AMI BIOS Images

The GigaVUE-TA200 has an AMI Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). The BIOS image is packaged with the software image, starting in software version 5.3. The BIOS contents are stored in flash memory, allowing the BIOS to be upgraded. There are two flash components, a primary and a secondary.

The following CLI command displays the two flash components and indicates the BIOS image from which the system booted using asterisks:

(config) show version

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1st flash version: amibios-ta200-1.0.9 Fri Feb 9 04:52:22 UTC 2018**

2nd flash version: amibios-ta200-1.0.9 Fri Feb 9 04:52:22 UTC 2018

SW BIOS version: amibios-ta200-1.0.9 Fri Feb 9 04:52:22 UTC 2018

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If there is a component failure in the primary flash, the GigaVUE-TA200 boots from a backup golden BIOS image in the secondary flash. An SNMP trap can be configured to be sent when the system has booted from the secondary flash. The trap may indicate that the primary flash component needs to be serviced. The trap is as follows:

2ndflashboot: Secondary flash boot notification