firmaware upgrade

[Paul A]

Hi, I have a remote 1950 that has a degraded drive, while looking at this
server through OMSA I noticed that it was complaining about the Perc
firmware version. 

Current version: PERC 5/i IntegratedEmbedded Degraded 5.1.1-0040 

It's telling me to upgraded to 5.2.1-006000.00.03.10 00.00.03.13


The problem is in the past I used to upgraded using a disk but this server
doesn't have one, only a CD drive or USB. Looking at the file below and
instructions I noticed that I should be able to download it to my server,
running centos 5, and run it.

Its this a save way of doing it and will it require the server to reboot, or
should I reboot it?

Also I think I have to have the bios version A07, although I tried looking
in OMSA for this information and couldn't find it. The closest thing I got
for Bios info was 

Manufacturer	Dell Inc.
Version	1.2.0
Release Date	10/18/2006 




instructions for FRMW_LX_R169302.BIN:

Download

1. Click the Download Now link to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to
your hard drive.

Installation

1. Read over the release information presented by executing the
./FRMW_LX_R169302.BIN --version command from the shell.
2. Download and install any prerequisites identified in the above step
before proceeding.
3. Run the update by executing ./FRMW_LX_R169302.BIN from the shell.
4. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update.

Thanks,
 
Paul