firmware-tools on RHEL5 does not update PERC4e/Di firmware

[Charles_Rose at Dell.com]

I have RHEL5 installed on a PE6800 with a PERC4e/Di. After downloading
the updates from http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/testing/ and
running update_firmware shows that there is a newer version of firmware,
but it is not marked for upgrade. The version on the machine is 522d
while 5a2d is the newer version. But update_firmware does not prompt me
to install it.

[root at c-rhel5 ~]# update_firmware 

Running system inventory...

Searching storage directory for available BIOS updates...
Checking PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 4e/Di Firmware - 522d
        Available:
pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x0013_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x016f) - 5a2d
        Did not find a newer package to install that meets all
installation checks.
Checking System BIOS for PowerEdge 6800 - a05
        Available: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x016f) - a05
        Did not find a newer package to install that meets all
installation checks.

This system does not appear to have any updates available.
No action necessary.

Thanks,
Charles Rose
Linux Engineering
Dell India R&D Centre
Phone: +91-80-280-77147
Fax: +91-80-30501090
http://linux.dell.com/