Installation and User Guide for Intel® One Boot Flash Update Utility for Intel® Server Systems
Content Type: Install & Setup | Article ID: 000008255 | Last Reviewed: 02/11/2020
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What does the Intel® One Boot Flash Update (Intel® OFU) Utility update?
The Intel® One Boot Flash Update utility updates the System BIOS and firmware (BMC, FRU, and SDR) on a server while the operating system is running. On systems that contain the National Semiconductor* PC87431x, this utility only updates the System BIOS. BMC, FRU, and SDR updates are supported only on systems that have an Intel® Management Module installed.
After the update process has completed, the next system reset activates the newly updated System BIOS and/or firmware, with the exception of the FRU, which is directly programmed on the current version.
On which operating systems does the utility run?
This utility runs on the following operating systems:
- Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 3.0 Update 4 (32-bit and Intel Intel® 64 Edition)
- SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Intel® 64 platforms, Service Pack 1
- Windows* 2000 Advanced Server with SP4 (32-bit)
- Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition SP1 (32-bit)
- Windows XP Professional with SP2 (only on Intel® Server Board SE7525GP2, Intel® Server Board SE7525RP2, and Intel® Server Platforms supported in-band by Intel® Server Manager 8.40 with Intel® Pentium® 4 processors)
A command prompt launches the utility in all of the above operating systems.
| Note | For newer systems, refer to the Intel® One Boot Flash Update Utility User Guide for Intel® Server Systems. |
English version1
One Boot Flash Update - Installation and User Guide [PDF] 
File Name: Intel_OFU_User_Guide.pdf
Size: 85.3 KB
Date: May 2008
Chinese version
One Boot Flash Update - Installation and User Guide [PDF]
File Name: OFU80_Install_and_Users_Guide_zh.pdf
Size: 229 KB
Date: November 2005
File Revision: 2.1
Japanese version
One Boot Flash Update - Installation and User Guide [PDF]
File Name: OFU80_Install_and_Users_Guide_jp.pdf
Size: 228 KB
Date: November 2005
File Revision: 2.1
Russian version
One Boot Flash Update - Installation and User Guide [PDF]
File Name: OFU80_Install_and_Users_Guide_ru.pdf
Size: 385 KB
Date: November 2005
File Revision: 2.1
German version
One Boot Flash Update - Installation and User Guide [PDF]
File Name: OFU80_Install_and_Users_Guide_de.pdf
Size: 108 KB
Date: November 2005
File Revision: 2.1
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