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From: Bryan Seitz <Bryan_Seitz () symantec ! com>
Date: 2011-08-22 16:28:04
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Praveen,
This is a welcome change, thanks!
--
Bryan Seitz
Sr. System Engineer
Norton Data Services, Symantec
(703) 789-4053
From: "Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com<mailto:Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com>" \
<Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com<mailto:Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com>>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:52:00 -0700
To: "pjwelsh@gmail.com<mailto:pjwelsh@gmail.com>" \
<pjwelsh@gmail.com<mailto:pjwelsh@gmail.com>>, \
"linux-poweredge@lists.us.dell.com<mailto:linux-poweredge@lists.us.dell.com>" \
<linux-poweredge@lists.us.dell.com<mailto:linux-poweredge@lists.us.dell.com>>
Subject: RE: CentOS Live DVD for firmware updates \
(Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com<mailto:Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com>)
The ” Tikanga” word was added (to the issue file) to get around some parsing checks \
of Dell DUPs. Looks like some of the DUPs are doing a more stringent check, before \
updating.
We are requesting our corresponding team to get rid of those checks for future \
releases. Hopefully we will get rid of them for the next release.
Thank you
Praveen K Paladugu
Dell Linux Engineering
From: PJ Welsh [mailto:pjwelsh@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 11:20 PM
To: linux-poweredge-Lists; Paladugu, Praveen
Subject: Re: CentOS Live DVD for firmware updates \
(Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com<mailto:Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com>)
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:05 AM, PJ Welsh \
<pjwelsh@gmail.com<mailto:pjwelsh@gmail.com>> wrote:
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:32:39 -0500
From: <Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com<mailto:Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com>>
Subject: CentOS Live DVD for firmware updates
To: <linux-poweredge@lists.us.dell.com<mailto:linux-poweredge@lists.us.dell.com>>
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All,
I just posted a CentOS based LiveDVD which will let the users update the firmware on \
all Dell Servers. The related details are available at:
http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/enterprise/b/tech-center/archive/2011/08/17/centos-based-livedvd-to-update-firmware-on-dell-servers.aspx
Check it out.
Thank you
Praveen K Paladugu
Dell Linux Engineering
Thank you very much for taking the time and effort to helping build options for the \
linux user! I plan to add this DVD to my arsenal of BIOS or firmware options. I would \
like to report a couple of minor issues and a couple of failures: Minor issues:
1. /etc/inittab has "ss:" in twice
2. xterm start size of 499x654 was off of the screen for my R710 and should likely be \
< 800x600 based on the default video capabilities of some of the servers. 3. \
/usr/bin/lockfile from the package procmail would be handy to include when using this \
DVD to *attempt* to flash older BIOS's versions that need it (like any pre 3.0.0 BIOS \
for my R710 see failure info below). Failures:
1. I can not for the life of me get the 1.3.6 BIOS updated via \
"inventory_firmware_gui", downloaded newest "PER710_BIOS_LX_3.0.0.BIN" (or any non \
1.3.6 *.BIN BIOS), "dellBiosUpdate -f blah" update to happen on my R710 with this \
DVD. The gui fails outright with no real info returned. The PER710_BIOS_LX_3.0.0.BIN \
says it flashes but the reboot BIOS update fails with something like "failed to \
update". The dellBiosUpdate report just failed. 2. IDRAC6 1.30 -> 1.70 fails with \
"failed to access Virtual USB Device". The downloaded IDRAC6_FRMW_LX_R299265.BIN did \
the same thing when run from the DVD.
All other components updated without issue including SAS firmware and NIC's.
Thanks
PJ
I think I found part of the issue for the iDRAC6 update issue on the R710. There is \
an extra line of "Tikanga" in the /etc/redhat-release file. At least the updates for \
the R710 seem to ONLY want an official RHEL line in the like noted from the \
past<http://pjwelsh.blogspot.com/2011/02/failed-bios-update-on-r710-with-centos.html>. \
In fact, I could use the RHEL 5 redhat-release contents on an update attempt using \
CentOS 6.0.
The BIOS update has still been an issue so far not matter what I try.
I am curios of the use of a non-PAE kernel on the live CD. I was surprised to see \
that my 48GB was only seen as 2GB with an i386 kernel.
Thanks for looking into this. I hope to provide more feedback if there is any.
