Dell Server Firmware

[xXCapAwesomeXx]

I am trying to update my firmware and Bios on my Dell Poweredge T610 but have run into some issues. I am running Ubuntu and have found all the .bin files for what I need to download and install. From there I have tried to run the .bin files but without success. Whenever I run the chmod +x BIOS_F2T1P_LN_6.6.0.BIN command I get the error "chmod: cannot access 'BIOS_F2T1P_LN_6.6.0.BIN': No such file or directory". I know the file is on the server but for some reason I am unable to get it to run. I have also tried this command with the SAS controller firmware and the Life Cycle controller firmware and neither one of those worked either. Any tips would be greatly appreciated because I need these firmware updates to upgrade my hard drive. Also if I am going about  this the wrong way, it would be much appreciated if you guys could point me in the right direction.

 

Thanks in advance

[Catsrules]

1 hour ago, xXCapAwesomeXx said:

I am trying to update my firmware and Bios on my Dell Poweredge T610 but have run into some issues. I am running Ubuntu and have found all the .bin files for what I need to download and install. From there I have tried to run the .bin files but without success. Whenever I run the chmod +x BIOS_F2T1P_LN_6.6.0.BIN command I get the error "chmod: cannot access 'BIOS_F2T1P_LN_6.6.0.BIN': No such file or directory". I know the file is on the server but for some reason I am unable to get it to run. I have also tried this command with the SAS controller firmware and the Life Cycle controller firmware and neither one of those worked either. Any tips would be greatly appreciated because I need these firmware updates to upgrade my hard drive. Also if I am going about  this the wrong way, it would be much appreciated if you guys could point me in the right direction.

 

Thanks in advance

I have never done this before but from the sound of it it is looking like some file path command issue. Try running the command with the full path.

 

for example

chmod +x /home/username/download/BIOS_F2T1P_LN_6.6.0.BIN

 

I am sure your path will be different then the example I provided. 

 

Oh you may also need to run this as sudo.

[Robchil]

restart to bios, run updates, done. 

most dell servers have update feature in bios directly, no need for OS, ubuntu vmware windows etc.. 

or you can download the last support CD and reboot into that and upgrade bios. 

 

there are usually plenty of driver updates in windows after running firmware and bios uprade, (idrac, etc) 

is ubuntu listed as supported OS anyway? if so you should find kernel mods and drivers there. 

 

 

[xXCapAwesomeXx]

4 hours ago, Robchil said:

restart to bios, run updates, done. 

most dell servers have update feature in bios directly, no need for OS, ubuntu vmware windows etc.. 

or you can download the last support CD and reboot into that and upgrade bios. 

 

there are usually plenty of driver updates in windows after running firmware and bios uprade, (idrac, etc) 

is ubuntu listed as supported OS anyway? if so you should find kernel mods and drivers there. 

 

 

I found the supported firmware installs for Ubuntu but just can't get them to run. Is there an update option built into the bios? I read some stuff about using system services to update but I was unable to get system service to work so I just was going to try and get the bin files to work in Ubuntu.

[xXCapAwesomeXx]

11 hours ago, Catsrules said:

I have never done this before but from the sound of it it is looking like some file path command issue. Try running the command with the full path.

 

for example

chmod +x /home/username/download/BIOS_F2T1P_LN_6.6.0.BIN

 

I am sure your path will be different then the example I provided. 

 

Oh you may also need to run this as sudo.

I moved the file to the desktop and ran the whole file path and didn't get an error but now I can't seem to get the .run command to work correctly.

[xXCapAwesomeXx]

Alright I figured it out. For anyone else running into this issue, try running the whole file path first /home/username/download/filename.bin then after that runs without error, you can run sudo ./filename.bin and that will run the file. I also had run cd Downloads to point my terminal in the right direction as an extra level of assurance. For the Dell drivers specificly you then press q and your install will start.

[Robchil]

14 hours ago, xXCapAwesomeXx said:

I found the supported firmware installs for Ubuntu but just can't get them to run. Is there an update option built into the bios? I read some stuff about using system services to update but I was unable to get system service to work so I just was going to try and get the bin files to work in Ubuntu.

Yes, press F10 at boot