setting up r630

  • 56 cores
  • 512 GB RAM
  • few ssds and an nvme
  • A1000 GPU
  • 10 GbE

nvme drive not visible in ubuntu, investigation points to firmware

down the rabbithole to update

updating iDRAC

starting with 2.50.50.50 newest is 2.86.86.86

  • first attempt 2.50.50.50 -> 2.86.86.86 failed
  • smallest possible jump 2.50.50.50 -> 2.52.52.52 also failed
  • trying to update BIOS first

updating BIOS (~ 2 hrs)

first quirk is needing to use Windows x64 .exe packages to update the BIOS via the iDRAC GUI. wack. Is iDRAC running Windows?

starting with 2.8.0 newest is 2.19.0

  • 2.8.0 -> 2.19.0 failed with error RED007: Unable to verify Update Package signature.
  • minimal jump 2.8.0 -> 2.9.1 succeeded
  • sequence of updates in table below
version update success
2.8.0 2.19.0 ❌
2.8.0 2.9.1 ✅
2.9.1 2.10.5 ✅
2.10.5 2.11.0, 2.12.1, 2.13.0 ✅
turns out multiple updates can be queued at once and applied in a single reboot cycle
2.13.0 2.15.0, 2.16.0, 2.17.0, 2.18.1, 2.19.0 ❌
RED007: Unable to verify Update Package signature.
2.13.0 2.15.0, 2.16.0 ❌
RED007: Unable to verify Update Package signature.
2.13.0 2.15.0 ❌
RED007: Unable to verify Update Package signature.

2.13.0 is as far as we go I guess

updating iDRAC

again, the Windows x64 packages are used. wack

version update success
2.50.50.50 2.86.86.86 ❌
RED007: Unable to verify Update Package signature.
2.50.50.50 2.52.52.52, 2.60.60.60 ✅
2.60.60.60 2.61.60.60, 2.63.60.61 ✅
2.63.60.61 2.70.70.70, 2.75.75.75 ✅
2.75.75.75 2.80.80.80, 2.81.81.81