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BIOS may not be updated until reboot when using the One Flash Update Utility

When the Intel® One Boot Flash Update (Intel® OFU) is used to update the BIOS or firmware, the update may not occur until the next reboot.

Refer to the table below for current Intel® Server Boards

Firmware Component S7000FC4UR S3000AH, S3000PT S3200SH, X38ML S5400SF S5000PSL,S5000PAL, S5000XSL,S5000XAL,
S5000XVN,S5000VCL
BIOS Next Reboot Immediately Immediately Next Reboot Next Reboot
BMC Next Reboot Not Supported Immediately Next Reboot Next Reboot
SDR Next Reboot Not Supported Immediately Next Reboot Next Reboot
FRU Immediately Not Supported Immediately Immediately Immediately
HSC Immediately Not Supported Not Supported Immediately Immediately
Local Control Panel (LCP) 1 Immediately Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Immediately
Intel® Remote Management Module 1 1 Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Immediately
Intel® Remote Management Module 2 2 Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported
Note When the firmware is contained in a single block, the new firmware will be active immediately upon update. When the firmware is contained in two blocks, the OFU will update the second block initially, and wait for the next reboot to update the first block.

1 HSC, LCP & RMM 1 - Some components are optional or configuration dependent and may not be present on all systems. HSC updates are not supported on expander HSC backplanes

2 Intel RMM2 firmware is updated using update utilities provided with the Intel RMM2 firmware updates

This applies to:
Intel® Server Board S3000AH
Intel® Server Board S3000PT
Intel® Server Board S3200SH
Intel® Server Board S5000PAL
Intel® Server Board S5000PSL
Intel® Server Board S5000VCL
Intel® Server Board S5000VSA
Intel® Server Board S5000XSL
Intel® Server Board S5400SF
Intel® Server Board X38ML
Intel® Server System S7000FC4UR
Intel® Server System SC5400RA
Intel® Server System SR1520ML
Intel® Server System SR1530AH
Intel® Server System SR1530CL
Intel® Server System SR1530HCL
Intel® Server System SR1530HCLS
Intel® Server System SR1560SF
Intel® Server System SR2520SA
Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN

Solution ID: CS-029434
Last Modified: 18-Aug-2011
Date Created: 15-Jun-2008
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