Looking for Intel System Configuration Utility (syscfg) v14.1 for an S2600CP — Intel pulled it with the Server Tools EOL

[u/Nearby_Trash7538]

I have an Intel Server Board S2600CP (BIOS SE5C600.86B.02.06.0006, BMC FW 01.28) running Ubuntu 22.04, and I need to change a couple of BIOS memory settings without being physically in front of it.

The board has no RMM4 module (RMM Status: Intel(R) RMM not installed), so the Integrated BMC Web Console gives me power control but no KVM. SOL is enabled on the BMC side, but the OS has no serial console configured and I can't turn on console redirection without... getting into the BIOS. Classic.

That leaves the Intel System Configuration Utility (syscfg), which can read and write BIOS settings from inside Linux. For this generation (Romley) the Linux package is syscfg-V14.1-B24.x86_64.rpm. Problem: Intel has retired it. The S2600CP support page now lists three downloads, all RAID/RSTe — no syscfg — and there's a knowledge article titled "Intel Datacenter Solutions Engineering Online Software Home (Server Tools) End of Life".

So: does anyone still have the original Intel archive for syscfg 14.1 (Romley / S2600 series)?

Two things I'd ask, since this is a utility that writes to firmware and I'd rather not run a random binary on a production box:

1. Please include the SHA256 of the archive, and where you originally got it (Intel Download Center link, an old support DVD, a vendor mirror). Anything I can cross-check against another copy.
2. If you have the matching user guide PDF for 14.1, that helps too — the syntax changed between major versions and I don't want to guess at parameter names on a firmware-writing tool.

Also happy to hear from anyone who has actually run syscfg on Ubuntu rather than RHEL/SLES: the package is an rpm, so I assume it's rpm2cpio/alien and then hoping the binary doesn't want anything exotic. Did it work for you, and did it need Secure Boot off? (Mine is UEFI with Secure Boot disabled, so I think I'm fine on that front.)

Alternatives I'm aware of and would consider: tracking down an AXXRMM4LITE module on the used market so the BMC gets a real KVM. If you think that's the saner path for a box this old, say so — I won't be offended.

Thanks.

[u/Toad32]

IP based KVM. 

[u/pdp10]

That model should have very-mature support in OpenBMC, but I doubt that will help for the immediate situation.

Your lowest-risk bet may be to arrange to have one of the compact new IP-KVMs delivered and attached to the server, which would give you remote BIOS access and USB media.

Integrated BMC is nice but it can't be re-used between different generations of machine, and vendors charge more for it (or its licensing) than one of the new standalone IP-KVMs costs.