Best way to get a supermicro out of band (Bios Managment) license key

[Ceetan]

I would like to get a supermicro out of band (Bios Managment) license key in order to be able to update bios smoothly, But I have no idea where to start, given that i live in Sweden. Does anyone on the forums have a clue?

 

[styno]

It was discussed here before: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/source-for-supermicro-sup-ipmi-license-key.40527/
You should be able to obtain or a 'demo' key or acquire one online from one of those sources. But tbh, you don't really need it.

 

[SweetAndLow]

Put the bios upgrade on a USB key and upgrade with ipmi. No key required.

 

[Ericloewe]

Put the bios upgrade on a USB key and upgrade with ipmi. No key required.

Plus some sort of DOS, to actually run the flasher.

 

[danb35]

...and a compatible CPU, which has been an issue in the past (and the reason for needing the BIOS flash, in a catch-22).

 

[Ericloewe]

Well, I assume the i3-6100 is the one in use, so that should be fine.

 

[SweetAndLow]

Plus some sort of DOS, to actually run the flasher.

I didn't think so. Can't you just flash using the instant flash in the bios.

 

[danb35]

Can't you just flash using the instant flash in the bios.

There's no such thing with the X9 boards--not sure about newer models though.

 

[Ericloewe]

Can't you just flash using the instant flash in the bios.

No, the X10s and X11s don't have that option. The closest thing is the IPMI flasher.

 

[genesys]

Here's the easy solution for anyone who needs a license key (sharing this because sometimes you really have no other choice than to update BIOS remotely to get the machine running at all):

Generate it yourself in bash: echo -n 'enter-your-bmc-mac-address-here' | xxd -r -p | openssl dgst -sha1 -mac HMAC -macopt hexkey:8544E3B47ECA58F9583043F8 | awk '{print $2}' | cut -c 1-24