[email protected] wrote, On 11/16/2009 08:50 AM: >> 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 > > Stephen, > > Why do you extract the update then use megacli(perc) or libsmbios(bios) > to apply the payload? What issues to you see by running the update > itself?
Jeffrey, *some* of the DUP kits will work on Debian Lenny (i just noticed that the Broadcom LOM kit worked the other day, amazingly), but in generaly, i have found that the DUP kits have all the HAPI (disney) crap with lots of RPM loads which do NOT work on Lenny. I don't know in *this* particular case if the DUP kits for PERCs now work on Debian or not. I know that the BMC updates worked at one point (or at least the PIEconfig.sh update executable (bmcflash or something), but other times i have seen 'bmcflash' actually try to do the HAPI loads by extracting a HAPI payload. Is all of that REALLY necessary? I am working from *experience* that i have had to create my own deployment scripts using the payloads from the DUP kits to get a reliable and workable firmware update mechanism on Debian Lenny. (i have one for PERC4/5/6 and one for BIOS updates) I understand a lot of work has gone into the DUP infrastructure, but it would be OH SO AWESOME if the Dell DUP dev team could design a DUP packaging that would work on Debian/Ubuntu, or be even more general across all/many linux distros. thanks for asking! --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
