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Driver Pack installs reset iDrac6 config
Last night I decided to upgrade soms RHES 5.7 servers to the latest available firmwares and updates and after installing the "Dell OS Drivers Pack 6.5.3" on a number of R610's the iDrac6's nic selection changed from Dedicated to Shared. I use iDrac6 enterpises and not the iDrac6 express.
[root@xxxx]# racadm getniccfg
IPv4 settings:
NIC Enabled = 1
IPv4 Enabled = 1
DHCP Enabled = 0
IP Address = 172.16.12.11
Subnet Mask = 255.255.0.0
Gateway = 172.16.1.10
IPv6 settings:
IPv6 Enabled = 0
DHCP6 Enabled = 1
IP Address 1 = ::
Gateway = ::
Link Local Address = ::
IP Address 2 = ::
IP Address 3 = ::
IP Address 4 = ::
IP Address 5 = ::
IP Address 6 = ::
IP Address 7 = ::
IP Address 8 = ::
IP Address 9 = ::
IP Address 10 = ::
IP Address 11 = ::
IP Address 12 = ::
IP Address 13 = ::
IP Address 14 = ::
IP Address 15 = ::
LOM Status:
NIC Selection = Shared
Link Detected = Yes
Speed = 100Mb/s
Duplex Mode = Full Duplex
Active LOM in Shared Mode = NIC1
That shoud have been:
LOM Status:
NIC Selection = Dedicated
Link Detected = Yes
Speed = 100Mb/s
Duplex Mode = Full Duplex
This error seems fairly consistent on all the R610's I have upgraded to Dell OS Driver pack 6.5.3.
DELL-Rey G
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February 1st, 2012 14:00
So in order to reproduce this, if I have my idrac ent set to dedicated, I just need to run the os driver pack update and it should change? How did the actual update get done?
LeonbGX
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February 1st, 2012 14:00
Yes that seems to be the case on most of the R610 I have upgraded last night. Nic was set to dedicated. Ran the linux update package ( ./DRVPK_APP_LX_R316388.BIN -q) and the nic would get reset to shared mode.
DELL-Rey G
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February 3rd, 2012 14:00
I jus tried this on a couple of R610 systems, the idrac didnt change its settings. I am curious to know if on reboot, you enter the idrac GUI using Cntrl _E, does it match what the racadm command results are? Also need to know the versions of your other system firmwares. if you do a F10 and enter the USC, then go to platform update, then view current versions, if you can pass those to me, I can set my system like yours and try again.
LeonbGX
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February 4th, 2012 00:00
The servers in question where completely up to date (accoording to OME) expect for two things firstly the OS Driver Pack and secondly a perc 6 fw update (RAID_FRMW_LX_R313336.BIN). I looks like most of them where on:
Software application name: Dell OS Drivers Pack, v.6.5.0.12, A00