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

[Harald_Jensas at Dell.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: firmware-tools-devel-bounces at lists.us.dell.com [mailto:firmware-
> tools-devel-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] On Behalf Of Michael E Brown
> Sent: 08 November 2007 01:30
> To: Tim Strike
> Cc: firmware-tools-devel at lists.us.dell.com
> Subject: Re: Updating firmware on Dell 1750 - can't seem to detect
PERC
> 4/Di
> 
> 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
 
The PE1750 has the PERC 4/Di controller, PE1850 has PERC4/Si and PE2850
has PERC4e/Di.

PERC 4/Di (2 Channels PCI or PCI-X Controller)
PERC 4/Si (1 Channels PCI or PCI-X Controller)
PERC 4e/Di (2 Channels PCI-Express Controller)

If I am not mistaken PE1750 is the only system with PERC 4/Di
controller, maybe this firmware was never added to the repository?
(RAID_FRMW_LX_R151917.BIN)


--
Harald