Hi, Just tried to update BIOS on a PE 2850 on a production server and it failed (see below). I have a couple questions:
1. Being this is a production server, how should I best proceed? I'm afraid if I reboot the system, it will not come back up. 2. Is it save to reboot the system w/ http://linux.dell.com/files/openmanage-contributions/omsa-63-live/OMSA63-CentOS55-x86_64-LiveCD.iso and see if I can install the update that route? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated... # update_firmware --yes Running system inventory... Searching storage directory for available BIOS updates... Checking BIOS - a06 Available: dell_dup_componentid_00159 - a07 Found Update: dell_dup_componentid_00159 - a07 Checking Secondary Backplane - 1.00 Available: dell_dup_componentid_03967 - 1.00 Did not find a newer package to install that meets all installation checks. Checking System BIOS for PowerEdge 2850 - A06 Did not find a newer package to install that meets all installation checks. Checking PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 4e/Di Firmware - 522a Available: pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x0013_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x016d) - 5b2d Did not find a newer package to install that meets all installation checks. Checking BMC - 1.83 Available: dell_dup_componentid_05814 - 1.83 Did not find a newer package to install that meets all installation checks. Found firmware which needs to be updated. Running updates... 100% Installing dell_dup_componentid_00159 - a07 Done: The BIOS image file is successfully loaded. Reboot your system to complete the update. Do not shutdown, cold reboot, power cycle, or switch off your system before the BIOS update is complete. Restart your system for the update to take effect since the update will be incomplete until you reboot the system. - Installing pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x0012_subven_0x1028_subdev_ ...Installation failed for package: pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x0012_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x0012) - 1.75 aborting update... The error message from the low-level command was: Firmware update failed =============== Thanks, SW _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
