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 Aptio V Firmware Update Utility.
  2. Unzip the archive Aptio_V_AMI_Firmware_Update_Utility.zip.
  3. Unzip the archive BgtEfi64.zip found in the sub-folder Aptio_V_AMI_Firmware_Update_Utility\bgt\bgtefi\64\5.06\BgtEfi64.zip.
  4. Copy the file BgtEfix64.efi found in the sub-folder Aptio_V_AMI_Firmware_Update_Utility\bgt\bgtefi\64\5.06\BgtEfi64 to the root folder of your USB flash drive.

Downloading BIOS version R1.04

  1. In your MyStormshield personal area, go to Downloads > STORMSHIELD NETWORK SECURITY > TOOLS > STORMSHIELD NETWORK SECURITY-TOOLS > SN-M-Series BIOS R104 to download the file BIOS_SNMS1_R104.zip.
  2. Verify the integrity of the downloaded file using its SHA256 hash:
    6dd5167c36308e413c0cedd74a30ef30a7532a193d44f36760442870132978f3.
  3. Unzip the archive SNMS1_R104_BIOS_Guard.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 SNMS1_R104_BIOS_Guard.zip archive

  1. Verify the integrity of the binary file SNMS1_R104_BIOS_Guard.BIN using its SHA256 hash:
    a298e0f583d1dc349bc1b9dbbc1790f7a839195f79c78d07d495bc3d9f349c0d.

  2. Verify as well the integrity of the binary file FWUpdate_CML_H_Corporate_14.1.74.2355_prod.bin using its SHA256 hash: 7243c2a7de41a95ad2c00bd5090539c9486801d46d7490c1ae0ec73ac96adf0a.

Your USB flash drive is ready to update BIOS to version R1.04.