Acer AB460 F1 - Manual (Page 187)

167
Flashing a BIOS using a Floppy Image File
This method must be performed remotely.
1. Copy the image file from the zip file to your desktop.
2. Use the web browser or IPMIView to access your CMM remotely
using its IP Address.
3. Go to the V
IRTUAL
M
EDIA
menu and select F
LOPPY
I
MAGE
U
PLOAD
.
4. B ROWSE or O PEN to locate the *.
img file on your desktop and select
it.
5. Press the U
PLOAD
button and wait a few seconds for the image to
upload to the CMM.
6. Once the upload finishes, turn on the blade module and press
EL
> to enter the BIOS setup utility.
7. In the B
OOT
M
ENU
, bring USB LS120: PEPPCMM VIRTUAL DISC 1 to
the top of the boot priority list.
8. Exit while saving the changes. The blade module will boot to the
virtual media (floppy image) A:\> .
9. Type flash filename.rom .
Note: Replace filename.rom by the actual ROM file name
(such as B8DTE142.rom for example) in the command.
Running Setup
Note: Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise
noted.
The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by
choosing the appropriate text from the M
AIN BIOS S ETUP screen. All
displayed text is described in this section, although the screen display is
often all you need to understand how to set the options.
When you first power on the computer, the BIOS is immediately
activated.