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Re: Fail to update BL 465c G7 BIOS using offline HP SPP 2014.09 media through iLO ?

 
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Fail to update BL 465c G7 BIOS using offline HP SPP 2014.09 media through iLO ?

Hi All,

 

Can anyone please asssit me here to shed some light as to why my BIOS update using HP SPP 2014.09 is failing ?

 

See the below screenshot:

BIOS-Update-Fail.JPG

 

Therefore the ROM Version of th Blade is still on A19 01/29/2011 not updated to the 2014 version.

 

see below after the update:

 

Error.JPG 

Am I missing something here or is there any trick to continue updating the BIOS with the latest firmware ?

Best regards,
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Torsten.
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Re: Fail to update BL 465c G7 BIOS using offline HP SPP 2014.09 media through iLO ?

My browser redirects this hit to german language, sorry

 

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02994661

 

maybe you get it in another language.

 

Sounds like a solution. - update CPLD-Code to ersion 15 first, then update the BIOS.

 

 

You need to update using this files first

 

Linux-Smart Component:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-linux-fw/p1156006652/v71524

Windows-Smart Component:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows-fw/p919033972/v71525

 

 


Hope this helps!
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Re: Fail to update BL 465c G7 BIOS using offline HP SPP 2014.09 media through iLO ?

Torsten,

 

Thank you for the reply. I couldn't get back to reply to this thread last week due to the browser problem I'm having.

 

Anyway, the iLO 3 firmware on the affected server is 1.80 Jul 11 2014 while the Advisories you suggest is suggesting me http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02994661 to upgrade it into v 1.20 ?

 

 

Best regards,
xrobau
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Re: Fail to update BL 465c G7 BIOS using offline HP SPP 2014.09 media through iLO ?

I've spent hours trying to piece together the wreck that is HP's firmware update repository, before finally managing to find a working solution. To save time for people in the future who come here from google, here's how to fix this:

  1. You'll have to coldboot your blade (as in, physically pull it out of the chassis. Sorry)
  2. Download this ISO - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/saeutgczazascqm/AADYERk3qaVUiA-1W9VomFBja?dl=0 - That link was made by a user in this thread. Make sure you log in and give him Kudos. /t5/HPE-BladeSystem/Error-whilst-upgrading-to-the-lastest-BIOS-for-a-BL465c-G7/m-p/6699831#M19840 - if it ever vanishes, find me on twitter or gmail or anything (I'm xrobau everywhere) and ask me for it again.
  3. Boot from that ISO. It will boot and look like this: http://imgur.com/LaogIIh
  4. Select yes. Let it flash.
  5. You will get kicked out of ILO. I immediately reconnected without a problem.
  6. You'll then see this. Do what it says. http://imgur.com/a/mrav3 (Note the ISO does *not* shut the machine down, you'll have to do that manually - shut it down, and then pull the blade)
  7. Re-run the SPP and everything will work

Note that I am using the SPP with the exact filename of SPP2015100.2015_0921.6.iso to do this, and it works.

 

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Re: Fail to update BL 465c G7 BIOS using offline HP SPP 2014.09 media through iLO ?

@xrobau many thanks for the solution mate.

I appreciate your solution on this issue :-)

Best regards,