  | | | Cannot update Backplane Firmware on Dell PowerEdge 1850 | Cannot update Backplane Firmware on Dell PowerEdge 1850 2007-07-17 - By Kent Baxley
Back On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:58:47 +0200 wolf2k5 <wolf2k5@(protected)> wrote:
> Hi, > > We've a Dell PowerEdge 1850 running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update > 9 and OpenManage 5.2.0. > > We've tried to update the Backplane Firmware using the Linux > Update Package from Dell [1], but we've got the following error > message: > > > > # ./ESM_FRMW_LX_R99806.BIN > Collecting inventory... > > The OpenIPMI driver is currently loaded. Please unload the driver > before executing.
Check and see if the ipmi service is running by executing the following command:
/sbin/service ipmi status
If ipmi is running and the drivers are loaded, then run:
/sbin/service ipmi stop
This should unload the OpenIPMI drivers for you.
> BIOS > > > > We've also restarted the server, but no luck. > > All other Linux Update Packages (BIOS, etc.) from Dell worked fine on > the same server. > > Any ideas on how to fix the problem? > > Thanks. > > [1] > <http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen &releaseid=R99806&formatcnt=4&libid=0&fileid=129088> > > -- > Taroon-list mailing list > Taroon-list@(protected) > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list
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