Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-15 Thread R S
, >> 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? >> >&g

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-11 Thread Daniele Viganò
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

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-11 Thread Elie_Jreij
: 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

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-11 Thread Peter Brunnengraeber
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] Hello Mauricio, Regarding finding the older versions... If you go on the support.dell.com site, enter your service tag, and click 'Drivers & Downloads'. There you can set your OS (Use esxi if your OS isn't listed) and set the category to 'BIOS'. You should see your 6.6.0

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-11 Thread Daniele Viganò
[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

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-10 Thread Mauricio Tavares
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 11:07 AM Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 10:46, Mauricio Tavares wrote: > > > > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > > > I feel stupid now: > > > > "System(s) supported by this package: PowerEdge M610, M710, M910"' > > + eval

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-10 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 10:46, Mauricio Tavares 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'

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-10 Thread Mauricio Tavares
[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,

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-08 Thread Mauricio Tavares
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 2:26 PM Stephen Dowdy wrote: > > > On 10/8/19 11:58 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote: > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > > > More fun: > > > > # ./IDRAC_FRMW_LX_R218238.BIN > > /tmp/IDRAC_FRMW_LX_R218238.BIN-26250-16229/spsetup.sh: line 124: > > source: buildVer.sh:

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-08 Thread Stephen Dowdy
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] On 10/8/19 11:58 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] More fun: # ./IDRAC_FRMW_LX_R218238.BIN /tmp/IDRAC_FRMW_LX_R218238.BIN-26250-16229/spsetup.sh: line 124: source: buildVer.sh: file not found # I take that buildVer.sh should be in the package but not being

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-08 Thread Mauricio Tavares
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] More fun: # ./IDRAC_FRMW_LX_R218238.BIN /tmp/IDRAC_FRMW_LX_R218238.BIN-26250-16229/spsetup.sh: line 124: source: buildVer.sh: file not found # I take that buildVer.sh should be in the package but not being extracted? # fgrep buildVer.sh IDRAC_FRMW_LX_R218238.BIN #

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-08 Thread Stephen Dowdy
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] tangential to the conversation, if anyone's interested in shell code that gets the BMC/IDRAC full firmware revision and type using IPMITool and the ipmi kernel modules, it follows. This has a number of go-back revisions over time and hasn't been refactored, but it does

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-08 Thread Mauricio Tavares
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] Quick idrac fw question: I am looking at https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln311272/idrac6-home?lang=en and trying to understand the badly formatted table. If I am correct, it only lists up to 1.6.5 and I am in 1.7.0. Where are the later releases such as 1.8?

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-08 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 at 12:13, Mauricio Tavares wrote: > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > Thanks for all the replies. I installed centos and then run the update > > sudo ./BIOS_0F4YY_LN_6.6.0.BIN > > After rebooting I went to the idrac webpage and it claims BIOS version > is 3.0.0

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-08 Thread R S
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] idrac probably has to inventory the hardware changes at one point. just give it time. On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 12:13 PM Mauricio Tavares wrote: > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > Thanks for all the replies. I installed centos and then run the update > > sudo ./BIOS_0F4YY_LN_6.6.0.BIN >

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-08 Thread Mauricio Tavares
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] Thanks for all the replies. I installed centos and then run the update sudo ./BIOS_0F4YY_LN_6.6.0.BIN After rebooting I went to the idrac webpage and it claims BIOS version is 3.0.0 instead of 6.6.0. should I be concerned? ___

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-07 Thread Blake Hudson
[EXTERNAL EMAIL] You should be able to use any of the Windows .exe files via the method you have linked. If that fails, I'd try booting a live version of Linux (pick a Dell supported version for your platform) from USB/CD and install the BIOS update using the Linux .bin file. The life

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-07 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 at 16:07, Mauricio Tavares wrote: > > So I want to apply the most recent firmware/bios patch > > https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=0f4yy=ws8r2=poweredge-r710 > >

[Linux-PowerEdge] R710 not iDRAC upgradeable?

2019-10-07 Thread Mauricio Tavares
So I want to apply the most recent firmware/bios patch https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=0f4yy=ws8r2=poweredge-r710 https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln292363/update-dell-poweredge-servers-firmware-remotely-using-the-idrac?lang=en#idrac78