Best way to get a supermicro out of band (Bios Managment) license key

Ceetan

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I would like to get a supermicro out of band (Bios Managment) license key in order to be able to update bios smoothly, But I have no idea where to start, given that i live in Sweden. Does anyone on the forums have a clue?
 

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SweetAndLow

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Put the bios upgrade on a USB key and upgrade with ipmi. No key required.
 

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Well, I assume the i3-6100 is the one in use, so that should be fine.
 

SweetAndLow

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Plus some sort of DOS, to actually run the flasher.
I didn't think so. Can't you just flash using the instant flash in the bios.
 

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Can't you just flash using the instant flash in the bios.
There's no such thing with the X9 boards--not sure about newer models though.
 

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Can't you just flash using the instant flash in the bios.
No, the X10s and X11s don't have that option. The closest thing is the IPMI flasher.
 

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Here's the easy solution for anyone who needs a license key (sharing this because sometimes you really have no other choice than to update BIOS remotely to get the machine running at all):

Generate it yourself in bash: echo -n 'enter-your-bmc-mac-address-here' | xxd -r -p | openssl dgst -sha1 -mac HMAC -macopt hexkey:8544E3B47ECA58F9583043F8 | awk '{print $2}' | cut -c 1-24
 
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