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On any HPE Cloudline CL3150 G4 Server with BMC firmware version 1.0.1.x (or later), a BIOS firmware update cannot be performed via the BMC web GUI.
This may occur if the following is performed:
Select HPM Firmware Update and upload the BIOS image; a warning message "Please choose the .hpm extension firmware file to upgrade" will pop up:
Select "Firmware Update" and upload a BIOS image; a dialog box, "Invalid Firmware image. Only IMA file is supported" will pop up:
Manually rename the filename extension of the BIOS image to *.ima and then upload the file; an error message will pop up:
When this occurs, the BIOS SPI flash is not connected to the SPI controller of the BMC. Therefore, BMC cannot program the BIOS by its SPI controller.
Scope
Any HPE Cloudline CL3150 G4 Server with BMC firmware version 1.0.1.x (or later).
Resolution
As a workaround, go to the HPE Support Center to download the BIOS firmware package at the following URL:
http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=1010129708
Then, follow the documents "Flash_BIOS_on_client_system_(Linux)_v1.0" and "Flash_BIOS_on_client_system_with_NFS_(Windows)_v1.0" to perform a BIOS remote update.
This advisory will be updated when additional solutions become available.
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