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Express5800/R120f-1M
Express5800/R120f-2M
Express5800/R120f-1E
Express5800/R120g-1M
Express5800/R120g-2M
Express5800/R120g-1E
BMC firmware 02.31, SDR 00.10
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Software name : Express5800/R120f-1M, Express5800/R120f-2M, Express5800/R120f-1E,
Express5800/R120g-1M, Express5800/R120g-2M, Express5800/R120g-1E
BMC firmware update module for Linux
Models : Express5800/R120f-1M, Express5800/R120f-2M, Express5800/R120f-1E,
Express5800/R120g-1M, Express5800/R120g-2M, Express5800/R120g-1E
Software revisions: See below
Type of software : BMC firmware
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[ Customers using BMC Firmware Revision 02.27 or later ]
In case it is necessary to downgrade BMC Firmware Revision 02.27 or later, follow the procedure below:
1. Downgrade the BMC Firmware.
Please follow the procedure in readme attached to the BMC Firmware.
2. Run Configuration Initialization on Server Configuration Utility(On-line for Windows/Linux)
or Server Configuration Utility(Off-line).
Server Configuration Utility(On-line for Windows/Linux) is stored in EXPRESSBUILDER attached
the server.
Server Configuration Utility(Off-line) is started up by pushing F4 key during
POST(Power On Self Test) screen.
3. All configurations for the BMC Firmware are cleared by the previous step.
Please re-configure the BMC Firmware settings.
NOTE
- NEC doesn't recommend downgrading BMC Firmware.
Please use latest BMC Firmware if at all possible.
- To prevent the incorrect operation of BMC Firmware, please read the procedure for downgrading
carefully.
- All configurations for BMC Firmware are cleared after executing this procedure.
Please write down all of BMC configurations before downgrading for the reconfiguration.
[ Customers using the Express5800/R120f-1M, Express5800/R120f-2M, Express5800/R120f-1E ]
Update ROM Utility (Off-line TOOL), in order to use BMC Firmware Revision 02.27 or later.
After confirming "Models and software revisions to update" in the download page of the ROM Utility
(Off-line TOOL), update it if applicable. ROM Utility(Off-line TOOL) update tool can be downloaded from here.
[ About the software ]
The Express5800/R120f-1M, Express5800/R120f-2M, Express5800/R120f-1E, Express5800/R120g-1M,
Express5800/R120g-2M, Express5800/R120g-1E BMC firmware and SDR update module ("the software") supports
the following functional enhancement in the Express5800/R120f-1M, Express5800/R120f-2M,
Express5800/R120f-1E, Express5800/R120g-1M, Express5800/R120g-2M, Express5800/R120g-1E models:
- To improve security, updated the OpenSSL to the latest 1.1.1 base.
- Extend the term of validity for the SSL Certificate and the Java Code Signing Certificate.
Note:
- To prevent a system failure, please read this document carefully and follow the procedure for
successful update. Should your system malfunctions or is powered off due to an unplanned event
during update (for example, power blackout or cutoff, lightening, and noise), the system may be
damaged and fails to operate normally. In this case, any remedial measures shall be taken at your
expense.
- This software does not support virtualization environment.
- Before BMC firmware update, please make sure that a drive letter has been assigned
to the virtual CD/DVD drive on Windows OS if the Remote Media function of the BMC firmware is enabled.
- A remote KVM console or IPMI information display function in this version can't be launched on
the Java environment earlier than Oracle Java7u25. If you would like to update to this version,
please update to the Java environment higher than Java7u40.
[ Models and software revisions to update ]
Users who use the following server models and BMC firmware revisions need update:
- Models to update:
1. Express5800/R120f-1M
2. Express5800/R120f-2M
3. Express5800/R120f-1E
4. Express5800/R120g-1M
5. Express5800/R120g-2M
6. Express5800/R120g-1E
- BMC firmware and SDR revisions to update:
- BMC firmware
BMC Firmware Revision: 02.08
BMC Firmware Revision: 02.11
BMC Firmware Revision: 02.13
BMC Firmware Revision: 02.15
BMC Firmware Revision: 02.18
BMC Firmware Revision: 02.25
BMC Firmware Revision: 02.27
BMC Firmware Revision: 02.28
BMC Firmware Revision: 02.29
- SDR
SDR Revision: 00.04
SDR Revision: 00.05
SDR Revision: 00.06
SDR Revision: 00.07
NOTE:
If your BMC firmware revision is later than the above, you do not require the update
(the latest revisions already include the functions to be added by the software).
- How to confirm your BMC Firmware and SDR revision:
Please make sure to confirm proper BMC Firmware and SDR revision by any of the following means.(*1)
* How to confirm by the server which will be updated *
- By BIOS Setup, to confirm your BMC Firmware and SDR revision:
(1) Power on the system.
(2) When the following message appears, press the F2 key to start the BIOS Setup Menu.
"Press <F2> to enter SETUP"
(3) Using the arrow keys, move the cursor to [Server].
