Aptio 5.x AFU User Guide

AMI Software Utility User Guide

Aptio 5.x AFU User Guide for Intel? Server Board M10JNP2SB

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Table of Contents

Aptio 5.x AFU User Guide........................................................................................................................................... 1

Legal .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Table of Contents....................................................................................................................................................... 3

Document Information .............................................................................................................................................. 5

Purpose .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Audience ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Change History ............................................................................................................................................................... 5

Introduction............................................................................................................................................................... 7

Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7 AFU APTIO Features ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 Notifications ................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Requirements................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Supported Operating System.....................................................................................................................................7 Firmware Requirements ............................................................................................................................................ 8

AFU Operation ......................................................................................................................................................... 10

Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Commands and Options...............................................................................................................................................11

Usage ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Commands ............................................................................................................................................................... 11 Options..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Rules......................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Usage ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15 AfuEfix64 [Option 1] [Option 2] ... ................................................................................ 15 AfuEfix64 ................................................................................................. 17 AfuEfix64 ................................................................................................................................................ 17 AfuEfix64 : ............................................................... 18 AfuEfix64 .............................................................................................. 18 AfuEfix64 .................................................................................... 19

Use case ................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Preserving Setup Setting ? /SP.....................................................................................................................................20 Preserving SMBIOS ? /R and /Rn ................................................................................................................................. 21 Programming NVRAM Region ? /N .............................................................................................................................. 21 Programming Specific NCB Block ? /Kn ....................................................................................................................... 21 Programming Specific ROM Hole ? /Ln........................................................................................................................21 Secured Flash Update ? /CAPSULE and /RECOVERY .................................................................................................... 22

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Send special command to BIOS ? /CMD:{xxx}.............................................................................................................. 23 Send special value to BIOS ? /OEMCMD:xxx................................................................................................................23 To set default option for ROM Layout Changed ? /RLC: .............................................................................................. 23 Don't Check AC adapter and battery ? /JBC................................................................................................................. 24 Linux Pre-Requisites................................................................................................................................................. 25 Signing Driver and Enrolling Public Key to the System ............................................................................................. 28 Platform Level Data Model (PLDM) .......................................................................................................................... 32 OFBD AFU Capsule Update (OACU) .......................................................................................................................... 33 Intel BIOS Guard Support ......................................................................................................................................... 36 AMD Combo AM4 Support....................................................................................................................................... 37 Support Table .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 Command/Option Support in Each Mode ................................................................................................................... 38 Error Codes .............................................................................................................................................................. 40 Error Code Definition ................................................................................................................................................... 40 FAQs ........................................................................................................................................................................ 44 The Error Message Information of ROM......................................................................................................................44 Windows requires a digitally signed driver .................................................................................................................. 45 Windows version with new driver for WSMT support has to install 2 hot fixes..........................................................45 AMI AFULNX supports XEN .......................................................................................................................................... 45 Segmentation Fault when AFULNX is kernel 3.14.40 with XEN 4.2.4 .......................................................................... 46 "AFUxxx has stopped working" or "Segmentation Fault" error...................................................................................46

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Document Information

Purpose

This document provides information to use the Aptio 5.x AFU for updating system BIOS.

Audience

Generic BIOS Engineers, OEM Engineers, and Aptio Customers.

This document has been proofed for use of the AMI Aptio 5.x AFU utility software when updating the BIOS on the Intel? Server Board M10JNP2SB.

For further support for this document, please contact your Intel Customer Support Representative.

Change History

Date

2013-11-19 2014-03-20 2014-04-24

Revision

1.00 1.01 1.02

2014-08-22

1.03

2014-11-11

1.04

2015-01-30

1.05

2015-06-22

1.06

2015-11-18

1.07

2016-02-02

1.08

2016-03-25

1.09

2016-10-18

1.10

2017-04-28

1.11

2017-05-12

1.12

2017-08-09

1.13

2017-09-07

1.14

Description

Initial document created and update content to the latest released of Afu. Modified 0x180xB60xB70xBF0xD0 error message text. Added error message 0x340x35. Added new commands for /meul and /JBC. Need to be updated the SmiFlash module to 5.001_SmiFlash_13. Added Windows 2012 R2 in the support list. Added new command /cmd:. Removed Microsoft?DOS support. Added Linux Xen note. Added 0x4A0x4B error message text. Added DOS does not support note. Added an announcement: Linux does not support Secure Boot. Added support Linux Secure Boot. Added /CLRCFG, /BCPALL, /DPC command. Added 0x36, 0x37, 0x4C, 0x71 error messages. Added 0x4C, ROMLayout change error messages. Added answer for Windows digitally signed driver. Revised some wrong descriptions. Added Windows driver information for WSMT support. Added new command /oemcmd:. Added AFULNX supports XEN FAQ. Added support PLDM. Added 0x51, 0x52, 0x53, 0x54, 0x55, 0x56, 0x57 error messages.

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