I have 3 Dell R715s and have been going through hell getting them updated the last couple days. Turns out the Lifecycle Controller was too old to go through auto updates, so I had to find an old CentOS OM disk to get them updated to the point it will work through Lifecycle Controller. Everything went well on #1 and #2 and they are happy and up to date. #3 is having a bad day.
Midway through the flash of the Lifcycle/iDRAC controllers through the OM disk, the fans spun up and it was clear something went sideways. After waiting a few hours and no progress, I finally rebooted the box to try again. That has left the iDRAC in an unusable state and the BIOS can't connect. I ran through the OM disk again but it won't detect it so I can't reflash it that way. System Services is also disabled so I can't get into Lifecycle Controller either.
Please someone tell me I haven't just nuked my iDRAC/LC and there's a way I can reflash them somehow.
Option 2 would be if someone could tell me how I could pull it out if it is nuked so I don't have to deal with the myriad of warnings and delayed boot that it causes.
Any help or guidance is much appreciated!
Midway through the flash of the Lifcycle/iDRAC controllers through the OM disk, the fans spun up and it was clear something went sideways. After waiting a few hours and no progress, I finally rebooted the box to try again. That has left the iDRAC in an unusable state and the BIOS can't connect. I ran through the OM disk again but it won't detect it so I can't reflash it that way. System Services is also disabled so I can't get into Lifecycle Controller either.
Please someone tell me I haven't just nuked my iDRAC/LC and there's a way I can reflash them somehow.
Option 2 would be if someone could tell me how I could pull it out if it is nuked so I don't have to deal with the myriad of warnings and delayed boot that it causes.
Any help or guidance is much appreciated!