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тАО07-01-2008 12:22 AM
тАО07-01-2008 12:22 AM
Difference between ROM and back-up ROM?
I'm updating my BL460c's with the blade blaster CD.
On some machines (in the iLO) I get after the update the following:
System ROM: I15 02/29/2008; backup system ROM: 06/28/2007
In the OA I only see the 06/28/2007.
It seems that the update doesn't go very well..
Does anyone what's going wrong?
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тАО07-01-2008 02:55 AM
тАО07-01-2008 02:55 AM
Re: Difference between ROM and back-up ROM?
That's why You have two different versions. If You want both to be lates, you have to update BIOS twice.
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тАО07-01-2008 03:05 AM
тАО07-01-2008 03:05 AM
Re: Difference between ROM and back-up ROM?
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тАО07-01-2008 03:17 AM
тАО07-01-2008 03:17 AM
Re: Difference between ROM and back-up ROM?
All the modern Proliant servers have two sets of Flash EEPROM for firmware storage: ROM A and ROM B.
In the factory, both sets are initialized with the standard firmware version.
The first time you upgrade the system firmware, only the ROM A is upgraded. If it is not bootable, the system can fall back to ROM B (either automatically, or you can force the fallback with DIP switches on the system board - see the hardware documentation).
The second time you upgrade, the ROM A is left as-is and the ROM B is upgraded and marked as the "active" version. This way, you should always have a way to return to the previous version, if the newest upgrade turns out to be bad.
If you want to upgrade both ROM A and ROM B to the same version, simply run the upgrade procedure twice. However, you should be *very* *very* sure about the quality of the new firmware before doing that.
MK
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тАО07-01-2008 03:20 AM
тАО07-01-2008 03:20 AM
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тАО07-01-2008 03:50 AM
тАО07-01-2008 03:50 AM
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тАО07-01-2008 04:36 AM
тАО07-01-2008 04:36 AM
Re: Difference between ROM and back-up ROM?
What is OA firmware
What is ILO firmware
If not latest, update (ILO first)
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тАО07-01-2008 05:29 AM
тАО07-01-2008 05:29 AM
Re: Difference between ROM and back-up ROM?
I always update them. :)
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тАО07-03-2008 01:59 AM
тАО07-03-2008 01:59 AM
Re: Difference between ROM and back-up ROM?
If You can take blade offline for a moment, try this.
SSH to OA IP address
type
reset server [bay number for the blade]
answer yes
Wait for a moment and see what happens.
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