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UCS C220 M4 - FIRMWARE UPDATE - FAILURE

roan710
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Good afternoon guys! 

   I have been helped by the community already with a previous issue so thank you all for that sincerely!

   At the moment I have 8 drives being read by my C220 M4 Server with a Raid HBA Card, I want to access the raid configuration but nowhere while booting does it mention anything to access "RAID" or "RAID Configuration"... I cannot for the life of me access anything closely related to RAID. I saw another post mention that they turned also turned on LSI software in BIOS>Pcie settings...and then a RAID config prompt would show up such as CTRL+M/CTRL+H/CTRL+ R but nope... I only see a CTRL + C for Avago Technologies SAS configuration.... and the regular f2 bios, f6 boot options etc....

The server is stuck on old firmware 2.0 something, so when i try to access CIMC through the web, it gives me a prompt to download flash player... I tried downloading the firmware update 3.0 and 4.0 (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c-series-rack-mount-standalone-server-software/series.html#~tab-downloads) at this page and creating a bootable drive with RUFUS software but nope... As the wizard setup is copying "firmware and tools" i soon after get an "critical error" and the server just reboots. I have tried this with 2 different USBs that i checked their health on windows through "chkdsk /f " and it said "no errors were found". 

I have been trying to get a proxmox server going for it but i have had little luck :((

Thank you for your time sincerely!

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Kirk J
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

In regards to firmware updates, you may be better off borrowing an external USB DVD/CD, and burning the HUU ISO to CD, to boot to.

Some of the ISO's don't play nice via rufus/USB maker.

You can ssh to the CIMC for CLI access (a bit more painful), but better than never ending flash player prompts
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/cli/config/guide/2-0/b_Cisco_UCS_C-Series_CLI_Configuration_Guide_201.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/cli/config/guide/2-0/b_Cisco_UCS_C-Series_CLI_Configuration_Guide_201/b_Cisco_UCS_C-Series_CLI_Configuration_Guide_201_chapter_01001.html   <<<< specific to storage.

Those servers had the option for HBA (means no raid, just jbod), so I'm curious if your drives/backplane are connected to onboard sata controller, an HBA, or a real Raid controller....

Kirk...

 

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