Hi Jeffrey.. :-( nope lsmod: megaraid_sas 88520 2 sd_mod 56257 5 scsi_mod 188665 6 mptctl,sg,usb_storage,libata,megaraid_sas,sd_mod
dkms module exists and is loaded. version: megaraid_sas-v00.00.04.29 update_firmware gives same output.. I let it rest for now.. system works fine for now and nxt week I go to holland for big maintainance anyway.. Good luck.. On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 09:47:40 -0500 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don't use Dell's buggy, overly-complex scripts (self-extracting > > shell scripts, which then install RPMs - makes me feel nauseous > > just thinking about the concept > > > Any self-respecting admin will *not* blindly run shell scripts *as > > root* which unpack a self-contained payload and perform actions > > which are not auditable in advance. > > > > I'm glad that Dell provide firmware updates and support hardware > > updates under Linux, but really you could make the process an whole > > lot easier. > > > > I personally mirror your repos and my firmware update process is > > something like: > > > > yum install $(bootstrap_firmware) > > update_firmware --yes > > > > Why do't you consider making that the "official" supported > > mechanism? > > > > Hi Tim and Robin, > > I believe you're referring to the ".BIN" self-contained update > package. Based on customer feedback on this list and elsewhere, we > made the yum-repo based firmware updates officially supported > starting with OM 6.2 in December 09. > > Starting with this repository: > "http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/OMSA_6.2/"; firmware-tools > updates have been included. The OMSA/hardware repository is > officially supported. The community-supported firmware repository is > out of date, now that firmware updates are included in the OM repo. > See here for more info: > http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository > > Arno, > > I think I know what is going on here. Firmware-tools tries to find > devices in two ways: Dell update modules, and lspci. > > It looks like you might not have a dell driver installed for your > PERC 6. I am guessing this because the firmware-updates.log shows the > device name as: "01:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios > Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 (rev 04)" If the Dell driver were installed, > firmware-tools would be able to talk to the PERC card through the > dell update module and get the dell name - PERC 6/i Integrated. > > Because firmware-tools only knows of the device through its PCI ID, > it does not know the current firmware version, and tries to apply the > update. > > When the dell update module is run, it doesn't find any devices to > update and returns no status: <?xml version="1.0" > encoding="UTF-8"?><SVMExecution > lang="en"><RebootRequired>0</RebootRequired></SVMExecution> > > You should have a 'megaraid_sas' dkms driver rpm available to you in > the dell repo. After installing that, firmware-tools should report > the current version and not suggest an upgrade is needed. > > Thanks, > Jeff Mendoza > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
