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Simple question - can you do this? Right now we have a server in a remote data center with no ability to get anyone on site. We recently had a HP tech there to swap out a failed disk, however the disk is now refusing to rebuild. Apparently there may be some issues with the firmware rev, but there's no way we can get a DVD out there in a timeframe we're comfortable with. I do have the DVD firmware-update iso though, and I'm staring at the remote console just wondering.

Obviously I won't be updating iLO, but the other firmware.

Matthew
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  • So have you tried it yet? :) – Michael Hampton Feb 19 '14 at 19:38
  • Not yet, we managed to get remote hands on. After completely powering down the server and booting it back up, the controller is now showing that there are 0 drives and 0 logical disks – Matthew Feb 19 '14 at 19:47
  • No drives, huh? I think you need to find that HP tech and beat him into submission. – Michael Hampton Feb 19 '14 at 19:49
  • What OS is being used? – ewwhite Feb 19 '14 at 20:33
  • RHEL 5 - it's looking like we received a bunk replacement disk, and immediately after a disk on another RAID failed on the same server. Birds of a feather I guess :( Looks like the controller couldn't handle it all at once. After a cold boot the disks are at least showing up again. – Matthew Feb 19 '14 at 20:40

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Barring firmware bugs that actually prevent booting from virtual media (e.g. some old G5/G6 systems had a problem where they would not boot from virtual media if there were external USB devices connected) you should be fine to boot from a virtual DVD and update your firmware.

Michael Hampton
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  • Ok great - my biggest concern was if it tried to update iLO firmware while there was a virtual disk attached. I wasn't sure if the other firmware updates may have modules that could mess with it – Matthew Feb 19 '14 at 19:56
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    No, it's even safe to update the iLO firmware; you'll merely be disconnected from the remote console and have to reconnect. See the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD User Guide. – Michael Hampton Feb 19 '14 at 20:08
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can you do this?

Yes. Though it's going to be slow as ****.

Chris S
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