Forcing a Firmware Downgrade

Prerequisites

• Refer to Viewing the Installed Firmware and Package Versions to confirm that the firmware package has the firmware version that you want.

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