Release Notes for FRU & SDR Load Utility(FRUSDR)
Version 14.0 Build 9

Nov 24, 2016
Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
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Contents
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1. Introduction
2. Supported Platforms
3. Supported Operating Systems
4. Pre-requisites
5. Installation and Un-installation (WinPE)
6. Installation and Un-installation (UEFI)
7. Usage
8. Known Issues
9. Unsupported Features
10. Change List
11. Instructions to the end user
12. Legal Information


1. Introduction

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The FRUSDR loader utility is used for updating the FRU (Field Replaceable Unit), SDR (Sensor Data Record) of various micro-controllers on a given platform through the use of platform-specific CFG,FRU and SDR files. The FRUSDR Utility communicates with other controllers on the IPMB. This Utility will display the details of the different areas like SDR Area, FRU Area and SMBIOS Area of the Server.

2. Supported Platforms

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  Intel(R) Server Board based on Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E5-1600/2600/4600 v2 product family
  Intel(R) Server Board based on Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E5-2400 v2 product family
  Intel(R) Server Board based on Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E5-2600 v3/v4 product family
  Intel(R) Server Board based on Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v2/v3/v4/v5 product family
  Intel(R) Server Board based on Intel(R) Xeon(R) phi(TM) product family

3. Supported Operating Systems

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      EFI Shell
      Windows* PE 4.x EM64T

   The below OSes are not supported after Build 6:
      Windows* PE 3.x (32bit & EM64T)


4. Pre-requisites

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   1. Boot to the appropriate WinPE Environment OR EFI shell.


5. Installation and Un-installation (WinPE)

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   Installation:

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     1. Copy the compressed ZIP file into your local directory (e.g. C:\FRUSDR).

     2. Unzip the folder.

     3. There will be ReleaseNotes.txt and folders named drivers, win_x86, win_x64.

     4. Go to drivers folder and you can find a win folder and inside win folder, you will find two folder called "x86" and "x64". Choose appropriate folder depends on the Operating System and run "install.cmd" as administrator to install drivers.

     5. Go to win_x86 or win_x64 folder based on the operating system and you can find frusdr.exe,imbapi.dll and msipmi.dll.

   Uninstallation:

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     1. To uninstall FRUSDR loader utility, manually delete the contents of the directory where the utility present.

     2. To uninstall the drivers, please follow this path : drivers->win and choose the x86 or x64 depending on the Operating system and run the uninstall.cmd.


6. Installation and Un-installation (UEFI)

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   Installation:

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   1. Unzip the compressed binary image on any Windows* machine and take the folder copy to any external media.

   2. Connect the external media to the machine

   3. Boot system to UEFI and go to the directory where frusdr.efi is present in the external media

   4. Run frusdr.efi -h for usage.

   Uninstallation:
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   1. To uninstall FRUSDR loader utility, manually delete the contents of the directory where the utility is present.


7. Usage

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   The following is the procedure to execute the FRUSDR loader utility:

      The FRUSDR loader can be run as a command-line application for the actions that it performs, which includes updating the FRU area and the SDR area of the system and displaying the same on the console. The command switches can be given in any order and the utility will function without any error.

        frusdr <switch> [File Name]

      a. To view the command-line help:
        frusdr /h

      b. Command Line Syntax:
        Usage:  FRUSDR
        /? or /h                  Displays usage information.
        /d {smb,fru,sdr}          Only displays requested area.
        /cfg filename.cfg [/nac]  Uses custom CFG file.

      Note:
        When updating with cfg file, SDR data is, by default, automatically
        configured and updated in BMC, which do not need further user
        interactions. You can disable the default mode and use legacy SDR update
        process with the /nac option.
        In the place of '/', user can use '-' also.


8. Known Issues

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In UEFI, special characters are not allowed for the FRU fields except '-', as the utility might not work with a certain combination of characters. This is due to a limitation from the EFI shell.

In UEFI and WinPE, for customized CFG file update, the tag "@ENVFILE:TYPE:NAME:#" is not supported due to OS limitation.

FRUSDR loader utility will only do "Checksum" calculation for "Common Header" of FRU data.


9. Unsupported Features
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   None.
   

10. Change List
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   Build 9
   Fix a defect about message display

   Build 8
   Add wildcard letter support in *.cfg file
   Change SDR update sequence
   Update supported platforms

   Build 7
   ReleaseNotes OS list update.


11. Instructions to the end user

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 1. The user needs to enable the "Plug and Play BMC" setting in the BIOS, in order to enable the MS IPMI driver in winPE. Otherwise the utility will error out.

 2. When the "Plug and Play BMC" setting is disabled in the F2 screen, the user needs to install the Intel IPMI driver manually using the following command.
    Devicesetup.exe -v install IMBDrv.inf *IMBDRV
    Due to certain limitations from the WinPE OS, MSIPMI driver is shown as detected always, irrespective of the "Plug and Play BMC" status.

	
12. Legal Information

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                               LEGAL INFORMATION

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