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</table>Dennisvd@nikhef.nlhttps://wiki.nikhef.nl/grid/index.php?title=USB_stick_for_Fujitsu_Firmware_update&diff=10407&oldid=prevDennisvd@nikhef.nl: Created page with "== Firmware update and bootable USB sticks == Fujitsu offers some tools to keep system firmware up-to-date with the help of a bootable USB stick. With some trial-and-error I ..."2018-03-09T13:23:57Z<p>Created page with "== Firmware update and bootable USB sticks == Fujitsu offers some tools to keep system firmware up-to-date with the help of a bootable USB stick. With some trial-and-error I ..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Firmware update and bootable USB sticks ==<br />
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Fujitsu offers some tools to keep system firmware up-to-date with the help of a bootable USB stick. With some trial-and-error I got the USB stick to boot and work correctly even without using the Windows tools they provide.<br />
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There are two steps to making a USB stick; the stick itself, and the Firmware to put on it.<br />
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=== Creating a bootable USB stick ===<br />
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Download the [http://support.ts.fujitsu.com/IndexDownload.asp?Softwareguid=4E908D63-0A75-41F5-A3B0-3D87F24C7242 ServerView Update DVD Base] from the [http://support.ts.fujitsu.com Fujitsu support site]. <br />
This large zipfile packs two directories and an instruction manual (PDF document):<br />
* USB-Stick-Data/ contains the data to be copied to the stick,<br />
* Build-Tools/ contains the tools to format the USB stick.<br />
Although the format tool is Windows based, the tooling itself is just syslinux so it can be run from Linux as well.<br />
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Use a large-ish USB stick (at least 8GB) formatted with a single partition and a FAT32 file system. Take note of the '''label''' to use for the file system as mentioned in USB-Stick-data/syslinux/syslinux.cfg; in my case this was UPD_121802 so set it with a command like<br />
fatlabel /dev/sdb1 UPD_121802<br />
if /dev/sdb is your USB stick.<br />
Run syslinux on the partition to copy the correct data for the bootloader<br />
syslinux -i /dev/sdb1<br />
and write the syslinux mbr to the device so it knows what to boot<br />
dd if=/usr/lib/SYSLINUX/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdb bs=440 count=1<br />
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Copy all files under USB-Stick-Data to the root directory of the usb stick.<br />
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=== Preparing the updates ===<br />
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Download the [http://support.ts.fujitsu.com/IndexDownload.asp?Softwareguid=0446D15C-14EA-438B-A0B3-CEA727E3F959 Fujitsu Software ServerView Content Collector] and unpack the zip file. This contains a single jar file which can be run with any java:<br />
java -jar ContentCollector.jar<br />
which opens a GUI. Point the tool to the directory where the USB stick is mounted. It will write its results to the Firmware directory.<br />
The tool allows you to make a subselection of updates based on the type of system you wish to update. This reduces the amount of data to be written to the stick.<br />
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When the tool is done, eject the stick and it's ready to use in a Fujitsu server. Boot it with the stick attached and press F12 to launch the boot manager. Select the stick from the menu of boot options and it should launch into a GUI and present the relevant updates for the machine it detects.</div>Dennisvd@nikhef.nl