How to upgrade G4520G6 (B7149) Ffirmware

 G4520G6 firmware process

Web GUI mode: CPLD -> BMC -> BIOS

BMC Out of band (Redfish/BMC Web) :

CPLD: *.jed.tar (System need power off.)

BMC: *_full.bin / *_partial.bin (Power on/off both can be updated.)

BIOS: *.bin.tar.gz (System need power off.)

CPLD:

Firmware -> 

BMC

Note: BMC ip will change after BMC firmware update while firmware upgrade to v1.02.(DHCP mode)

EFI mode: BMC -> BIOS

1. 

How to set Tyan B8252G79AE12HR-2T support SATA device

 B8252G79AE12HR-2T, BIOS v2.08.B22

Change J12 SATA or NVMe link Select from [NVME] to [SATA]. Then HDD#0~3 can support both SATA and NVMe devices.

How to modify Tyan Motherboard/Barebones FRU information

Requirement:

Linux environment

ipmitool

Tyan FRU file editor Utility v0.20

Command

./fruedit --dump xxx.txt => dump FRU file to readable text.

Change Product Manufacturer and Serial Serial Number

./fruedit --pdmfc TYAN --pdsn TCI3832E0025

Check update result

./fruedit --dump b7102new.txt

How to setup B7119 to running with 10x Nvidia Tesla V100 32G GPU cards

Tyan FA77-B7119 can install 10x GPU cards, but if you install 10x Nvidia Tesla V100 32G GPU cards. The FA77-B7119 will hang code at "B6".

Hardware Configuration

FA77-B7119, BIOS v2.02.B10, BMC v7.0

CPU: Intel Xeon 8268 x2

RAM: DDR4-2666 64GB x24

OS: Ubuntu 18.04.4 Server LTS

GPU: Nvidia Tesla V100 32G x10

It needs to remove all Nvidia Tesla V100 32G GPU cards and change BIOS setting as below.

1. Boot FA77-B7119 to BIOS.

2. Change Socket Configuration => Common RefCode Configuration => MMCFG Base parameter from "2G" to "3G".

3. Change Socket Configuration => Common RefCode Configuration => MMIO High Granularity Size parameter from "256G" to "1024G".

4. Save and Reboot

5. DC-OFF, AC-OFF FA77-B7119.

6. Reinstall Nvidia Tesla V100 32G GPU cards.

7. AC-ON, DC-ON FA77-B7119.

8. Boot up FA77-B7119 to OS.

How to config M7106-4E OCP adapter in B7109 and B7119

1. Change BIOS setting "Socket Configuration" => IOU1 (IIO PCIe BR2)" from "x16" to "x4x4x4x4".

2. The Port 2C and Port 2D are available to connect U.2 NVME devices.
3.  M7106-4E NVME01 port is available to connect U.2 NVME devices.(The lower port)