Updating firmware on Dell 1750 - can't seem to detect PERC 4/Di

[Michael E Brown]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:54:08PM -0400, Tim Strike wrote:
> I've installed all the firmware update repositories/packages on our Dell
> Linux servers, and have had success updating the firmware on a set of 1850's
> and 2850's.  I have an older 1750 that has a PERC 4/Di card in it, and on
> that server only the Bios updates were applied, but the PERC controller
> updates don't seem to be available (OMSA is saying the the card is in need
> of an update).
> 
> If I run "bootstrap_firmware -v":
>     bmc_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x014a)
>     system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x014a)
> 
> and "inventory_firmware -v":
>     System BIOS for PowerEdge 1750 = a12
> 
> I know the up2date tools / update_firmware / firmware repositories rely on
> the information these tools produce to then apply the linked RPM packages.
> Is there a way to diagnose why the tools aren't finding the PERC 4/Di card?
> Do the firmware tools only detect certain types of newer hardare?

Can you send lspci output ('lspci' and 'lspci -n -m')?

My first guess would be that the perc 4 on 1750 is an adaptec perc. The
only currently-supported percs are LSI. Lspci will tell us which it is.
--
Michael