PowerEdge BMC updates with Debian - Revision history

Adj at 03:47, 30 July 2018

2018-07-30T03:47:24Z

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	* '''<code>ipmitool mc info</code>''' to confirm the BMC is running the new firmware		* '''<code>ipmitool mc info</code>''' to confirm the BMC is running the new firmware
	* If you care to, remove the newly installed packages, tell dpkg to forget about i386, and make /bin/sh be a real POSIX shell again		* If you care to, remove the newly installed packages, tell dpkg to forget about i386, and make /bin/sh be a real POSIX shell again

			If I ever have another Gen 9 PowerEdge...
			* Do the DRAC update over the web UI. Get the '''<code>firmimg.d5</code>''' file from the update package and just upload it via web browser.
			* ESM/BMC update happens as above
			* BIOS update can be done with '''<code>/usr/sbin/dellBiosUpdate</code>''' in the '''<code>smbios-utils</code>''' package.
			* Dell SAS 6/iR controller firmware and BIOS code is flashed using LSI's '''<code>sas2flash</code>''' program. Look for it in an older ("P21" from 2011 worked for me) version of the SAS 3018ER package on the Symbios Logic/LSI/Avago/Broadcom support site.

Adj at 04:45, 17 September 2013

2013-09-17T04:45:08Z

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	Procedure:		Procedure:
			* get '''<code>.BIN</code>''' file with firmware update from Dell's site.
			* unpack downloaded .BIN file like so: '''<code>cd /var/tmp; bash 1950_ESM_Firmware_XCVN0_LN32_2.50_A00.BIN --extract BMC-FW</code>'''.
	* Add "'''<code>[arch=amd64,i386]</code>'''" between "'''<code>deb</code>'''" and "'''<code>http://http.us.debian.org/...</code>'''" of main Debian archive entry in /etc/apt/sources.list		* Add "'''<code>[arch=amd64,i386]</code>'''" between "'''<code>deb</code>'''" and "'''<code>http://http.us.debian.org/...</code>'''" of main Debian archive entry in /etc/apt/sources.list
	* '''<code>dpkg --add-architecture i386</code>'''		* '''<code>dpkg --add-architecture i386</code>'''
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	* '''<code>apt-get install libgcc1:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libsmbios-bin</code>'''		* '''<code>apt-get install libgcc1:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libsmbios-bin</code>'''
	* '''<code>dpkg-reconfigure dash</code>''' let /bin/sh be bash, because Dell's /bin/sh scripts are really bash-specific		* '''<code>dpkg-reconfigure dash</code>''' let /bin/sh be bash, because Dell's /bin/sh scripts are really bash-specific
	* cd into unpacked BMC firmware binaries directory		* cd into unpacked BMC firmware binaries directory (/var/tmp/BMC-FW in example above)
	* '''<code>./spsetup.sh</code>'''		* '''<code>./spsetup.sh</code>'''
	* '''<code>ipmitool mc info</code>''' to confirm the BMC is running the new firmware		* '''<code>ipmitool mc info</code>''' to confirm the BMC is running the new firmware

Adj at 04:29, 17 September 2013

2013-09-17T04:29:00Z

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	http://www.enrici.com/2013/04/12/flash-bmc-dell-sous-debian-wheezy/ has the good infos. Thank you, thank you, thank you.		http://www.enrici.com/2013/04/12/flash-bmc-dell-sous-debian-wheezy/ has the good infos. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

	Running "<code>bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat</code>" didn't produce the desired results. Eventually tried running "<code>./spsetup.sh</code>" from the directory with the extracted files and the BMC firmware appears to have successfully updated ~~itself~~. Huzzah.		Running "<code>bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat</code>" didn't produce the desired results. Eventually tried running "<code>./spsetup.sh</code>" from the directory with the extracted files and the BMC firmware appears to have been successfully updated. Huzzah.

	ftp://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/index.html is where you want to start to find the non-Windows versions of the update packages.		ftp://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/index.html is where you want to start to find the non-Windows versions of the update packages.
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	* '''<code>apt-get update</code>'''		* '''<code>apt-get update</code>'''
	* '''<code>apt-get install libgcc1:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libsmbios-bin</code>'''		* '''<code>apt-get install libgcc1:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libsmbios-bin</code>'''
	* '''<code>dpkg-reconfigure dash # let /bin/sh be bash, because Dell's /bin/sh scripts are really bash-specific~~</code>'''~~		* '''<code>dpkg-reconfigure dash</code>''' let /bin/sh be bash, because Dell's /bin/sh scripts are really bash-specific
	* cd into unpacked BMC firmware binaries directory		* cd into unpacked BMC firmware binaries directory
	* '''<code>./spsetup.sh</code>'''		* '''<code>./spsetup.sh</code>'''

Adj at 04:21, 17 September 2013

2013-09-17T04:21:45Z

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	ftp://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/index.html is where you want to start to find the non-Windows versions of the update packages.		ftp://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/index.html is where you want to start to find the non-Windows versions of the update packages.

