Forcing a Firmware Downgrade#

Prerequisites#

Procedure#

  1. Enable the ForceUpdate flag on the BMC:

    nvfwupd --target ip=<bmc-ip-address> user=admin password=admin force_update enable
    

    Example Output

    ForceUpdate flag was successfully set True on the system.
    
  2. Confirm the ForceUpdate flag status:

    nvfwupd --target ip=<bmc-ip-address> user=admin password=admin force_update status
    

    Example Output

    ForceUpdate is set to True
    
  3. Perform the firmware update.

  4. Disable the ForceUpdate flag on the BMC:

    nvfwupd --target ip=<bmc-ip-address> user=admin password=admin force_update disable
    

    Example Output

    ForceUpdate flag was successfully set False on the system.
    
  5. Confirm the ForceUpdate flag status:

    nvfwupd --target ip=<bmc-ip-address> user=admin password=admin force_update status
    

    Example Output

    ForceUpdate is set to False