topic Re: BIOS firmware version in Operating System - Linux

BIOS firmware version

Sac_3 — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:27:08 GMT

Hi Freinds,

How to check the BIOS firmware Version from command line in Redhat linux for HP servers. Below are the details:

OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 3)

Hardware:
hpasmcli> SHOW SERVER
System : ProLiant DL360 G3
Serial No. : M0U9LGP32M
ROM version : P31 01/28/2004
iLo present : Yes
Embedded NICs : 1
NIC1 MAC: 00:0f:20:98:64:d9

Processor: 0
Name : Intel Xeon
Stepping : 9
Speed : 3066 MHz
Bus : 533 MHz
Socket : 2
Level2 Cache : 512 KBytes
Status : Ok

Processor: 1
Name : Intel Xeon
Stepping : 9
Speed : 3066 MHz
Bus : 533 MHz
Socket : 1
Level2 Cache : 512 KBytes
Status : Ok

Processor total : 2

Memory installed : 4096 MBytes
ECC supported : Yes

Regards,
SaC

Re: BIOS firmware version

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:08:54 GMT

Shalom,

I'm not sure there is an OS command for that.

Perhaps install enhanced iLo or PSP 7.7 and see if they provide a command

SEP

Re: BIOS firmware version

Sac_3 — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:34:00 GMT

Hi SEP.

I spoke to HP support and they informed that we need to reboot the server and check in BIOS. Thats the only way to get the info.

Regards,
SaC

Re: BIOS firmware version

Matti_Kurkela — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:21:57 GMT

A strange answer from HP.

I would have thought that this line of hpasmcli output:

ROM version : P31 01/28/2004

...would indicate the BIOS firmware version.

That is how it works on our DL585s, DL385s and various DL380 G3s and G4s.

The documentation and the update tools usually refer only to the date part of the version string.

MK

Re: BIOS firmware version

Torsten. — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:25:46 GMT

Hi,

it is not called BIOS here, but this is what you are looking for:

ROM version : P31 01/28/2004

current version is

DL360 G3 (P31) version 2005.03.03 (26 Mar 05)

See the history:

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/revision/7348.html