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List:       linux-poweredge
Subject:    Re: Firmware version is out of date
From:       Michael E Brown <Michael_E_Brown () dell ! com>
Date:       2007-05-31 1:07:03
Message-ID: 20070531010703.GB3375 () humbolt ! us ! dell ! com
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On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 09:38:07AM -0400, Kuba Ober wrote:
> On Monday 28 May 2007, Peter Verhoeven wrote:
> > So, I finally got OMSA installed on our 6950 running Oracle Enterprise
> > Linux. First thing I noticed is a warning message on the PERC 5/i and
> > PERC 5/E Adapter components:
> >
> > Firmware version is out of date.
> >
> > Firmware Version: 5.0.2-0003
> > Minimum Required Firmware Version: 5.1.1-0033
> > Driver Version: 00.00.02.03-RH1
> >
> > Is there any specific sequence of steps for upgrading controller
> > firmware? The Dell download is just an exe with no docs...
> 
> Run it on windows, it'll create a boot floppy, boot it on the server, and it 
> should do its thing. There are also RHEL packages which do the same thing, 
> but they may occasionally require some tweaking to get to work.

I'm working on firmware-tools packages for perc5 now and making
surprisingly good progress. I can probably have something in the
/testing/ repository by Friday, if anybody wants to test them.
--
Michael

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