Updating the BIOS on a Supermicro board
I’ve recently bought hardware for a new NAS server build. Some of that is still in the throes of shipping (postal services have been pretty unreliable as of late), but most of it has arrived: A Supermicro mainboard, case, M.2 SSD and a PSU allows me to get started on the build. As I like to live dangerously, I also upgraded the BIOS on the mainboard1. Since the process was somewhat involved, I’m documenting it here. Also note: As alluded to by the subtitle, you could always buy a license from Supermicro to install a BIOS update via the out-of-band management engine. I didn’t want to spend another 30 bucks on a license, so I did it the cheap/hard way. ...