***** Important Notice *****


On B12 DP Whitley platform, Supermicro starts to use the Supermicro Update
Manager (SUM) UEFI tool to perform the motherboard BIOS update.  The update
will be performed by the BMC in-band command.  Please note, the AMI flash
utility (AFU) used in previous generations will no longer work in this
platform.

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Known Limitation of SUM (EFI) Tool
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1. The -UpdateBios command does not support --preserve_setting option.
2. The system reboot is required to kick off the BIOS flash process.
3. A BMC device on the motherboard is required for SUM to work.



The following instruction describes the BIOS upgrade process in the B12
Whitley BIOS flash package.  Please follow the instruction carefully to
prevent any need of RMA repair or replacement.

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Standard BIOS Update Procedure under UEFI Shell
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1. Save the BIOS update package to your workstation computer.

2. Extract the files from the BIOS flash package to a USB stick. 
   
   Note: The USB stick doesn't have to be bootable, but has to be
   formatted with the FAT32 file system.

3. Plug the USB stick into a USB port, boot to the Build-In UEFI Shell,
   and type "flash.nsh <BMC Username> <BMC Password> <BIOS Filename>" to
   start the BIOS update:

     Shell> fs0:
     fs0:\> cd B12BIOS
     fs0:\B12BIOS> flash.nsh USER PASSWORD B12xxxx.xxx

   Note: The BMC account used for BIOS update must have the administrator
   privilege.

4. The flash.nsh UEFI script will verify the flash command first.
   Press any key to continue, or press "q" or "Q" to abort the BIOS update.

5. The flash script will invoke SUM (EFI) tool to perform the BIOS update,
   beginning with uploading the BIOS image to BMC.

6. Do not interrupt the process, until uploading the BIOS image is complete.
   The system will reboot automatically to continue, after a short message.

7. After the system reboot, BMC will take over and continue the BIOS update
   in the background.  The process will take 3-5 minutes.  During this
   stage, the green power LED on the front control panel will brink slowly,
   and the blue UID LED will blink rapidly.  There will be no display on
   the screen.

8. Do NOT unplug the power, nor try to boot up the system, until the LEDs
   stop blinking and the BIOS splash screen is shown.

9. After the BIOS update has completed, the system will boot up,
   automatically.



Notes:

* Supermicro no longer supports the BIOS update method in DOS.

* If the BIOS flash fails, you may contact our RMA Dept. to have the BIOS
  chip reprogrammed.  This will require shipping the board to our RMA Dept.
  for repair.  Please submit your RMA request at: 
  https://www.supermicro.com/en/support/rma



********* BIOS Naming Convention **********

BIOS name  : PPPPPPPPPSSY.MDD
PPPPPPPPP  : Project name
SS         : 2-Bytes supplement for PPPPP (if applicable)
Y          : Year, 0 -> 2020, 1-> 2021, 2->2022
MDD        : Month + Date, for months, A -> Oct., B -> Nov., C -> Dec.

Examples - BIOS with the build date, 8/14/2020:
           X12DPi-N6 -> X12DPi-N60.814
           X12DPT-B6 -> X12DPTB0.814




---Last Update on: 8/26/2020---

