Firmware update trouble

[Marcus Bointon]

On 30 May 2007, at 15:02, <Michael_E_Brown at Dell.com> wrote:

> 1) how are you doing the update?

By running the updater program (called PE1850_BIOS_LX_A06.BIN)  
locally from CLI. How else could I do it? Through OMSA?

> 2) Does system now say it is running the newer BIOS? If so, you  
> probably dont need to go through each incremental update.

No, it reports the original A01 version.

omreport system version
Version Report

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Main System Chassis
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Name       : BIOS
Version    : A01
Updateable : N/A


Name       : BMC
Version    : 1.07
Updateable : N/A


Name       : Primary BP
Version    : 1.00
Updateable : N/A

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Software
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Name       : Linux
Version    : Kernel 2.6.15-28-686 (i686)
Updateable : N/A


Name       : Dell Server Administrator
Version    : 3.2.0
Updateable : N/A

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PERC Firmware
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Name       : PERC 4e/Si
Version    : 522A
Updateable : N/A

Marcus
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