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.

Enable the ForceUpdate flag on the BMC:

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

Example Output

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            ForceUpdate flag was successfully set True on the system.

Confirm the ForceUpdate flag status:

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

Example Output

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            ForceUpdate is set to True

Disable the ForceUpdate flag on the BMC:

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

Example Output

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            ForceUpdate flag was successfully set False on the system.

Confirm the ForceUpdate flag status:

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

Example Output

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            ForceUpdate is set to False