HOW I UPDATA MY S7200AP BIOS WITH A KNM CPU

[visirs]

Hi,

  When I install a XEON PHI KNM(7255)CPU on my s7200ap board,it can't boot rightly.(BMC LED and ME LED is soild green and no ID LED,no post code LED,state LED soild red)I realized that it might be the BIOS was too old to support KNM CPU.How can I updata the BIOS without booting？

[JoseH_Intel]

Hello visirs,

Welcome back to the Intel community

The processor you tell does not show up under the compatible processors for the original S7200AP board. You can check the compatibility list in this following URL:

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/87430/intel-server-board-s7200ap.html

Looks like this Xeon Phi 7255 processor is compatible with the refreshed version of this same board either S7200APR and/or S7200APL:

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/128693/intel-xeon-phi-processor-7255-16gb-1-1-ghz-68-core.html

Been said that, the latest firmware update package currently available if version R01.03.0021 released back in 2018. And back to your original question about how to update BIOS without booting it cannot be done. You will need to borrow a supported processor in order to boot the system and be able to perform the BIOS update. After that you can swap the processor and maybe it will work. But to be honest I don't think it will because of the compatibility mentioned above.

Hope it helps

Jose A.

Intel Customer Support

For firmware updates and troubleshooting tips, visit:

https://intel.com/support/serverbios

[JoseH_Intel]

Hello visirs,

I am just following up to double-check if you found the provided information useful. If you have further questions please don't hesitate to ask. If you consider the issue to be completed please let us know so we can proceed to mark this ticket as closed. This support interaction will be marked as resolved automatically in the next 3 business days if no activity is received. I will follow up with you again next Monday 13th. If you prefer a different date just let me know. 

Regards

Jose A.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[JoseH_Intel]

Hello visirs,

We will proceed to mark this thread as resolved. If you have further issues or questions just go ahead and submit a new post.

Regards.

Jose A.

Intel Customer Support

For firmware updates and troubleshooting tips, visit:

https://intel.com/support/serverbios