Hi Jimmy,
From a users standpoint, I don't care if it's BIOS or UEFI. The update fails, that's what I notice.
The error message is:
<quote>
The installation procedure did not complete successfully. An error occurred during the setup process.
You may look at the setup log file for more details if desired.
Additional Information:
Flash failed
A fatal error occurred. See engineering log for details.
Press the 'Close' button to exit Setup.
</quote>
Tried to attach the latest log here, but it's not allowed. At least, inside the log there is a line that says:
<quote>
This component cannot be installed with the Windows HPCISSS3.sys driver version 100.18.2.64. Please update the HPCISSS3.sys driver and restart the operating system before installing this component
</quote>
I have got no idea what I should install to get the latest HPCISSS3.sys driver. All the latest stuff in the software and driver list for the server is installed.
I've also been digging further, and the error event about a failing IOCTL is really from the controller (see below).
<quote>
<ProviderName="Microsoft-Windows-StorDiag" Guid="{F5D05B38-80A6-4653-825D-C414E4AB3C68}" />
<Keywords>0x800000040000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreatedSystemTime="2017-08-21T22:20:22.432600100Z" />
<EventRecordID>60288</EventRecordID>
<ExecutionProcessID="7464" ThreadID="9428" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Storage-ClassPnP/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>SRV201701.atmos.local</Computer>
<SecurityUserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<Data Name="DeviceGUID">{5990E365-D304-8CEE-B0EB-DB1E0DCEBC2D}</Data>
<Data Name="DeviceNumber">0</Data>
<Data Name="Vendor">HP</Data>
<Data Name="Model">LOGICAL VOLUME</Data>
<Data Name="FirmwareVersion">5.04</Data>
<Data Name="SerialNumber">PDNMF0ARH752OZ</Data>
<Data Name="IrpStatus">0xc0000185</Data>
<Data Name="IoctlControlCode">0x74080</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
</quote>
I uninstalled most of the HP software, and the error stopped occuring in the event log. That does not mean however, that the controller or interface is OK. It may have serious issues, or may not. Just that the components catching errors are not installed. Or there's a bug in the HPE software logging false errors.
Thanks for your input Jimmy.
Pete