(4) Select the [System Management] sub menu and press the Enter key.
(5) The software revisions of your system will be displayed.
(6) After confirmation of the software revisions, press the ESC key and exit the [System Management]
sub menu.
(7) Move the cursor to [Exit], using the arrow keys.
(8) Select [Exit Discarding Changes], and exit the BIOS Setup Menu.
* How to confirm by the remote access *
- By EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3, to confirm your BMC Firmware and SDR revisions:
(1) Run EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3.
(2) Select the [system] tab.
(3) Select the [IPMI information] sub menu.
Confirmation of BMC Firmware revision
(4) Select the [MC] button and select [basbrd Mgmt Ctrl].
(5) Check [Firmware Revision].
Confirmation of SDR revision
(6) Select the [SDR] button and select LAST Record ID / Record Type : OEMSDR
(7) Check [[OEM Data] SDR Version].
- By ESMPRO Manager Ver.6, to confirm your BMC Firmware and SDR revision:
(1) Run ESMPRO Manager Ver.6.
(2) After selecting the server, select the [Remote Control] tab.
(3) Select the [IPMI Information] sub menu.
Confirmation of BMC Firmware revision
(4) Select the [MC(Management Controller) Information] sub menu.
(5) Select the [Basbrd Mgmt Ctlr] sub menu.
(6) The BMC firmware revision of your system will be displayed.
Confirmation of SDR revision
(7) Select the [SDR-Management Information] sub menu and press the Enter key.
(8) The SDR revision of your system will be displayed.
Please read the following User License Agreement ("Agreement") carefully.
If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you shall not download the Software.
Downloading the Software indicates your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
[User License Agreement]
NEC Corporation ("NEC") grants you the right to use the software program ("Software") under the terms
and conditions of this Agreement only in the country in which you acquired the Software. You shall
agree to all provisions of this Agreement and assume responsibility for selection, installation, use
and effect of the Software purchased for your desired effect.
<Agreement for the Software>
1. Terms
1.1 This Agreement shall come into force on the date of your receipt of the Software.
1.2 You may terminate the license granted hereunder by notifying us in writing at least one month
prior to the desired termination date.
1.3 NEC may terminate the license granted you hereunder at any time if you fail to comply with any
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
1.4 The license to the Software shall remain in force until the license is terminated on the date
set forth hereunder.
1.5 Upon termination of the license, other rights granted you hereunder shall also be terminated.
You must destroy or dispose of the Software, any copies of the Software and manual and other
materials provided with the Software.
2. Copyright
2.1 The Software shall solely be used in the NEC Express5800 servers.
2.2 NEC grants you the right to use the Software only in the country in which you acquired the
Software in accordance with the conditions of the preceding paragraph.
3. Copying, altering, and combining of the Software
3.1 You may only make one copy of the Software solely for a backup purpose,
provided, however, that the copy of the Software is loaded into permanent memory of the system.
You may store the Software solely to prevent damages or loss of the memory media.
3.2 You shall place the copyright notice and other legends on each copy of the Software.
3.3 You may not use, copy, alter, combine, publish, reproduce the Software over the Internet, or
otherwise dispose of the Software except as provided in this Agreement.
3.4 You may not copy, publish the manual or other related documentation provided with the Software,
or reproduce such manual and documentation over the Internet.
3.5 No intangible property right to the Software shall be transferred to you.
4. Transfer
4.1 You may assign your rights granted hereunder to a third party only if all conditions below are
satisfied:
a. You shall assign and shall not retain this Agreement, the Software, allcopies of the
Software, or the manual or other related documentationprovided with the Software.
b. The transferee agrees to this Agreement.
4.2 You shall not sublicense, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the Software or the right of
use to any third party except as provided herein.
5. Reverse compile
You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise disassemble the Software.
6. Limitation of warranties
6.1 The Software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. In no event shall NEC be liable
with respect to any claim by you on account of or arising out of the use of the Software.
6.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in case NEC makes any bug-fix version
to the Software, NEC will, at its expense, furnish you with such bug-fix version, update version,
or information in relation to such bug-fix or update version both in the source code form and
object code form, and such bug-fix version or update version shall be considered as the licensed
Software.
7. No liability
In no event shall NEC be liable for any indirect or consequential damages or loss of profit or
damages based on any third party claim, even if NEC has been advised of the possibility of such
damages.
[ Installation procedures ]
Perform the following steps to extract the Software and update your BMC firmware.
- How to extract:
(1) Retry to login by root if the user is not a root user.
(2) Download the update module to a desired directory.
(3) The software will be extracted to the specified folder by "tar zxvf B0231S00100680L.tar.gz".
(4) The folder has "READMEE.txt" which is the installation procedures (readme file).
- How to update:
(1) Perform the steps of the readme file to update the BMC firmware.
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[ Revision history ]
The contents of "2015/06/23" previous, Express5800/R120g-1M, Express5800/R120g-2M, Express5800/R120g-1E
is not covered.
