Advantech FWA-3260 - Firmware Upgrades; Bios; LAN Bypass; Replacing Frus

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3.4 Firmware Upgrades
3.4.1 BIOS
The BIOS can be upgraded using “flashrom” under Linux. flashrom Version 0.9.7-r1855 or
newer is required. Or go for IPMI command with HPM.1 to upgrade the BIOS (SKUs depends,
only FWA-3260A with LOM support this features, please refer to the file of
“Advantech_FWA_3260_Advanced_Platform_Management_Users_Guide_Rev0_1” in details
flashrom is available via www.flasrom.org or as part of all major Linux distributions.
Documentation on flashrom can also be found there.
Start flashrom with the following parameters to update the BIOS on the FWA-3260:
-w (BIOS Name) –p internal: laptop=this _is _not_laptop
3.4.2 LAN Bypass
LAN Bypass Firmware can be upgraded via the LAN Bypass Software. Please refer to the
Advanced LAN Bypass User’s Manual for details.
3.5 Replacing FRUs
Please make sure you follow the safety guidelines presented in section1.1 when making
changes to the hardware.
For instruction on how to remove and install the top cover of the unit please refer to section
3.3.
3.5.1 Disk drives