PERC 5/i PE1950 CentOS firmware update

[Slacker T]

Hello all!

I'm trying to find a way to update the firmware version of my PERC 5i from
the CLI.  Is this possible?  The system BIOS update worked without any
problems whatsoever.

I realize Cent isn't *officially* supported, I'd just like to know if I'm
missing something simple to make this work.

Thanks for taking the time to at least read this!

I'm using CentOS 5.3 with the following info:

#rpm -qa | grep -i perc
PERC_5_i_Integrated_ven_0x1028_dev_0x0015_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f03-a09-21

# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin, dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * dell-community: linux.dell.com
 * updates: mirror.sanctuaryhost.com
 * base: mirror.raystedman.net
 * addons: mirrors.tummy.com
 * extras: mirror.raystedman.net
repo id              repo name                                status
addons               CentOS-5 - Addons                        enabled
:       0
base                 CentOS-5 - Base                          enabled :
3,272
dell-community       Dell Community Repository                enabled :
33
dell-omsa-indep      Dell OMSA repository - Hardware independ enabled :
27
dell-omsa-specific   Dell OMSA repository - Hardware specific enabled :
46
extras               CentOS-5 - Extras                        enabled :
277
fwupdate             Firmware updates                         enabled :
1,269
updates              CentOS-5 - Updates                       enabled :
343
repolist: 5,267

# inventory_firmware --show-unknown
...
02:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller 5 =
unknown
...

# 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             : 5.2.1-0067
Driver Version                                : 00.00.04.01-RH1

Minimum Required Driver Version               : Not Applicable
Number of Connectors                          : 2
Rebuild Rate                                  : 30%
BGI Rate                                      : 30%
Check Consistency Rate                        : 30%
Reconstruct Rate                              : 30%
Alarm State                                   : Not Applicable
Cluster Mode                                  : Not Applicable
SCSI Initiator ID                             : Not Applicable
Cache Memory Size                             : 256 MB
Patrol Read Mode                              : Auto
Patrol Read State                             : Stopped
Patrol Read Rate                              : 30%
Patrol Read Iterations                        : 60
Abort check consistency on error              : Not Applicable
Allow Revertible Hot Spare and Replace Member : Not Applicable
Auto replace member on predictive failure     : Not Applicable
Load balance                                  : Not Applicable
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