Problems updating BIOS on a PE 860

[Matt Domsch]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 06:58:46PM +0200, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
> However, after rebooting I still have the old firmware:
> 
> [root at rex ~]# omreport storage controller
> Controller  SAS 5/iR Adapter (Slot 2)
> 
> Controllers
> ID                                : 0
> Status                            : Non-Critical
> Name                              : SAS 5/iR Adapter
> Slot ID                           : PCI Slot 2
> State                             : Degraded
> Firmware Version                  : 00.06.50.00.06.06.00.02
> Minimum Required Firmware Version : 00.10.49.00.06.12.02.00
> Driver Version                    : 3.02.73rh
> 
> Notice how the state is "degraded", which is probably due to the  
> outdated firmware.

Is it possible that you've got a bad disk in your array?  The firmware
upgrade may have a protection in it that won't let it upgrade while
you have an array in a degraded mode (e.g. missing one disk in a
redundant array so it's online, but unhappy).

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
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