From 0887fc4dbc04c19fb555cd63bed1d50e6f674790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Michael=20Niew=C3=B6hner?= Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:13:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs/mb/supermicro: add SUM tool for flashing with disabled ME MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Change-Id: I08543c0908a6cb4ef9fb46d0eb3a7aa481fb95d9 Signed-off-by: Michael Niewöhner Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/49887 Reviewed-by: Angel Pons Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) --- .../mainboard/supermicro/flashing_on_vendorbmc.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/mainboard/supermicro/flashing_on_vendorbmc.md b/Documentation/mainboard/supermicro/flashing_on_vendorbmc.md index e02c57bcc4..c8313022aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/mainboard/supermicro/flashing_on_vendorbmc.md +++ b/Documentation/mainboard/supermicro/flashing_on_vendorbmc.md @@ -30,3 +30,15 @@ You can use the *SMCIPMITool* to remotely flash the BIOS: Make sure that the ME isn't in recovery mode, otherwise you get an error message on updating the BIOS. + +## Flashing with disabled ME + +If ME is disabled via `me_cleaner` or the ME recovery jumper, it is still +possible to flash remotely with the [`Supermicro Update Manager`](SUM) (`SUM`). + +```sh +./sum -i -u -p -c UpdateBios --reboot \ + --force_update --file build/coreboot.rom +``` + +[SUM]: https://www.supermicro.com/SwDownload/SwSelect_Free.aspx?cat=SUM