2021/08/31 BMCFW Revision 02.31, SDR Revision 00.10
- To improve security, updated the OpenSSL to the latest 1.1.1 base.
- Extend the term of validity for the SSL Certificate and the Java Code Signing Certificate.
2019/01/31 BMCFW Revision 02.29, SDR Revision 00.10
- Changed from the Java applet to the Java application about IPMI information display functionality.
- Extended the term of validity for the SSL server certificate and the Java code signing certificate.
2018/01/11 BMCFW Revision 02.28, SDR Revision 00.10
- Modified to close unused port(TCP/UDP port 427).
- Supported new sensor offset of OS Boot Events for System Event Log(SEL) viewer on Web browser
and Mail Alert.
- Fixed the issue that it can not access to EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 from Web browser after changing
BMC FW setting in rare case. Fixed the issue that it can not change the user configuration or
the Management Software configuration after changing BMC FW setting in rare case.
- Update online help on Web browser of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3.
- Changed some strings on Web browser and Command Line Interface of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3.
- Updated OpenSSL module based on 1.0.2.
- Changed the encrypted communication not to use weak encryption scheme and TLS compression.
- Modified processing of system reset when OS reboot.
2016/05/17 BMCFW Revision 02.27, SDR Revision 00.10
- Supported IPv6 connection for command line interface, E-mail alert and image redirection.
- Supported 1Gbps/10Gbps fixed speed for link speed configuration of Shared BMC LAN.
- To improve security, updated the OpenSSL to the latest 1.0.1p base.
- Took measures to GNU C library(glibc) vulnerable to buffer overflow (CVE-2015-7547).(*)
- Changed the signing algorithm of SSL server Certificate from SHA-1 to SHA-2.
- Supported automount on RHEL7 for Remote Media.
- Fixed the issue remote KVM console corrupts on delegation of access privilege between
multiple KVM consoles.
- Supported E-mail information icon of Server Panel on Web Console.
- Modified to prohibit string which contains " ' " or "#" in some configurations by web browser.
- Modified to allow string which contains "-" or "_" in community name of SNMP alert configuration
by web browser.
- Update online help on Web Console.
- Update OSS license on Web Console.
- Supported event of LAN Leash Lost(Error and Recovery) on the Management LAN port and
the Shared BMC LAN port.(BMCFW/SDR)
- Supported new models (Express5800/R120g-1M, Express5800/R120g-2M, Express5800/R120g-1E).(BMCFW/SDR)
- The SDR of the SW Owner sensor(such as BIOS), change the handling from SDR_Type = 02h(Compact Sensor
Record) to SDR_Type = 03h(Event Only Record).
- Improved cooling function.(SDR)
Target of "Express5800/R120g-1M" and "Express5800/R120g-2M" is a changes item (*).
2015/06/23 BMCFW Revision 02.18, SDR Revision 00.07
- Improved the issue that rarely connection timeout of Management LAN.
- Add support for 2.5-inch PCIe SSD Installation Kit.
- Changed the encrypted communication not to use SSL v3.0.
- Improved the web server function of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine3 in order to show latest web contents
without browser cache clear after BMCFW update.
- Support for UEFI boot from Remote USB memory.
- Changed the sensor failure error detection method of the Power sensor.
- Changed to preserve accesslogs by EXPRESSSCOPE Profile Key when a motherboard is replaced.
- Improved to preserve contents of the web browser display for alert configurations
by EXPRESSSCOPE Profile Key when a motherboard is replaced.
- Fixed the issue that Server Configuration Utility can not apply configurations
when HTTP and HTTPS are disabled by Off-line TOOL Server Configuration Utility.
- Added the usable character "+" to the SMTP Server Setting in Mail Alert via a web browser.
- Improved cooling function.(SDR)
- Added the SSD_Status_Sensor(Sensor# DDh) for supported the PCIe_SSD.(SDR)
2015/01/26 BMCFW Revision 02.13, SDR Revision 00.06
- Supported the Image Redirection function.
- Added the 'Sector Format' menu to the 'Disc Array' of RAID information.
- Improved the Web display and the description of the online help of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3.
- Improved cooling function to support R120f-1E and GRID/K1.(SDR)
2014/11/11 BMCFW Revision 02.11, SDR Revision 00.05
- Added support for N8104-156F LOM card.
- Enhanced the automatic recovery feature of hardware monitoring function under high load.
- Improved the issue that BMC rarely mis-detect the sensor failure of the Current sensor.(SDR)
2014/09/26 BMCFW Revision 02.08, SDR Revision 00.04
- Initial Release.
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[ Legal notices (trademarks and copyrights) ]
All contents on this software are the copyright of NEC Corporation or the third-party software
developer.
EXPRESSSCOPE is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation.
Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and Windows Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Linux is a trademark or registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States and other
countries.
Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.
in the United States and other countries.
GRID is trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and/or other
countries.
All other product, brand, or trade names used in this publication are the trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective trademark owners.
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