I am trying to update the firmware on SAS drives connected to a PE 1950 and the split MD1000 connected to it.
I put in my service tag and find Nautilus_efi_A12_ZPE.exe as a Recommended Firmware update utility in the download list. I download; use UsbMake.exe to produce a bootable USB drive. 1950 says there is no operating system on the USB drive. I burn a CD; the screen displays “NK “ and locks up. I research this and find A12 requires EUFI boot mode. I don’t see any way to do that. So it looks like A12 is NOT compatible with the 1950 bios.
I find NautilusDOSA48_ZPE.exe also in the download list. With this I can create a CD which boots the machine. It says it updated the drivers on both the MD1000 and the internal PERC card. Nothing changed in the Server administrator display. But in the Event viewer I now see warnings about non-certified drives.
I find NautilusDOSA49_ZPE.exe which is not in the download list, and is not listed as compatible with a 1950, but with this I can create a CD which boots the machine. It also says it updated the drivers on both the MD1000 and the internal PERC card. But again nothing changed in the Server administrator display.
I find FRMW_WIN_R261277.EXE also in the download list. Under “Supported Operating Systems” it says “Not applicable”. When I run it I get “The update package is running on an unsupported new operating system. Do you want to continue?” I say “yes”; and get “This Update Package is not compatible with your system configuration”.
I’m running OpenManage Server administrator 5.5.0, Windows 2012R2. I’m trying to set up Exchange server on the machine.
I have 7 drives in the MD1000:
5ea Vendor ID: DELL Product ID: ST3146356SS Revision: 0005.
1ea Vendor ID: DELL Product ID: ST32000SSSUN2.0T Revision: 0313
1ea Vendor ID: DELL Product ID: ST32000SSSUN2.0T Revision: 0514