dl360 G6: iLO2 FW update not registered

[calsawyer]

Hi, all

I've just updated the ILO2 FW from 1.82 to 2.07 by running the the .scexe file on the server.  Update went fine, but ILO2 still returns v1.82:

</>hpiLO-> show map1/firmware1
status=0
status_tag=COMMAND COMPLETED
/map1/firmware1
  Targets
  Properties
    version=1.82
    date=03/31/2010

Attempting to reinstall 2.07 results in :

          ERROR: Cannot write same firmware version. [rewrite  2.07=>2.07]

The update process looked like:

> sh CP015685.scexe

FLASH_iLO2 v1.12 for Linux (Aug 31 2009)
Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Firmware image: ilo2_207.bin
Current iLO 2 firmware version  1.82; Serial number ILOCZJ0290T3G

Component XML file: CP015685.xml
CP015685.xml reports firmware version 2.07
This operation will update the firmware on the
iLO 2 in this server with version 2.07.
Continue (y/N)?y
Current firmware is 1.82 (Mar 31 2010 13:44:57)
Firmware image is 0x300000 bytes
Committing to flash part...
******** DO NOT INTERRUPT! ********
Flashing completed!
Attempting to reset device.
Succeeded.
Waiting for iLO 2 to reboot...
iLO 2 reboot completed.

Any idea what's happening?  tia.

- c sawyer

[Suman_1978]

Hi,

I have no clue why this is happening but I have some suggestions.

We can reset iLO to Factory Defaults and see if that displays correct FW version.

You can reset iLO by this way:
1. Shutting down server and disconnecting power to the power supplies.
2 . HPONCFG /RESET from HPONCFG (iLO online configuration utility) will RESTORE iLO TO FACTORY DEFAULTS

Hope this helps.

[calsawyer]

Many thanks for the swift reply!  Yes, i thought it was going to come down to this.  Typical problem - once up, a server is hard to take down :)  I'll get onto this asap and relay my findings.

cheers

[calsawyer]

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@suman_AN wrote:

Hi,

I have no clue why this is happening but I have some suggestions.

We can reset iLO to Factory Defaults and see if that displays correct FW version.

You can reset iLO by this way:
1. Shutting down server and disconnecting power to the power supplies.
2 . HPONCFG /RESET from HPONCFG (iLO online configuration utility) will RESTORE iLO TO FACTORY DEFAULTS

Hope this helps.

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Well, that worked ... then i applied an Advanced Pack Trial key and iLO2 reverted to 1.82!  Nice trick!  Still, as a proof-of-concept, it worked well.  Kudo well-deserved.  Thanks!