			Procedure:
			* Add "'''<code>[arch=amd64,i386]</code>'''" between "'''<code>deb</code>'''" and "'''<code>http://http.us.debian.org/...</code>'''" of main Debian archive entry in /etc/apt/sources.list
			* '''<code>dpkg --add-architecture i386</code>'''
			* '''<code>apt-get update</code>'''
			* '''<code>apt-get install libgcc1:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libsmbios-bin</code>'''
			* '''<code>dpkg-reconfigure dash # let /bin/sh be bash, because Dell's /bin/sh scripts are really bash-specific</code>'''
			* cd into unpacked BMC firmware binaries directory
			* '''<code>./spsetup.sh</code>'''
			* '''<code>ipmitool mc info</code>''' to confirm the BMC is running the new firmware
			* If you care to, remove the newly installed packages, tell dpkg to forget about i386, and make /bin/sh be a real POSIX shell again

Adj at 23:27, 16 September 2013

2013-09-16T23:27:05Z

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	Running "<code>bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat</code>" didn't produce the desired results. Eventually tried running "<code>./spsetup.sh</code>" from the directory with the extracted files and the BMC firmware appears to have successfully updated itself. Huzzah.		Running "<code>bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat</code>" didn't produce the desired results. Eventually tried running "<code>./spsetup.sh</code>" from the directory with the extracted files and the BMC firmware appears to have successfully updated itself. Huzzah.

	[ftp://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/index.html ~~ftp://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/index.html]~~ is where you want to start to find the non-Windows versions of the update packages.		ftp://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/index.html is where you want to start to find the non-Windows versions of the update packages.

Adj at 23:26, 16 September 2013

2013-09-16T23:26:38Z

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	http://www.enrici.com/2013/04/12/flash-bmc-dell-sous-debian-wheezy/ has the good infos. Thank you, thank you, thank you		http://www.enrici.com/2013/04/12/flash-bmc-dell-sous-debian-wheezy/ has the good infos. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

	Running "<code>bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat</code>" didn't produce the desired results. Eventually tried running "<code>./spsetup.sh</code>" from the directory with the extracted files and the BMC firmware appears to have successfully updated itself. Huzzah.		Running "<code>bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat</code>" didn't produce the desired results. Eventually tried running "<code>./spsetup.sh</code>" from the directory with the extracted files and the BMC firmware appears to have successfully updated itself. Huzzah.

Adj at 23:21, 16 September 2013

2013-09-16T23:21:02Z

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	Running "<code>bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat</code>" didn't produce the desired results. Eventually tried running "<code>./spsetup.sh</code>" from the directory with the extracted files and the BMC firmware appears to have successfully updated itself. Huzzah.		Running "<code>bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat</code>" didn't produce the desired results. Eventually tried running "<code>./spsetup.sh</code>" from the directory with the extracted files and the BMC firmware appears to have successfully updated itself. Huzzah.

			[ftp://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/index.html ftp://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/index.html] is where you want to start to find the non-Windows versions of the update packages.

Adj: Created page with "http://www.enrici.com/2013/04/12/flash-bmc-dell-sous-debian-wheezy/ has the good infos. Thank you, thank you, thank you Running "`bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat`..."

2013-09-16T22:44:44Z

Created page with "http://www.enrici.com/2013/04/12/flash-bmc-dell-sous-debian-wheezy/ has the good infos. Thank you, thank you, thank you Running "<code>bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat</code>..."

New page

http://www.enrici.com/2013/04/12/flash-bmc-dell-sous-debian-wheezy/ has the good infos. Thank you, thank you, thank you

Running "<code>bmcfl32l -i=payload/bmcflsh.dat</code>" didn't produce the desired results. Eventually tried running "<code>./spsetup.sh</code>" from the directory with the extracted files and the BMC firmware appears to have successfully updated itself. Huzzah.