How-To Upgrade Firmware on Intel S5520UR Server using EFI Interface

Archived from my original blog (2011). Some details may be out of date.

This is probably as straight-forward as can be, but I found very few resources describing this. The steps are as follows:

• Download at least the EFI version of the latest Firmware version. (Ex: Here)
• Extract the contents of the ZIP file to a Flash Drive.
• Insert the Flash Drive into the Server and switch it on.
• During Boot, Press  to go into BIOS Setup.
• Go to the “Boot Manager” Menu and choose “Internal EFI Shell” option.
• Once the EFI is booted up, type the following to make sure that the Flash Drive is mounted, and note the drive (Usually fs0)

 map -r

• Change to the Flash drive by typing (Note the colon at the end):

fs0:

• Change to the folder that you extracted the firmware to (if any)
• Start the upgrade by typing the following:

startup

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