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July 6th, 2022 03:00
C6400 chassis flash for C6525 node
I am trying to install a C6525 node in a C6400 chassis.
Message received on boot is to flash the management board from V1.xx to V2.xx.
There appears to be no means of flashing the board (no serial or USB port on the chassis) and no way of accessing the board through a node.
Also there is a lack of availability of the V2.xx firmware.
Can anyone confirm if this is possible to do, and if so, provide details on said procedure?
Thanks.
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DELL-Shine K
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July 6th, 2022 05:00
You can download latest Chassis Management FW from below link. You can download release note from same link on various update method available to update chassis management FW.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=t14cr&oscode=naa&productcode=poweredge-c6400
As you have very old FW you can first update to 2.X version first then to 3.x. You can refer below link to update to 2.X FW
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=h56tc&oscode=naa&productcode=poweredge-c6400
DaveHayden
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July 7th, 2022 03:00
Thank you. I have now successfully flashed the chassis management board to version 2.70. it still does not take the C6525 node and I am having no success in updating to V3.xx.
Any advice on next steps?
Thank you in advance!
DELL-Shine K
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July 7th, 2022 03:00
Did you have any other node on the chassis? Can you try only with one C6525 node? Can you also share the chassis backplane details
DaveHayden
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July 7th, 2022 04:00
I only had one C6525 node installed when I tried to boot, no other nodes present.
Backplane details are 1x24 2.5" bp.
Thanks,
DaveHayden
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July 11th, 2022 05:00
Just to follow up on this, I have updated Chassis Management version to 3.42, still no joy getting the C6525 node to work.
Just to confirm, in theory, all that is required to get a C6525 node running in a C6400 chassis is updating the Chassis Management board to version 2.xx or higher? Or am I missing something?
Thanks in advance!