Description

This software is used to upgrade the BIOS version of the R3950 G6 server

Installation steps

Publish Description

Supported products

H3C UniServer R3950 G5

Restrictions and cautions

Restrictions

This release is applicable only to H3C UniServer R4950 G6 (Genoa CPU)、R3950 G6 (Genoa CPU).

Guidelines

To avoid BIOS errors, do not upgrade or reset HDM2 during BIOS boot.

Version information

Version number

Version 6.30.50

Table 1 Target file name and MD5 checksum

You can access the HDM Web interface of the server to identify the BIOS firmware version on the Dashboard page, as shown in Figure 1. The figure is for illustration only and the version number in the figure is not the version released this time.

Figure 1 Viewing the BIOS version number from HDM

Table 2 R4950 G6 version history

Table 3 R3950 G6 version history

BIOS built-in software version

Table 4 BIOS built-in software version

Supported languages

English

Chinese

Supported hardware platforms

H3C UniServer R3950 G6

H3C UniServer R4950 G6

H3C UniServer R5350 G6

H3C UniServer R5500 G6

Hardware and software compatibility matrixes

Table 5 Hardware and software compatibility matrix for the R4950 G6 Genoa

Table 6 Hardware and software compatibility matrix for the R3950 G6 Genoa

Table 7 Hardware and software compatibility matrix for the R5350 G6 Genoa

Table 8 Hardware and software compatibility matrix for the R5500 G6 Genoa

Upgrade recommendation

This version is optional for upgrade.

Update restrictions and guidelines

Make sure the software versions are compatible with each other.

To update both HDM2 and the BIOS, update HDM2 first.

Make sure the server is running in stable state before the update. That is, the server is powered off or has entered the operating system.

If the server enters the OS before the update, you must power cycle the server for the new firmware to take effect.

If you select the Retain or Restore method to update the BIOS, the update occurs during POST after the server is powered on again. During the update, do not disconnect the power source from the server, or forcedly power off or restart the server.

If you select the Forcedly restore method to update the BIOS, do not disconnect the power source from the server, or power off or restart the server.

Selecting the Restore or Forcedly restore method will restore the default BIOS settings, including restoring the boot mode in the BIOS to the default (UEFI).

As a best practice of bulk update, make sure you can update one server successfully before you update the remaining servers.

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.50

202603101358

Symptom: The onboard SATA port contains an OS, but the OS boot entry name under boot override in the setup is inconsistent with the boot entry name in the BOOT page.

Condition: When an OS is installed in the onboard SATA port, check the OS boot entry name under boot overrider and BOOT page in setup.

New Functions

Version:6.30.50(2026/4/3)

Upgrade recommendations

optional for upgrade

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.50

202603101358

Symptom: The onboard SATA port contains an OS, but the OS boot entry name under boot override in the setup is inconsistent with the boot entry name in the BOOT page.

Condition: When an OS is installed in the onboard SATA port, check the OS boot entry name under boot overrider and BOOT page in setup.

New Functions

Version:6.30.45(2025/12/2)

Upgrade recommendations

optional for upgrade

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.45

202510111104

Symptom: In Legacy mode, when you access the RAID configuration page, the IPMI SOL command does not have any output.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you access the RAID configuration page in Legacy mode.

New Functions

Version:6.30.44(2025/11/5)

Upgrade recommendations

optional for upgrade

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.44

202509290043

Symptom: Hidden options such as IPv4HTTPSupport and IPv6HTTPSupport are removed when you export the BIOS options via Redfish.

Condition: This symptom might occur if the BIOS options are exported via Redfish.

New Functions

Version:6.30.43(2025/10/16)

Upgrade recommendations

optional for upgrade

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.43

202509110069

Symptom: The default for the IDS Filter option is changed to 0xED.

Condition: None.

202509120731

Symptom: After you set the one-time boot option to BiosSetup on HDM and restart HDM, the running boot option is other, which is expected to BiosSetup.

Condition: This symptom might occur if you set the one-time boot option to BiosSetup on HDM and restart HDM.

New Functions

Version:6.30.42(2025/9/1)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.42

202507010904

Symptom: After disabling the memory module in setup, the corresponding memory under North Bridge shows "not present" instead of the expected "disabled".

Condition: Disabling the memory module in setup.

