Dell PowerEdge 2850

[gen]

bios mod request, need help please
-Manufacturer: Dell
-Model: PowerEdge 2850
-Bios revision: A07
-Bios Type: Phoenix BIOS
-Bios Download Link:  http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/1...91/drivers

Requesting SLIC to support Server 2012 Essentials and Datacenter

Please note this system can not support "Server 2012 R2"

Please share tools used, and quick overview since I may want to try to replicate for "Server 2008 R2"

Also curious best method to update BIOS.


Thanks!!!!!

[colinzim]

bios mod request, need help please
-Manufacturer: Dell
-Model: PowerEdge 2850
-Bios revision: A07
-Bios Type: Phoenix BIOS
-Bios Download Link:  http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/1...91/drivers

Requesting SLIC to support Server 2012 Essentials and Datacenter

Please note this system can not support "Server 2012 R2"

Please share tools used, and quick overview since I may want to try to replicate for "Server 2008 R2"

Also curious best method to update BIOS.


Thanks!!!!!

Server 2008 R2 slic : https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-D...4#pid42664

long time - forget method - 
can check another time

[gen]

After many... many attempts this is what worked.

ISO Windows Server 2012 (Standard, Datacenter), SHA-1: D09E752B1EE480BC7E93DFA7D5C3A9B8AAC477BA
BIOS's A06 and A07 as outlined above from Dell website
RwX64V1.7 forum "My digital life", Thread "RW-Everything ~ Latest News", user "Tito"
phoenixtool273.exe, install SLIC 2.2, needs RwX64V1.7 data file. forum "My digital life", Thread "Tool to Insert/Replace SLIC in Phoenix / Insyde / Dell / EFI BIOSes", user "AndyP"
Windows Loader v2.2.2.exe forum "My digital life", Thread "Windows Loader - Support and chat", user "Daz"

Many thanks to AndyP for educating me that the files listed at the top of this forum are dated and where to find newer versions!  Some detective work is needed to find where the *.HDR file gets placed prior to installation/reboot, or one could use the the above 2008 r2 bios install program and replace the file.  

Problems creating new bios included:      
1) Make sure you have installed the latest bios prior to running RwX64V1.7.exe.  Best to read included pdf.
2) Using installed server 2012 OS, upon execution of Dells Bios update program with Dells original bios file, receive a message "The Update Package is running on an unsupported new operating system.  Do you want to continue?" Clicking Yes then gives the following message: "An error has occurred the Dell Instrumentation Driver (HAPI) could not be loaded."  Installation fails out.  Workaround:Right-Click the DUP package. Select "Troubleshoot compatibility" then select "Troubleshoot program". Select the checkbox that identifies that “The program worked in earlier versions of Windows but won't install or run now” then select "Vista..." from the list to start the DUP program.
3)  Once step 2 was complete, system would reboot then state "attempting to update bios....." .... minutes and hours and days went by with no change.  Hence after some research one recommended wait for 15 minutes then reboot to see if the BIOS update took.  Well, that is where Bios A06 was needed to see if this process actually worked.  It did, then proceeded to install modified A07 BIOS successfully!!!
4) Using older revision software
5) Resolved initial activation error "Error 0xC004E003"


Successful Server 2012 Datacenter activation!!!  Assumed should work with other flavors of Server 2012 ISO's.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/mqv36y6mlr...SLIC22.HDR

[gen]

Now, if someone could educate me on the following:
1) cert=DELLQA09_V2.1.xrm-ms
2) DELLQA09_V2.1.xrm-ms

more specifically if I can make this file for server 2012, and if so, how do I use it during an install. Thanks!