Upgrading the BarDIMM Box firmware

The BarDIMM Box comes pre-loaded with the latest firmware. Some firmware updates may be needed due to new features or fixes.

!A valid Celiveo Maintenance & Support contract must cover the BarDIMM Box to have access and be able to load any update, from 90 days after the product purchase. Contact your reseller or Celiveo to have more information about the Celiveo Maintenance & Support contract.

The firmware can be upgraded using the bdboxcli.exe command-line utility or a USB stick inserted into the BarDIMM Box.
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Upgrading BarDIMM Box firmware using the bdboxcli.exe Command Line utility

bdboxcli.exe is a command line interface utility to detect and configure the BarDIMM Box.
It can be called from Windows command line prompt or PowerShell and is very handy to get the BarDIMM Box IP address when DHCP is used.

*You can download the bdboxcli utility from the Celiveo support portal

*Invoking bdboxcli without any parameter displays the available syntax

*the bdboxcli.exe utliity is signed digitally and protected against tampering for publisher “Celiveo”. You can verify the digital signature by right-clicking on the file, Properties, Digital Signatures.

On your Windows PC, copy the bdboxcli.exe executable to a directory.

Open a Windows command prompt (cmd) or Powershell and cd to the directory where bdboxcli.exe was copied.

Unzip the firmware upgrade file in the directory, that creates two files, one with an .xml extension and a .buc filename extension.
Note the BarDIMM Box IP address, its password then run the following command to upgrade it:

bdboxcli ip password upgrade xmlfilename
where ip is the BarDIMM Box IP address, password is the password you have defined for the BarDIMM Box (default: the BarDIMM Box MAC address indicated on the unit label) and xmlfilename is the name of the xml file present in the zip upgrade package.

!Do not rename the .buc file

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Upgrading BarDIMM Box firmware using a USB stick

To update the BarDIMM firmware, copy the fw file to the USB Stick.

Follow the below steps for flashing:

1. Format the USB memory stick to FAT32.
2. Copy the firmware files to the root directory of the blank USB memory stick.
3. Switch off the BarDIMM Box.
4. Insert that memory stick in the USB host port of the BarDIMM Box.
5. Switch on the BarDIMM Box. The update begins automatically.
6. The green LED will blink (between 5 and 15based on the update content).
7. Once the update is complete, the LED indicator on the CSA changes to a steady green light.
8. Remove the USB memory stick

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Care during the upgrade process

!The upgrade process takes between 8 and 10 minutes, do not power off the BarDIMM Box until the green LED is lighted steadily

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LED status codes