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Questions tagged [firmware]

This tag is for questions related to the ROM BIOS of a computer, which may contain only elementary basic functions of a device and may only provide services to higher-level software. Firmware such as the program of an embedded system may be the only program that will run on the system and provide all of its functions.

Firmware such as the ROM BIOS of a personal computer may contain only elementary basic functions of a device and may only provide services to higher-level software. Firmware such as the program of an embedded system may be the only program that will run on the system and provide all of its functions.

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware

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S5000PSL PCIe slots dead?

Summary: PCIe HBAs do not function in 2 out of 4 slots on board. Setup detail and previous steps: I have an Intel S5000PSL board currently populated with dual xeon CPUs and 32GB RAM (8x4GB). The RAM is new, as the old RAM was previously failing…
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HP ML310e Update firmware IP v1.4 - Error

I'm trying to update firmware via the HP intelligent provisioning but it keeps returning with the error 'unable to connect to update server'. Pretty sure the router/fw is OK. What's the issue?
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How to choose VDSL firmware on a Cisco 887VA router?

On Cisco ADSL routers, there is a wide choice of modem firmware releases available, as well as IOS releases; each IOS release comes with its built-in modem firmware, but you can override it with a custom (and possibly more recent/stable/performant)…
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What can explain Hyperthreading bringing a server to its knees

In the last year I've had 2 brand new servers that I commissioned where their performance made them unusable. The both servers were Dell R620 servers with 1 processor. One had 6 cores and the other 8. One had SLES 11SP3 and Oracle, and the other…
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dell R710 / R620 power-supply broken after firmware update

We datet up the firmware on a dell R710 and some weeks later on a DELL R620. In both cases the firmware update on one of the two power supplies failed and it didn't work any more (amber flashing). With the premier support we tried to revive them and…
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Do Equallogic PS6010s accept non-EQL firmware disks?

We have a PS6010 which is just out of its support contract. We are looking to give it another lease on life so would like to replace all the drives with new ones. It currently has 16x ST3450856SS/ST3450857SS SAS drives but with EQL firmware (i.e.…
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Is necessary to upgrade HP ProLiant server firmware before hardware upgrade?

I have a HP ProLiant server and I'm planning to expand the RAID capacity. I never upgrade the firmware of anything. Can I add the new disks without the firmwares upgrade or it is absolutely necessary (and why in this case)?
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Upgrade the firmware of SAS HDD on DL380 G5?

I have a DL380 G5 server with 146GB single-port HDD (DG146ABAB). The HP Storage Array P400 controller is saying that firmware should be upgraded on these drives. I am running VMware ESX 5.1 (no Windows or Linux). I have downloaded HP Smart Start…
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"Firmware progress error" reported by blade in IBM BladeCenter S

I have a BladeCenter S with three blades installed. Two of my LS21 blades are reporting the following error in the web-based Advanced Management Module: (12/20/13 10:49:19) (LS21 2 Core 2K8) Firmware progress error Explanation: The service…
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Why do network cards seem to work fine without firmware in Linux?

I have computers with Intel and Realtek Ethernet cards, and I keep forgetting to install the linux-firmware packages when I put Debian on them. I can see messages in syslog telling me that the firmware for the card could not be found, but,…
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HP Proliant ML350 G5 E200i Hard Disk get amber light after firmware Update

I have an HP ProLiant ML 350 G5 with E200i Controler running Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 It have four disks drives models DG072A9BB7 firmware HPD0, with two logical drives C: and D: booth with raid 1-0 runing for months I add four new disks models…
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Can I flash a PCI-E device's Firmware in a VM if the VM has exclusive IOMMU access?

I have a PCI-E Dell Perc 6/i RAID card that I'd like to flash with the latest firmware. Apparently I need either a Redhat / Centos OS or Windows in order to flash the firmware, but I have a VMWare 5.0.1 ESX hypervisor installed on the box and…
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HP R5500 XR - Exiting UPS Management Card Serial Pass-Through Mode

I have a HP R5500 XR UPS with a Management Card. In order to update the firmware for the UPS itself (I.e., not the management cards f/w) one has to connect, via a serial cable, to the management card and enable Pass-Thru mode so as the serial port…
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ESXi 5.0 iSCSI Timeout increase to upgrade Equallogic Firmware

As I understand it one can upgrade the firmware on a Dell Equallogic server in about 15 seconds and it can be done whilst an ESXi host is connected and VMs are running but that the iSCSI timeout value needs to be increased to avoid errors on guest…
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Failed Dell PERC H700 Firmware Upgrade with Windows 2008 R2 BitLocker Enabled

I attempted to use the Dell openManage Server Update Utility within Windows to update the firmware on the Dell PERC H700 controller and was given the following error: 'The update package cannot be run because the operating system is running Windows…
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