How to upgrade the SSL Visibility S550 BIOS

Products

• SV-S550

Issue/Introduction

Your SV-550 needs the BIOS updating.

Cause

In the GUI under "Monitor->System Status" you will see if an update is required. To find detailed information (including BIOS version) from the menu on the top right with the hostname, choose the Information submenu. 

 

Resolution

Customer Diagnostics provides a utility that facilitates upgrading the BIOS or ME image.  

These instructions assume that user knows how to boot the customer diagnostics

At the Diagnostic > prompt type  "help upgrade bios". Note the help string for the upgrade bios command  is as follows:

upgrade bios [secondary | me]

The above help string  should be interpreted to mean that you can perform any one of the following command actions individually:

 
                CLI. Command                         Comments
1. upgrade bios                                 ## Upgrade the primary bios only
2. upgrade bios secondary                       ## Upgrade the secondary image only
3. upgrade bios me                              ## Upgrade the ME only

After executing one of the listed commands, precisely follow the instructions on the console screen. The instructions on the console inform the user what steps must be completed for a successful firmware upgrade.  

The ME firmware doesn't have to be updated.  The COE CLI command "firmware update" will update ME firmware automatically when a new version is available.

The ME firmware comes with BIOS firmware in a single binary.