Thanks for the clarification. It happened time to time that we got a newer iDRAC fw on the racks compared to the blades, but maybe that was because the firmware has not been published by the catalog at the same time for both type of servers.
On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 3:19 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > It is true that in 11G, the iDRAC on blades was different than the iDRAC > on rack servers. However, starting in 12G, iDRAC is the same on both blade > and rack servers. BIOS is usually specific to server model. > Regards, > Elie > > From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Daniele Viganò > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 6:56 AM > To: Mauricio Tavares > Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists > Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable? > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > 'M' series are blade servers (versus rackable ones in the 'R' series). We > have several of both types, from the 11th to the 14th generation, and iDRAC > and BIOS never have been compatible between M and R series (even within the > same gen and between servers with the -almost- same specs). > > Cheers, > Daniele > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 5:41 PM Mauricio Tavares <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 11:07 AM Stephen John Smoogen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 10:46, Mauricio Tavares <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > > > > > I feel stupid now: > > > > > > "System(s) supported by this package: PowerEdge M610, M710, M910"' > > > + eval _parseMessages '"This' Update Package is not compatible with > your 'system > > > "' '""' '"Your' system: PowerEdge 'R710"' '""' '"System(s)' supported > by this pa > > > ckage: PowerEdge M610, M710, 'M910"' > > > ++ _parseMessages 'This Update Package is not compatible with your > system' '' 'Y > > > our system: PowerEdge R710' '' 'System(s) supported by this package: > PowerEdge $ > > > 610, M710, M910' > > > > > > What is the difference between the M710 and the R710 as far as the > > > idrac is concerned? I though it was a separate card. > > > > > > > I thought it was a different motherboard, backplane and tooling. I > > think the M series is the blade chassis which various blades sit in > > (but it could be the exact opposite and these are the blades which sit > > in a different chassis). In any case I dont think the BIOS, Perc, etc > > are similar enough. > > > I have to admit the last time I slapped a idrac card into a > server was 2 years ago. So I searched for idrac pictures and there are > lots of little variations. Oh well. > > In any case, here is some useful info for others: > > 1. If you get this kind of error message, > > # ./IDRAC_FRMW_LX_R218238.BIN > /tmp/IDRAC_FRMW_LX_R218238.BIN-26250-16229/spsetup.sh: line 124: > source: buildVer.sh: file not found > # > > 1.1. extract the .BIN file as Stephen Dowdy showed in a previous message > 1.2. Fine the entry for the file not found in spsetup.sh, in this case > > typeset -r _BUILDVER=buildVer.sh > > and add "./" to the front of it, > > typeset -r _BUILDVER="./buildVer.sh" > > 2. If it barks it cannot file lockfile, get the one (at least in > centos) in the procmail package. > > And now I think I am back to the original question since the *right* > idrac firmware docs say 1.80 and 1.85 recommend BIOS 6.0.4 or newer; I > am on 3.0.0. Per Stephen Smoogen, I will have to walk up the tree from > 3.0.0 to 6.6.0. Thing is I have not found the url for where Dell hide > the old BIOS. The quest goes on... > > At least I was able to make a small knowledge contribution based on my > misadventures... > > > > -- > > Stephen J Smoogen. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > > > -- > DANIELE VIGANÒ | System Administrator | Skype dennyv85 | +39-0382-5169882 > GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE MODEL | working together to assess risk > GEM - globalquakemodel.org<http://www.globalquakemodel.org/> | T - > @GEMwrld<http://twitter.com/GEMwrld> | F - GEMwrld< > http://www.facebook.com/GEMwrld> > -- *DANIELE VIGANÒ* | System Administrator | *Skype* dennyv85 | *+39-0382-5169882* *GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE MODEL *| working together to assess risk *GEM -* globalquakemodel.org <http://www.globalquakemodel.org/> | *T -* @GEMwrld <http://twitter.com/GEMwrld> | *F -* GEMwrld <http://www.facebook.com/GEMwrld>
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