Most likely a DSU issue. The new BIOS installs fine on a R720xd using the iDRAC's built-in FW updater.
On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 11:05 AM Kienker, Fred <[email protected]> wrote: > We have numerous Dell PowerEdge R620’s each with CentOS release 7.7.1908 > (Core) Kernel 3.10.0-1062.4.1.el7.x86_64. > > On all of them, updating the BIOS using the downloaded Dell update package > or using DSU the update fails with the following message: > > > > Server BIOS 12G > > > > The version of this Update Package is newer than the currently installed > version. > > Software application name: BIOS > > Package version: 2.8.0 > > Installed version: 2.7.0 > > > > > > Executing update... > > WARNING: DO NOT STOP THIS PROCESS OR INSTALL OTHER PRODUCTS WHILE UPDATE > IS IN PROGRESS. > > THESE ACTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR SYSTEM TO BECOME UNSTABLE! > > terminate called after throwing an instance of 'unsigned char' > > /opt/dell/updatepackage/BIOS_WJ5N7_LN_2.8.0.BIN-1058.ZxQDQl/spsetup.sh: > line 1392: 1827 Aborted $cmd "$@" > > . > > The update failed to complete > > BIOS_WJ5N7_LN_2.8.0 could not be installed > > Done! Please run 'dsu --inventory' to check the inventory > > Exiting DSU! > > > > Please advise on how to get around this issue. > > > > Best regards, > > Fred > > Fred Kienker > [email protected] > P: 770.518.6166 > > *AT4B* > 5261 Sunset Trail > Marietta, GA 30068 > > "Advanced Technologies for Business" > > This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e-mail > messages attached to it, may contain confidential information that is > legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person > responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the > information contained in or attached to this message is STRICTLY > PROHIBITED. If you have received this transmission in error, please > immediately notify us by reply e-mail or by telephone at 1.770.518.6166, > and destroy the original transmission and its attachments without reading > them or saving them to disk. This communication is covered by the > Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521. Thank > you. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > -- LAN Engineer * NOC and IT Infrastructure Maintenance BCS Technology Department * Network Group ComicSans Awareness Campaign <http://comicsanscriminal.com>
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