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"><div><div><div>Praveen,</div><div><br></div><div> This is a \
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">The ” Tikanga” word was added (to the issue file) to get around some parsing checks \
of Dell DUPs.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: \
11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Looks like some of \
the DUPs are doing a more stringent check, before updating.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: \
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">We are requesting our corresponding team to get rid of those checks for future \
releases. Hopefully we will get rid of them for the next \
release.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; \
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Paladugu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; \
color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dell Linux \
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> PJ Welsh [<a \
href="mailto:pjwelsh@gmail.com">mailto:pjwelsh@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> \
Friday, August 19, 2011 11:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> linux-poweredge-Lists; Paladugu, \
Praveen<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: CentOS Live DVD for firmware updates (<a \
href="mailto:Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com">Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p \
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-0500<br>From: <<a \
href="mailto:Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com">Praveen_Paladugu@Dell.com</a>><br>Subject: \
CentOS Live DVD for firmware updates<br>To: <<a \
href="mailto:linux-poweredge@lists.us.dell.com" \
target="_blank">linux-poweredge@lists.us.dell.com</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> \
<<a \
href="mailto:0F7A61B0A6ABAD4A82DDEF8CCA0ADA2B4DF9FDDB09@AUSX7MCPS301.AMER.DELL.COM" \
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text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>All,<br><br>I just posted a CentOS \
based LiveDVD which will let the users update the firmware on all Dell \
Servers.<br>The related details are available at:<br><a \
href="http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/enterprise/b/tech-center/archive/2011/08/17/centos-based-livedvd-to-update-firmware-on-dell-servers.aspx" \
target="_blank">http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/enterprise/b/tech-center/archi \
ve/2011/08/17/centos-based-livedvd-to-update-firmware-on-dell-servers.aspx</a><br><br>Check \
it out.<br><br><br>Thank you<br>Praveen K Paladugu<br>Dell Linux \
Engineering<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Thank you very \
much for taking the time and effort to helping build options for the linux user! I \
plan to add this DVD to my arsenal of BIOS or firmware options.<br>I would like to \
report a couple of minor issues and a couple of failures:<br>Minor issues:<br>1. \
/etc/inittab has "ss:" in twice<br>2. xterm start size of 499x654 was off \
of the screen for my R710 and should likely be < 800x600 based on the default \
video capabilities of some of the servers.<br>3. /usr/bin/lockfile from the package \
procmail would be handy to include when using this DVD to *attempt* to flash older \
BIOS's versions that need it (like any pre 3.0.0 BIOS for my R710 see failure info \
below).<br>Failures:<br>1. I can not for the life of me get the 1.3.6 BIOS updated \
via "inventory_firmware_gui", downloaded newest \
"PER710_BIOS_LX_3.0.0.BIN" (or any non 1.3.6 *.BIN BIOS), \
"dellBiosUpdate -f blah" update to happen on my R710 with this DVD. The gui \
fails outright with no real info returned. The PER710_BIOS_LX_3.0.0.BIN says it \
flashes but the reboot BIOS update fails with something like "failed to \
update". The dellBiosUpdate report just failed.<br>2. IDRAC6 1.30 -> 1.70 \
fails with "failed to access Virtual USB Device". The downloaded \
IDRAC6_FRMW_LX_R299265.BIN did the same thing when run from the DVD.<br><br>All other \
components updated without issue including SAS firmware and \
NIC's.<br><br>Thanks<br><span \
style="color:#888888"><br>PJ</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>I \
think I found part of the issue for the iDRAC6 update issue on the R710. There is an \
extra line of "Tikanga" in the /etc/redhat-release file. At least the \
updates for the R710 seem to ONLY want an official RHEL line in the like noted <a \
href="http://pjwelsh.blogspot.com/2011/02/failed-bios-update-on-r710-with-centos.html" \
target="_blank">from the past</a>. In fact, I could use the RHEL 5 \
redhat-release contents on an update attempt using CentOS 6.0.<br><br>The BIOS update \
has still been an issue so far not matter what I try.<br><br>I am curios of the use \
of a non-PAE kernel on the live CD. I was surprised to see that my 48GB was only seen \
as 2GB with an i386 kernel.<br><br>Thanks for looking into this. I hope to provide \
more feedback if there is \
any.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></span></body></html>
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