Ucs c24 M3 - bios update failed (error code 1302)

[Augustgood]

Hi,

while update cimc and bios from 1.5(5) to 1.5(3g) i received the following error on bios update:

bios update failed  (error code 1302)

someon can help me ??

[Augustgood]

on cimc cli i received the following error:

C24-WZP180707VZ /bios # show detail
BIOS:
    BIOS Version: "C22M3.1.5.5.0 (Build Date: 12/11/2013)"
    Boot Order: (none)
    FW Update/Recovery Status: Image Header Download (0 %), OK
C24-WZP180707VZ /bios # show detail
BIOS:
    BIOS Version: "C22M3.1.5.5.0 (Build Date: 12/11/2013)"
    Boot Order: (none)
    FW Update/Recovery Status: Error, Update aborted. BIOS version incompatible with installed processor

i can't upgrade the server with this bios ??

[Manuel Velasco]

What type of processor, do you have installed on this server?

If you have the second generation processor installed on this server, you won't be able to downgrade the firmware as they required a minimum firmware of 1.5(5) see document below under table 2.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/CPU/IVB/install/IVB-C.html

Please let me know if this helps.