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How to check BIOS and BMC Version

How to check the BIOS and BMC versionTable of contents

1. Check BIOS version
2. Check BMC version
3. Create Shell Script
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1. Check BIOS version

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Using the “dmidecode” command

# dmidecode -t bios | egrep -i "version|date"
 Version: 0.11
 Release Date: 04/20/2022# dmidecode -s bios-version
0.11# dmidecode -s bios-release-date
04/20/2022
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Using the “curl” command

# curl -s -k -u  bmc_user:bmc_user_password -X GET https://<BMC-IP-Address>/redfish/v1/UpdateService/FirmwareInventory/BIOS | python -m json.tool | grep -i version
    "Version": "00.11.0000"
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2. Check BMC version

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Using the “ipmitool” command

# ipmitool mc info | egrep -i "firmware" | grep -iv "aux"
Firmware Revision         : 0.11# cat /sys/class/ipmi/ipmi0/device/bmc/firmware_revision
0.11
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Using the “curl” command

# curl -s -k -u  bmc_user:bmc_user_password -X GET https://<BMC-IP-Address>/redfish/v1/UpdateService/FirmwareInventory/BMC | python -m json.tool | grep -i version
    "Version": "0.11.0"
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3. Create Shell Script

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https://github.com/JackKimUSA/linux

# vim check_bios_bmc.sh
#!/bin/bashprintf "%-20s" "BIOS_Ver"
printf "%-20s" "BIOS_Date"
printf "%-10s" "BMC_Ver"
printf "\n"printf "%-20s" "$(dmidecode -s bios-version)"
printf "%-20s" "$(dmidecode -s bios-release-date)"
printf "%-10s" "$(cat /sys/class/ipmi/ipmi0/device/bmc/firmware_revision)"
printf "\n"# sh check_bios_bmc.sh
BIOS_Ver            BIOS_Date           BMC_Ver
0.11                04/20/2022          0.11
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