Questions tagged [firmware]
This tag is for questions related to the ROM BIOS of a computer, which may contain only elementary basic functions of a device and may only provide services to higher-level software. Firmware such as the program of an embedded system may be the only program that will run on the system and provide all of its functions.
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Cannot boot live USB after changing boot order via UEFI shell
I have an Acer travel mate running Arch Linux via EFISTUB. after last sy update I rebooted and got "No bootable device found" screen. To fix that I prepared a live arch USB and changed boot ...
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Possible iDRAC issue; "Unrecognized Post Code", loud fans, blinking button
I have a Dell PowerEdge R530 server, which I've had for at least a few years now. All of a sudden a few days ago, the fans got really loud, as if it were rebooting, then after some time would quiet ...
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MegaRAID LSI SAS-9266-8i no RAID6 available after flashing firmware
Dear Good People of serverfault.com,
I flash my MegaRAID LSI SAS-9266-8i RAID controller with latest Mega Firmware found here broadcom.com using storcli64. Everything went fine However, it seems there ...
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Download Switch-Firmware checksume from hp via curl
i backup Switchconfigurations and the Firmware via expect-script to a linuxhost. After download i want check the md5 to be sure that the transfer & firmware itself had no changes.
Is there a way ...
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Looking for Firmware for Oracle Dual 40 Gb Ethernet Adapter
I purchased an Oracle Dual 40 Gb Ethernet Adapter - documentation here.
The card was sold to me as pure Intel. I realised it was OEM after I installed the card and checked it on Linux, but meanwhile ...
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Updating iDRAC firmware via Lifecycle Controller and USB
A previously working iDRAC under a R720 server running RHEL 7 became borked when attempting a iDRAC firmware update via racadm. I used my Dell Service Tag to obtain the correct firmware file for this ...
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Avago/LSI flash tool does not detect SAS card
I'm trying to reflash my LSI 9300-4i (M1210) RAID card but hitting a wall. First of all, my BIOS detects the card as shown here:
And then I've tried booting DOS, Windows 10, and EFI shell. When I ...
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LSI IT vs IT_ACM firmware
I purchased an older LSI 9300-4i card and before I put it into production I want to flash the latest firmware. In addition to IT vs IR flavours of available firmware, there's also an IT vs IT_ACM ...
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How does hardware RAID handle firmware updates for the underlying drives?
My SuperMicro X13SAE has hardware raid for the three m.2 NVME drives that it supports. My question is how does it handle firmware updates for these drives? If the drives aren't being exposed to the ...
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zfs pool with slow speed on SAS drive with high latency
We have 3 servers in a gluster pool.
Each computer's spec is (Advance STOR-2 Gen 2 at OVH):
AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 3700 - 8c/16t - 3.6 GHz/4.4 GHz
6 x 14 TB disk (WD DC HC 530, using CMR technologies) ...
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Cisco UCS C220 M4 PSU Fault In Diagnostics
Hello fellow Sysadmins.
A C220 M4 with the latest recommended firmware I am working on displays the following fault messages on latest version diagnostics at Server Health:
PSU1 PSU1_PWRGD: Power ...
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Intel® iSCSI Remote Boot Intel X540-T2
I have an Intel X540-T2 Dual port 10GB Ethernet adapter. DEV ID: 8086/1528
I am trying to setup a workstation to boot from a SAN using iSCSI.
Everything I have read about this card says that Intel® ...
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Flash Crucial SSD firmware through PERC 730P Mini RAID controller
We've got a number of Crucial drives in Dell r630 servers with PERC 730P Mini RAID controllers that need their firmware updating as they're still on version M3CR032 with the known issues.
The servers ...
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Cannot find/update firmware for IBM x3650 M2
I am trying to revive an old IBM x3650 M2 server, but am running into trouble with IMM/IPMI related to the FW being almost as old as the server itself. Server is from 2010, firmware is from '09 (UEFI) ...
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Show raid controller firmware version from Linux
I'm trying to find out the firmware version of my RAID controller on CentOS 7.9.
Here is my RAID controller :
# lspci -d::104 -m
02:00.0 "RAID bus controller" "Broadcom / LSI" &...
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