How up to date is the firmware repository?

[Michael_E_Brown at Dell.com]

The repository should be up to date. The latest PERC 5i RPM is:

http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/cross-distro/RPMS/noarch/PERC_5_i_Adapter_ven_0x1028_dev_0x0015_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f02-a07-21.noarch.rpm

Which is version: v.5.2.1-0066, A07

Can you run "rpm -qa | grep -i perc" and send what you have installed?
--
Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: firmware-tools-devel-bounces at lists.us.dell.com on behalf of Adam Goodall
Sent: Mon 3/31/2008 6:37 AM
To: firmware-tools-devel at lists.us.dell.com
Subject: How up to date is the firmware repository?
 
Hi

 

I've just installed a new system using the firmware and OMSA
repositories. It's a dell 1950 server with a PERC 5i

 

I've ran through updating the firmware versions and the latest one
available for the 5i through the repository is 5.1.1-0040, it also pulls
down the latest BIOS package which is 2.2.6.

 

The bios package is the same as the latest one available from the dell
website and was last updated in February. However the PERC 5i package in
the repo is one revision behind the website, which is strange as the
last update for this was released in Novemeber.

 

I noticed the problem as because when I deploy OMSA 5.3 (or indeed 5.4)
it lists the controller as being in a degraded state due to the firmware
version:

[root at here ~]# omreport storage controller

 Controller  PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)

 

Controllers

ID                                : 0

Status                            : Non-Critical

Name                              : PERC 5/i Integrated

Slot ID                           : Embedded

State                             : Degraded

Firmware Version                  : 5.1.1-0040

Minimum Required Firmware Version : 5.2.1-0060

 

 

Is there a particular reason that some of the firmware packages are more
out of date than others or is the whole repo just in need of a kick?

 

Cheers

Adam
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