Zachary, You'll notice that in such cases the recalled update is no longer available on the Dell support website. Not the case here. Both versions are still accessible.
Lejcek Malte Schmidt started complaining about the same issue in November 2017 but nobody from Dell ever responded. https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04553.html Stefan > On Feb 19, 2018, at 1:09 AM, Zachary Wincek <[email protected]> wrote: > > Stefan, > The case that I encountered recently was that Dell released a > UEFI update 2.7.0 that included a microcode update for Intel CPUs in > Dell PE R630 servers. One week later, Dell recalled the update and > recommended that the UEFI be downgraded from version 2.7.0 to version > 2.6.0. You can still see the reference to the recalled UEFI at > <http://www.dell.com/support/article/in/en/inbsd1/sln308588/microprocessor-side-channel-vulnerabilities-cve-2017-5715-cve-2017-5753-cve-2017-5754-impact-on-dell-emc-products-dell-enterprise-servers-storage-and-networking->. > I was able to downgrade all the formerly-upgraded UEFIs with the DSUs > and reboots. I am uncertain what the Lifecycle Controller contains > that might necessitate a downgrade, but I have noticed that Dell has > infrequently recalled problematic firmware and replaced it with either > a minor increment to the version or an outright downgrade. If Dell > could make it easier to connect the reason for the downgrade to the > recommendation of the DSU, then I would greatly appreciate it. > -- > Zachary Wincek > > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:49 PM, Chris Adams <[email protected]> wrote: >> Once upon a time, Stefan M. Radman <[email protected]> said: >>> while it is clear that the ability to downgrade is essential, DSU's attempt >>> in this case is totally unrelated to Meltdown and Spectre as both BIOS >>> versions long precede the patches. >> >> I have a R410 (I bought used for personal use) where DSU has wanted to >> downgrade the LifeCycle Controller from 1.7.5.4 to 1.6.5.12 for a long >> time now. I have no idea why; 1.7.5.4 is the current version on the >> website and was released almost 2 years ago. >> >> Oddly, DSU also wants to "upgrade" the 10gig NIC firmware. The NIC is >> not even a Dell (just uses the same Intel 82599 chip); it wants to go >> from 0.0.0 to 16.5.20. >> >> -- >> Chris Adams <[email protected]> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-PowerEdge mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
