原创2：dell sc1425老服务器安装vmware虚拟机esxi 5.0－更新BIOSfirmware

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　　1.BIOS更新
　　主板BIOS目前为A01
　　共4个版本
A03, A03
发布日期： 2006/3/9 8:32:14　　A02, A02

发布日期： 2005/8/6 8:32:14
A01, A01
发布日期： 2005/2/14 10:53:51
A00, A00
发布日期： 2004/11/29 13:09:26　　更新内容：
　　A03
　　* Fixed the Unreported I/O failure in HCT 12.1 with WS03 SP1
　　* Fixed the system booting security issue in the BIOS Setup   
　　* Fixed slow download of WinPE ISO via RIS when USB keyboard/mouse is attached
　　* Added the ATA hard disk Security Freeze feature
　　 * Added new BMC Mux mode
　　* Added Native IPMI support  
　　* Added progress indicator for BIOS Flash Utility  
　　* Modified the SMBIOS table entry type 4 for handling Dual-Core Processors
　　 * Modified the code to not check SATA device type in order to avoid the device type error message
　　
　　A02
　　*********************************************************** *IMPORTANT NOTES ***********************************************************
　　 * Update RHEL4 ATI Radeon 7000m driver to the latest   
　　* version available on the Dell website before flashing * this BIOS.
　　***********************************************************  
　　Changes from A01:  
　　* Updated Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 800MHz System Bus D0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=17).
　　* Updated Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 800MHz System Bus E0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=17).
　　* Added Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 800MHz System Bus G1 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=03).
　　* Updated Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 2MB L2 Cache N0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=05).
　　* Added Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor with 2MB L2 Cache R0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=02).
　　* Updated ATI RADEON 7000 BIOS to version yi13530a. * Update PXE UNDI code to version 1.2.26.
　　 * Added additional DIMM SPD date-code information to SMBIOS for unique DIMM identifier.
　　 * Improved PCI Memory Allocation.
　　* Fixed issue of incomplete MPTable with multi-function PCI-to-PCI adapter.
　　 * Fixed Processor TCtrl value for BMC not getting updated for single logical processor configuration.
　　 * Fixed issue of "Reboot to Utility Partition" does not work in ATA mode when DSA V2.5 is used.
　　* Fixed issue of BIOS does not read baud rate from BMC when using Option 4 via SOL Proxy.
　　* Enhanced correctable memory error reporting algorithm.
　　
　　更新方法：
　　步骤一.制作一个USB启动到dos的usb启动盘
　　方法如下：http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd-on-usb-disk
　　Step 1
Connect USB Pen Drive (1GB or more)
　　Step 2
Download and Run USB Disk Storage Format USBFormat.zip (34KB)

　　Step 3
Download grubinst_gui grub4dos.zip (179KB) and Run as Administrator

　　Step 4
Insert the BootCD (10.3 or newer) in the CD Drive and Copy everything from CD to USB Flash Drive
　　Step 5
Copy grldr and menu.lst from grub4dos.zip (or from HBCD folder) to the usb drive

　　Step 6

　　Test Your USB Drive (read bottom of the page for troubleshoot)
　　
　　步骤 二：
　　下载最新的BIOS A3,PE1425-A03.exe文件
　　拷贝该文件到刚才制作的U盘上
　　步骤三：
　　设置BIOS为USB启动
　　插入U盘启动到dos,运行PE1425-A03.exe更新系统