In brief: I ran dsu on an R720xd that had never seen a firmware update since it was commissioned years ago. The NIC fw updates failed and seem to have damaged the NICs or left them in an inconsistent state. It is no longer possible to connect via network.
The machine is in a remote location and I will advise local support to swap in a new NIC card to bring it back online. As we still have iDRAC console access, is there anything to try and recover this situation? Reboot does not help, or power cycling. What about power cycling and unplugging power? An attempt to upgrade firmwares again via Lifecycle controller will not work as there is no connectivity. Firmware upgrade attempt via virtual media? I can't right now find out if it is still under support ... _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
