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Questions tagged [firmware]

This tag is for questions related to the ROM BIOS of a computer, which may contain only elementary basic functions of a device and may only provide services to higher-level software. Firmware such as the program of an embedded system may be the only program that will run on the system and provide all of its functions.

Firmware such as the ROM BIOS of a personal computer may contain only elementary basic functions of a device and may only provide services to higher-level software. Firmware such as the program of an embedded system may be the only program that will run on the system and provide all of its functions.

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware

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Dell UEFI0023: Bios is unable to send the End of POST message to Management Engine because it is not responding

After updating firmware on a Dell PowerEdge R730xd we received the following error message: UEFI0023: BIOS is unable to send the End of POST message to Management Engine because the Management Engine is not responding. Description: The End of…
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Check firmware version of iPhones using Exchange?

I have about 20 users that use iphones that are connected to exchange. They have the device policy that says you have to have a lock code and 10 wrong passwords erases your phone, etc. I am using exchange 2010 and was wondering if there is a way…
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Recommended 256 GB SSD for Linux servers

I need some relatively-affordable 256 GB SSD drives for a Linux application where fast seek performance (many IOPS) is more important than sequential throughput. The ratio of reads to writes is more than 10,000 to 1. I like Intel X-25 drives but…
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Supermicro NICs gone after BIOS update

Just updated the BIOS of two Supermicro 1022G-URFs to R3.5. They've both the mainboard H8DGU-F with two onboard Intel 82576 NICs. One of the two Supermicros doesn't have any visible NICs at all after this BIOS update. They are not even listed in the…
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Is it possible to update Supermicro ConnectX-3 Firmware with newer firmware from Mellanox?

I have a Supermicro server with a X9DRT-HIBFF motherboard installed. It has on-board Infiniband based on the ConnectX-3 chipset from Mellanox. Supermicro supply firmware version 2.10.0700 and unfortunately it doesn't support SR-IOV, it's too old. …
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Update BIOS on Sun Fire X4150 server

I have some Sun Fire X4150 servers with a very old BIOS release (1ADQW015), which seems to have some compatibility problems with WMware ESX Server 3.5 and Windows 2008 R2 virtual machines; so I want to update the BIOS on them. The problem: according…
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Debain 10 - Installing kernel 5 from backports

I tried to install kernel 5.x from backports in a frsh installed debian 10 and I failed because I have a 10G NIC: echo deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib non-free > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/buster-backports.list apt-get…
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HP iLO 4 firmware update failure, stuck on "Checking HP Secure Digital Signature" and 1% flash progress. Stuck on firmware 1.51, ProLiant DL360p Gen8

I am trying to update the iLO 4 firmware on a HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8. It's a VMHost, running VMware ESXi, 5.1.0, 2323236. The VM's it runs are Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. It's currently running iLO Firmware v1.5.1. I am trying to update it…
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Upgrading firmware for a PERCH700 RAID card on an old Dell Studio XPS 9100 desktop, running CentOS 7.5

I run a home media server on an older Dell XPS studio 9100 desktop with a Dell PERC H700 RAID card. I've been trying to upgrade firmware on the perc card and I haven't been able to, always get: [root@centos Dell]#…
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Incompatible drivers on IBM SAN due to different firmware. Can I flash it?

I had to change a drive in my IBM DS3512 SAN, I bought it by model (Seagate model) and not by IBM FRU code. I tried to put the drive but it fails with error "incompatible drive". I saw that the model is really the same of other drives but firmware…
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Offline firmware upgrade DL360 G7 & DL185 G5

We have just received two used HP ProLiant servers for community use and I need advice on where to find offline firmware update ISOs like those from Dell repositories. (My background is Dell) The ISO's are needed for the following: HP ProLiant…
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PERC 5/i firmware on DELL PowerEdge 2950 cannot be updated

My DELL PowerEdge 2950 (Windows Server 2008 R2) OpenManage shows this warning. Firmware version is out of date. Firmware Version 5.0.2-0003 Minimum Required Firmware Version 5.2.2-0072 I installed this Windows update package from DELL. It…
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Is using beta dd-wrt firmware safe?

I upgraded from v24-sp1 (2013) to v3 beta (september 2015) as dd-wrt stable releases haven't been updated for two years. Are there any issues I should be aware of when using the beta builds? I need it for openvpn in our company.
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Dell R710 LifeCycle and iDRAC6 bad firmware flash

I have an R710 server that I need help with. Earlier today I wanted to update my BIOS and LifeCycle controller. I tried through the F10 System manager, but because my LifeCycle controller and iDRAC were low versions, I had to update those first. I…
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A large number of JetDirect firmware updates - what issues do they address?

HP recently released a large number of firmware updates for JetDirect devices. There is no changelog provided. Curiously, many obsolete (e.g., 802.11b) devices are in the list, and the last time a firmware update was provided for some of these was…
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