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Super Micro Computer Update Service API

Firmware and BIOS update management

Super Micro Computer Update Service API is one of 10 APIs that Super Micro Computer publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Update Service. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, a GitHub repository, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{bmc-ip}/redfish/v1.

3 operations 3 paths 6 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://{bmc-ip}/redfish/v1
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Super Micro Computer Update Service API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth). An API key is passed in the header as X-Auth-Token (SessionAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BasicAuth — HTTP Basic authentication using BMC username and password
  • SessionAuth — Redfish session token obtained from POST /redfish/v1/SessionService/Sessions

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Update Service 3

Firmware and BIOS update management

GET
/UpdateService
Get Update Service
getUpdateService → 200
GET
/UpdateService/FirmwareInventory
List Firmware Inventory
listFirmwareInventory → 200
POST
/UpdateService/Actions/UpdateService.SimpleUpdate
Perform Simple Firmware Update
simpleUpdate body → 200

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are UpdateService (5 properties), Collection (4 properties), SimpleUpdateAction (3 properties), Status (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UpdateService
object
The firmware update service
5 properties
ActionResponse
object
1 property
Status
object
Health and operational status
3 properties
Collection
object
A collection of resources with navigation links
4 properties
ODataId
object
1 property
SimpleUpdateAction
object
3 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

super-micro-computer-update-service-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Super Micro Computer publishes across the network.

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