Robin Bowes wrote, On 11/15/2009 04:43 PM: > On 06/11/09 20:33, Stephen Dowdy wrote: >> I take the payload image after extracting from the .BIN and put it >> into my own BIOS update package that uses libsmbios bits to flash >> BIOS. (much lighter weight). > > Stephen, > > Would you mind sharing how you do that with me (us!) ? > > I *think* that I've got the appropriate firmware packages installed on > my test machine using: > > # yum -y install $(bootstrap_firmware) > > This installs: > > PERC_6_i_Adapter_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0060_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f0b-a11-21.noarch > > The contents of which I've listed at the end of this message. > > One of the installed files is payload/FW612II.rom. Is this the PERC > firmware ROM that should be flashed? If so, how can I flash it from the > (CentOS 5.4) command line? > > Thanks for any info you can share.
If that is indeed a PERC firmware image, then you can get the MegaCLI toolkit from LSI and do : ./MegaCli -AdpFwFlash -f FW612II.rom -aALL Then Reboot. *note: the command is case insensitive, and "-" are optional, so ./MegaCli -adpfwflash -f FW612II.rom -aall ./MegaCli adpfwflash f FW612II.rom aall should also both work. *MegaCLI version 2.xx from any of the LSI SAS RAID controller series 8000 downloads should work here, but no guarantees. I was referring above, however to using libsmbios to flash the BIOS on a Dell server. (libsmbios is available on linux.dell.com) Also, as it appears that the firmware tools stuff has been nearly abandoned at Dell, you'd be best going to support.dell.com finding the server you are on, looking under the "SAS RAID Controllers" and getting the latest firwmware update from there. It'll be called something like "FRMW_BLAHBLAH_R12935BLAH.BIN". download that, then: sh FRMW_BLAHBLAH_R12935BLAH.BIN --extract FOO cd FOO/payload to find the latest firmware ROM image for the PERC6i there, and use the above megacli command. --stephen _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