202506300850

Symptom: When out-of-band (OOB) SOL redirect is enabled, the BIOS Setup interface displays abnormally in Chinese mode.

Condition: Enabling OOB SOL redirect and setting the language to Chinese.

202507041360

Symptom: The upper limit of the BIOS-allowed RTC time-range (TRANGE) has been adjusted to 2099.

Condition: There is a requirement to adjust the upper limit of the BIOS-allowed RTC TRANGE to 2099.

202506241143

Symptom: On the SOL and BIOS serial port redirect output page, the Console Redirections EMS option is displayed incompletely.

Condition: SOL output and serial port redirection under the BIOS serial port.

New Functions

Version:6.30.40(2025/6/30)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.40

202505300475

Symptom: A new C6 Mode option has been added under processor configuration to control (Ctl) the enabling or disabling of the C6 state.

Condition: There is a requirement to add a C6 Mode option under processor configuration to control (Ctl) the enabling or disabling of the C6 state.

202505150523

Symptom: When Factory Key Provision is set to Enabled, no pop-up prompt appears stating *Press "Yes" to proceed or "No" to cancel*.

Condition: Factory Key Provision is set to Enabled.

3202505091493

Symptom: When R3950 G6 uses both P1 and G1 ports simultaneously, the displayed information for Socket1 PCIe Port Group is incorrect.

Condition: R3950 G6 uses both P1 and G1 ports simultaneously.

New Functions

Version:6.30.39(2025/6/4)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.39

202503211562

Symptom: The R3950 G6 model needs to adapt to the GPU SL200 PRO.

Condition: Inserting the SL200 GPU into the R3950 G6.

202504011137

Symptom: The default PK for SecureBoot in the BIOS package needs to use the PK generated by H3C BIOS, removing the test PK provided by IBV.

Condition: Update requirement for the PK corresponding to the SecureBoot function.

202505121843

Symptom: The customized options "Enable Requested CPU min frequency" and "Requested CPU min frequency" are non-default values, and importing the customized package fails to modify the options.

Condition: Customization of the package for "Enable Requested CPU min frequency" and "Requested CPU min frequency".

202504162006

Symptom: Pressing the physical power button shortly after powering on causes the BMC to not fully start, resulting in the BIOS being unable to obtain a valid OEM flag to enter the load default process; BIOS values do not match customized values.

Condition: Pressing the physical power button shortly after powering on while the BMC has not fully started.

202505070131

Symptom: [ITST][BIOS GNA][Production Requirement] MBIST reports socket number not starting from 1.

Condition: Enable MBIST function and check the location information of the faulty memory reported by MBIST.

202505191929

Symptom: False positive report of Driver fault issue during NVMe hot swapping, need to optimize VPP I2C hot swapping address.

Condition: Fully populated NVMe drives and repeatedly perform hot swapping tests.

New Functions

Version:6.30.37P02(2025/4/10)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.37P02

202503170751

Symptom: When the power supply is not in place, viewing smbios type 39 information under Shell shows plugged as yes.

Condition: Viewing type 39 information when the power distribution is not fully equipped.

202503210313

Symptom: When setting the IPv6 network to static in BIOS, the Prefix Length and IPv6 Router IP Address are filled in incorrectly.

Condition: Setting the IPV6 network configuration to static under SETUP.

New Functions

Version:6.30.33(2024/9/24)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.33

Symptom: The PI 100C upgrade feature is added to the trunk.

Condition: This symptom might occur if the Codebase version has not been upgraded to PI100C.

Symptom: The dmidecode command failed to obtain the power module model and firmware version.

Condition: This symptom might occur if Type 39 failed to obtain the power module model and firmware version from FRU information.

Symptom: The Push Memory Map feature is added to the trunk.

Condition: This symptom might occur if the Push Memory Map feature is not implemented.

New Functions

Version:6.30.30(2024/5/14)

Upgrade recommendations

Recommended Upgrade

Problems Solved

Resolved problems in BIOS-6.30.30

Symptom: The non-brand model removes the QR code from the BIOS page.

Condition: This symptom might occur because a new QR code need is added in the BIOS.

Symptom: Added support for the PI100B upgrade feature.

Condition: This symptom might occur if an upgrade is triggered by a CPU issue for the AMD.

Symptom: The memory loss might occur during the device restart.

Condition: This symptom might occur if the device restarts.

New Functions