[Info-vax] rx2800 i2 firmware

[dittman at dittman.net]

MG <marcogbNO at spamxs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 25-11-2011 20:05, dittman at dittman.net wrote:
> > I've got someone trying to update the firmware on a couple
> > of rx2800 i2 systems.  He's having problems because he's
> > remote.  I was wondering why that would be a problem and
> > apparently the SFW and iLO firmware can only be updated
> > using a remote Windows or Linux system.  He was told by
> > HP that the Windows or Linux system must be on the same
> > subnet as the iLO.

> That's very strange.  Especially since Windows and Linux for
> IA-64 are both dropped platforms.  (The former in particular
> and most definitely.)  Purely out of curiosity, have you tried
> to see what is inside these firmware packages?

I found a couple of firmware .BIN files but no EFI program
to load them.

> > I know the rx2600 and rx2620 firmware can be updated from
> > a CD or USB memory device.  I've done some checking and I
> > can't find any equivalent FW update files for the rx2800 i2.

> Strange!  (Especially since the newer iLO/MP cards offer so-
> called 'virtual media', or don't they?)

They do, but we also have KVMs that support virtual media
as well.
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Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net