This is weird - last night I rebooted the server once more after the second update attempt failed. This morning I came into the office and the server has been up since I left it last night, but the BMC firmware is now showing as 2.50 and the DRAC is loading instantly. Could it be the firmware was loaded on to the BMC controller and the update took place on the device itself? I suppose since the power was never lost to the BMC, the process would have continued regardless of the server reboots. Oh well, it's working now! That's a relief! :D
I'm updating the BMC firmware on my PowerEdge 2900 to version 2.50 but it's been running for over an hour now. I'm concerned it's taking far too long to complete. Is this normal? If I reboot the server now will this "brick" it?
PowerEdge 2900 BMC firmware update taking ages...