[cisco-voip] FYI: FN - 63255 - MCS-7815-I2 and MCS-7825-I2, BIOS error prevents a system from booting if rebooted after October 1, 2009

[Erick Bergquist]

FYI,

Update on this. Working with TAC on this and the MCS-7815-I2 server is
not effected by this issue, and Cisco is in process of updating the
field notice with corrections and more information about the fixes for
the various applications.

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Erick Bergquist <erickbee at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know what version of CER 7.x has the IBM 1.45 BIOS to fix
> this issue?
>
> I ran the newest FWUCD 2.3(1) on a effected IBM Server and it updated
> the BIOS from 1.4(3) to version 1.4(5) but when CER booted up it had
> forced the BIOS to downgrade back to 1.4(3) and rebooted automatically
> like part of the documentation states for this issue.
>
> I have a TAC Case open. It would be nice if the readme the Field
> Notice links to doesn't have the two conflicting sections and also
> have something in the field notice so that if you're on a Linux
> product that you don't need the firmware CD but you need to upgrade
> your CER/CUCM/etc to whatever version of CER/CUCM/etc has the new BIOS
> with fix for this problem.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Erick Bergquist <erickbee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone applied this to a IBM server yet running Linux versions of software?
>>
>> I have a CER 7.x server I'm needing to apply this to, and have the CD
>> but the docs are not clear in some spots and just wanted some
>> clarification.
>>
>> Under Section 3, the scope section...
>>
>> 3.5.5   CRITICAL NOTE - This update may NOT be applied to any Linux
>> based products.
>>                        If Linux users attempt the upgrade the BIOS, the BIOS will be
>> downgraded after        a subsequent reboot.  Linux users should reference
>> the defect CSCta43460 in bug
>>                        toolkit to find the appropriate version to upgrade to that contains the fix.
>>
>>
>> But under Section 2.0 for Resolved Caveats it has the following, which
>> indicates the above issue is fixed?
>>
>> Note: If Linux users attempt to use the FWUCD to upgrade the BIOS, the
>> BIOS will be downgraded after a subsequent reboot.  Linux users should
>> reference CSCta43460 in bug toolkit to find the appropriate version to
>> upgrade to.
>>
>> Erick
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Wes Sisk <wsisk at cisco.com> wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>> Field Notices-Voice and Unified Communications-09/05/2009 09:25
>>> GMT-09/06/2009 07:30 GMT
>>>
>>> Title: Field Notice: FN - 63255 - MCS-7815-I2 and MCS-7825-I2, BIOS error
>>> prevents a system from booting if rebooted after October 1, 2009  [Cisco
>>> 7800 Series Media Convergence Servers]
>>> Url: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/ts/fn/632/fn63255.html
>>> Description: A defect in the HostRAID BIOS 2106 (included with System BIOS
>>> version 1.42 and 1.43) will prevent a server from booting successfully if
>>> the server is rebooted after October 1, 2009. This is caused by a defect in
>>> the IBM BIOS and is documented in IBM RETAIN Tip: H182636
>>> Date: 2009-09-04 06:55:21.0
>>> </snip>
>>>
>>> Anyone running IBM servers make certain you are updated before Oct 1.
>>>
>>> /Wes
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>>
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