Preparing the USB flash drive

This section describes the procedure of preparing the USB drive that will be used during the update.
Ensure that your USB flash drive is blanks and formatted to FAT32.

Copying the update utility to the USB flash drive

  1. Download the most recent version of the AMI Firmware Update Tool (AFU) available at the following link: https://www.ami.com/static-downloads/Aptio_V_AMI_Firmware_Update_Utility.zip
  2. Unzip the archive Aptio_V_AMI_Firmware_Update_Utility.zip.
  3. Unzip the archive AfuEfi64.zip found in the sub-folder Aptio_V_AMI_Firmware_Update_Utility/afu/afuefi/64.
  4. Copy the file AfuEfix64.efi found in the sub-folder Aptio_V_AMI_Firmware_Update_Utility/afu/afuefi/64/AfuEfi64 to the root folder of your USB flash drive.

Downloading BIOS version R1.05

  1. In your Mystormshield personal area, go to Downloads > STORMSHIELD NETWORK SECURITY > TOOLS > STORMSHIELD NETWORK SECURITY-TOOLS > SN-L-Series BIOS R105 to download the file SN-L-Series_BIOS_R105.zip.
  2. Verify the integrity of the downloaded file using its SHA256 hash:
    7c64d14d7dcd68c649bd4741931f6c04d80da539bddce758376e76fac1728a6b.
  3. Unzip the archive SN-L-Series_BIOS_R105.zip to the root folder of your USB flash drive.
  4. Verify the root folder of your USB flash drive. You should find the following files and folders in it:

Contents of the SN-L-Series_BIOS_R103.zip archive

  1. Verify the integrity of the binary file SN-L-Series__R105_BIOS_Guard.bin using its SHA256 hash:
    67c47695800c1a73e8cfb430173c84ba61dcbfad5b99902a41d3ea70a612e31c.

  2. Verify as well the integrity of the binary file ADL_S_Corporate_DDR5_Prod_FWUpdate.bin using its SHA256 hash: 97d1d80d5fa60a86df36d456629ab775bd8b139b913741dc5306f37e0b83abe9.

Your USB flash drive is ready to update BIOS to version R1.05.