Supermicro Update Manager (SUM)

Supermicro Update Manager (SUM) is used for managing and configuring the BIOS/BMC firmware for Supermicro X10 generation motherboards and above. As a CLI (Command Line Interface) utility, SUM is able to execute parallel commands from a centralized management server. Two channels are available for management: the OOB (Out-of-Band) channel for communication through the BMC/IPMI interface, and the In-Band channel for communication through the local system interfaces. Through the OOB channel, most management commands can be executed independently of the OS on the managed system and even without OS installed. SUM supports Linux, ARM Linux, Windows, and FreeBSD. Thin Agent Service (TAS) is required for some functions.

Licensing: SFT-DCMS-SINGLE or SFT-OOB-LIC is required for each target node.

Features

  • Key Management
    • Activate/Query Product Keys
  • System Checks
    • OOB Support
    • Asset Information
    • System Utilization2
    • Sensor Data
    • Service Calls (License: SFT-DCMS-SINGLE and SFT-DCMS-SVC-KEY)
    • System PFA5
    • Memory Health Check5
    • Intel On-Demand Capabilities5,6
    • Chassis Intrusion
    • Get/Change/Restore Fru Info
  • BIOS Management
    • Root-of-Trust (RoT) Management1
    • Update BIOS Firmware
    • BIOS Information
    • Get Current/Default BIOS Settings3
    • Change BIOS settings
    • Get/Change/Edit DMI Information
    • Set BIOS password
  • BMC Management
    • Get/Set Lockdown Mode1
    • Root-of-Trust (RoT) Management1
    • Update BMC Firmware
    • BMC Information
    • Get/Change BMC Configuration
    • Set BMC password
    • Attestation1
  • Event Log Management
    • Get/Clear System Event Logs
    • Get/Clear Maintenance Event logs
    • Get Host Dump1
  • GPU Management
    • GPU Information1
    • Update GPU Firmware1,5
  • CPLD Management
    • Update MB CPLD Firmware
    • CPLD Information
    • Root-of-Trust (RoT) Management
    • Get Switch Board CPLD Information
    • Update Switch Board CPLD Firmware
    • Fan Board CPLD Information5
    • Update Fan Board CPLD Firmware5
  • Storage Management
    • Erase RAID HDD1,4
    • Erase Disk1
    • Update RAID Controller Firmware1,5
    • RAID Controller Information1
    • Get/Change RAID Configuration1,5
    • Update PMem Firmware1
    • PMem Information1
    • SATA Information
    • NVMe Information1
  • CMM Management
    • Update CMM Firmware
    • CMM Information
    • Get/Change CMM Configuration
    • Set CMM Password
    • Update BBP Firmware
    • BBP information
    • Get/Set Blade Power Status
    • Profile Manage
    • Switch Information5
    • Update Switch Firmware5
  • Applications
    • Raw Command
    • Redfish API
    • Remote Execute In-band Command
    • Get/Set USB Access Mode1
    • Get/Set Server UID
    • Set HTTP boot
    • Get/Change System Configuration
  • TPM Management
    • Provision TPM
    • Get TPM information
  • PSU Management
    • Get PSU information
    • Get/Set Power Status
  • NIC Management (only supports PLDM devices)
    • Get AOC NIC information1
    • Update AOC NIC FW1
  • GPU Management
    • GPU Card Information1
    • Update GPU Card Firmware1,5
  • AIP Management
    • AIP CPLD Information5
    • Update AIP CPLD5
  • CDU Management
    • Monitor CDU Status5
  • Backplane Management
    • Backplane CPLD Information5
    • Update Backplane CPLD Firmware5
    • Multi-Node EC Information5
    • Update Multi-Node EC Information5
  • PCIe Switch Management
    • PCIe Switch Information5
    • Update PCIe Switch5
  1. License: SFT-DCMS-SINGLE
  2. TAS required
  3. Supports a text-based user interface (TUI) to make editing BIOS settings intuitive and user-friendly, providing nice visibility and a lower learning curve.
  4. Only 3108 RAID controller
  5. Please see the related feature section in the user guide for HW information reference.
  6. Intel LAC Key required. Please contact Supermicro

System Requirements

Managed System Hardware

  • X10 to X13/H13 generation of platforms*

*For X14/H14 and above platforms support, please use SuperServer Automation Assistant (SAA)

Operating System

  • Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 Update 3 (x86_64) or later
  • Linux: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (x86_64) or later
  • Linux: Debian 7 (x86_64) or later
  • Linux: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 or later
  • Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.6 (aarch64) or later: CentOS
  • 7.6 (aarch64) or later
  • Linux: Oracle 8.5 (aarch64) or later
  • Linux: Rocky Linux 8.5 (aarch64) or later
  • Linux: Debian 11.1.0 (aarch64) or later
  • Linux: Ubuntu Server 20.04.3 (aarch64) or later
  • Windows: Windows Server 2008 (x64) or later
  • FreeBSD: FreeBSD 7.1 (x86_64) or later

 
System Architecture

SUM UEFI

The Supermicro Update Manager UEFI version (SUM UEFI) is used to locally manage the system BIOS/BMC and update BIOS/BMC firmware image under EFI shell on X12/H12 and later platforms except H12 non-RoT systems.

FS1:\_\0724\> SUM.efi -u ADMIN -p ADMIN -I redfish_hi -c UpdateBmc --file ..\SMT
        _X12AST2500_ROT-RSA4K_002308d.bin
        Supermicro Update Manager (for UEFI BIOS) 1.00 (2020/07/24) (UEFI)
        Copyright(C) 2013-2020 Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.
        Status: Start updating BMC for 169.254.3.254
        ************************************WARNING************************************
            Do not remove AC power from the server.
        *******************************************************************************
        Uploading FW ...................................................................
        ................................................................................
        ................................................................................
        ..............................................................................Do
        ne
        Updating FW >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Status: BMC is upd
        ated for 169.254.3.254
        Update Complete, Please wait for BMC reboot, about 6 mins
        ...............................................................................

Features

  • BIOS Management
    • BIOS Firmware Update
    • BIOS Information
    • Get/Change/Edit DMI Information*
    • Root-of-Trust (RoT) Management
  • BMC Management
    • BMC Firmware Update
    • BMC Information
    • Root-of-Trust (RoT) Management
    • OEM RAW Command
  • CPLD Management
    • MB CPLD Firmware Update
    • CPLD Information

* License: SFT-OOB-LIC

System Requirements

Managed System Hardware

  • X12/H12 except H12 non-RoT systems to X13/H13 generation of platforms*

*For X14/H14 and above platforms support, please use SuperServer Automation Assistant (SAA) UEFI edition.

Operating System

  • EFI shell

Resources

For additional information, contact
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