are run. Following the memory test
diagnostic, several messages will appear informing you that the mouse was detected
and system configuration data updated, when you see these messages the BMC
messages are displayed next.
Note:
In order to see the diagnostic messages, the ESC key
must be pressed.
To identify your system's current BMC revision level, see the example below.
Example: BMC Messages
Base Board Management Controller
Copyright (c) 1999 NEC Corporation, all rights reserved.
Device ID :01 Device Revision :00
IPMI Version :1.0 Firmware Revision :00.60
Self Test Result :
In the example above, Firmware Revision 00.60 is the current BMC revision level
loaded on your system.
Note:
The Firmware Revision Level
stated in the example may
not reflect the actual BMC revision level setting in your system.