Subject: omreport on PV220S

[Michael_Christensen2 at Dell.com]

Message: 4
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:06:06 +0100
From: Einar N?ss Jensen <einar at hf.ntnu.no>
Subject: omreport on PV220S
To: linux-poweredge at dell.com
Message-ID: <47B2B2FE.1010405 at hf.ntnu.no>
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I've recently experienced a lot of failed drives on a PV220S connected
to a PE1950. I've updated all bios and firmware.
It is running Debian etch.

When I try to update the firmware on the PV220S it reports that the
firmware is already E19, but when checking with omreport, it says
firmware is E17.

What should I assume is correct? And how do I resolve this?



Hi Einar,

You have to reboot the PV220S, before the controller in the PE1950 will
see the changes.

1) Power down server and PV220S
2) Power up PV220S, wait 1 minute, then power on the PE1950

If the controller still sees it as E.17, it might be because you are
running the PV220S in split mode.

If that's the case then:

1) Power down server and PV220S
2) Swap the controllers around in the PV220S -
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/stor-sys/spv22xs/en/sm/remove.htm#
removing_and_installing_emm 
3) Power up PV220S, wait 1 minute, then power on PE1950
4) Run the update again
5) Shutdown PE1950 + PV220S
6) Power up PV220S, wait 1 minute, then power on PE1950

Check version again
 
//Michael