Hi,

Can you please us know the sequence you have been trying?

Regards,
Sashi
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From: Guillaume Courtois [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2017 8:36 PM
To: K, Sashi <[email protected]>
Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Firmware upgrade method


Hi,

Then I'm tempted to ask why the dsu tool updates iDRAC at the very end ? 
(I seem to have seen that on the few servers I've updated last week).

Bye.

Le 14/05/2017 16:49, [email protected] a écrit :
> Here is the recommended sequence when updating firmware on the Dell 
> PowerEdge server:
> 
> 1) iDRAC
> 2) Lifecycle Controller
> 3) BIOS
> 4) Diagnostics
> 5) OS Driver Pack
> 6) RAID
> 7) NIC
> 8) PSU
> 9) CPLD
> 10) Other update
> 
> Regardless of the methodology used to update firmware's, iDRAC and LCC 
> should always be upgraded first before upgrading the other components 
> on the server.
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> Sashi
> [email protected]
> 
> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 13:34:57 -0400
> From: Rene Shuster <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] R610 - system services disabled and
>       iDrac6 (entrerpise) communication failure
> To: Ricardo Stella <[email protected]>
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> Check if the iDRAC NIC activity light indicates traffic coming in and 
> out.
> If there is no light, then the iDRAC is bricked and the mainboard 
> needs to be replaced. Happened to us many, many times.
> If there is light, reset the iDRAC by holding the i button longer than
> 16 seconds.
> 
> Related info info:
> http://en.community.dell.com/search#q=swc0700
> http://www.dell.com/support/article/bz/en/bzdhs1/SLN283474/drac---mult
> iple-
> reboots-can-cause-ipmi-command-errors--lifecycle-
> recovery-mode--and--swc0700--idrac-is-not-ready--with-idrac7-firmware-
> 13030
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Ricardo Stella <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> So we had this older R610 which was put off production and was trying 
>> to give it a new life. Used Dell repository manager to create a 
>> firmware bundle and after this got the errors on the title.
>> 
>> Obviously, the system didn't like the firmware updates, so has anyone 
>> else experienced this before and know of a way around it? System is 
>> out of warranty and all I'm able to get in touch with at Dell is 
>> basic support (ie motherboard is bad).
>> 
>> Supposedly, the LCC repair package is what's needed (USC file) but do 
>> I need to install an OS on this first? Is there a live CD/DVD/USB 
>> with the Dell Linux Repository by any chance or a way to quickly build one?
>> Or do I need to install an OS on this first?
>> 
>> I have a second R610 (clone) that has not been updated and iDRAC does 
>> boot and I can get to the GUI, except it needs a password reset, and 
>> for some reason the box is not displaying any video.
>> 
>> Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
>> 
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> Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] DSU with Red Hat Satellite channels
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> I've set up my Red Hat Satellites with two custom channels, one for 
> DSU and one for OMSA.  I have also installed Dell's RPM GPG key
> (http://linux.dell.com//repo/hardware/dsu/public.key) on my systems in 
> order to verify integrity of the RPMs.
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 16:25:22 -0400
> From: Ricardo Stella <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Firmware upgrade method
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: linux-poweredge <[email protected]>
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> Thanks - I pulled the iDRAC modules from the box that had no video and 
> was able to reset them on the current system. Firmware I have now is:
> 
> iDRAC 1.80.17
> Lifecycle 1.5.1.57
> 
> I have the Lifecycle repair package, but cannot find the latest idrac 
> firmware.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> hi, unknown of you particular FW versions for 11G servers a proven 
>> sequence is
>> 
>> 1. iDRAC FW via iDRAC GUI
>> 
>> 2. LCC repair package via IDRAC GUI
>> 
>> 3. BIOS update using method of your choice
>> 
>> 4. if necessary LCC FW using method of your choice (repair package is 
>> not always most recent)
>> 
>> 5. update drivers if required
>> 
>> 6. all other FWs
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists on behalf of Ricardo Stella < 
>> [email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Friday, May 12, 2017 6:38 PM
>> *To:* linux-poweredge-Lists
>> *Subject:* [Linux-PowerEdge] Firmware upgrade method
>> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> while I still try to recover these R610 from a failed firmware 
>> upgrade, I got a hold of an R710 which has RHEL 6.9 installed (just
>> updated) but firmware is very much old.
>> 
>> Is there a preferred update method and or steps? I would do it via 
>> DSU, but should I update something first before anything else? Box 
>> has iDRAC 6 enterprise, and Perc H700.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Ricardo.
>> 
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> Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 18:15:14 -0300
> From: Patrick Boutilier <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Firmware upgrade method
> To: [email protected]
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> 
> You can get
> https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER03547784M/1/iDRAC6_2.85_A00_FW_IMG.ex
> e and then just unzip it to get firmimg.d6
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [boutilpj@bartdl dell]$ unzip -l iDRAC6_2.85_A00_FW_IMG.exe
> Archive:  iDRAC6_2.85_A00_FW_IMG.exe
>    Length      Date    Time    Name
> ---------  ---------- -----   ----
>   56642616  02-05-2016 09:07   firmimg.d6
>      23826  02-04-2016 16:05   iDRAC6_2.85_A00_ReleaseNotes.txt
> ---------                     -------
>   56666442                     2 files
> 
> 
> On 05/12/2017 05:25 PM, Ricardo Stella wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks - I pulled the iDRAC modules from the box that had no video 
>> and was able to reset them on the current system. Firmware I have now is:
>> 
>> iDRAC 1.80.17
>> Lifecycle 1.5.1.57
>> 
>> I have the Lifecycle repair package, but cannot find the latest idrac 
>> firmware.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:51 PM, <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>>     hi, unknown of you particular FW versions for 11G servers a proven
>>     sequence is
>> 
>>     1. iDRAC FW via iDRAC GUI
>> 
>>     2. LCC repair package via IDRAC GUI
>> 
>>     3. BIOS update using method of your choice
>> 
>>     4. if necessary LCC FW using method of your choice (repair package
>>     is not always most recent)
>> 
>>     5. update drivers if required
>> 
>>     6. all other FWs
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>     
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     *From:* linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists on behalf of Ricardo Stella
>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>     *Sent:* Friday, May 12, 2017 6:38 PM
>>     *To:* linux-poweredge-Lists
>>     *Subject:* [Linux-PowerEdge] Firmware upgrade method
>> 
>>     Hi,
>> 
>>     while I still try to recover these R610 from a failed firmware
>>     upgrade, I got a hold of an R710 which has RHEL 6.9 installed 
>> (just
>>     updated) but firmware is very much old.
>> 
>>     Is there a preferred update method and or steps? I would do it via
>>     DSU, but should I update something first before anything else? Box
>>     has iDRAC 6 enterprise, and Perc H700.
>> 
>>     Thanks in advance.
>> 
>>     Ricardo.
>> 
>>     --
>>     ?(((=((===???(((================================================
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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