Hello,

I tried updating Processor Microcode Data File from intel.

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3453&DwnldID=23829&ProductFamily=Processors&ProductLine=Server&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Xeon%C2%AE+Processor+E5-2600+Product+Family&DownloadType=Firmware&lang=eng

root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode# tar zxvf microcode-20140430.tgz
Decompressing 'microcode-20140430.tgz' with '/usr/bin/gzcat'...
x microcode.dat, 1854360 bytes, 3622 tape blocks
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode# mv microcode.dat intel-ucode.txt
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode# ucodeadm -u intel-ucode.txt
ucodeadm: intel-ucode.txt: File header is invalid
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode# echo $?
3
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#


Something wrong with it?
I tried updating old files from intel.

root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode# ucodeadm -u intel-20130222.txt
ucodeadm: intel-20130222.txt: No matching microcode found
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode# ucodeadm -u intel-20130808.txt
ucodeadm: intel-20130808.txt: File header is invalid
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode# ucodeadm -u intel-20130906.txt
ucodeadm: intel-20130906.txt: File header is invalid
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode# ucodeadm -u intel-20140122.txt
ucodeadm: intel-20140122.txt: File header is invalid
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#


CPU & BIOS date

root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode# prtdiag | head
System Configuration: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R720xd
BIOS Configuration: Dell Inc. 2.1.3 11/20/2013
BMC Configuration: IPMI 2.0 (KCS: Keyboard Controller Style)
==== Processor Sockets ====================================
Version                          Location Tag
-------------------------------- --------------------------
      Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz CPU1
      Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz CPU2
root@omnios:/tmp/microcode#


Thanks


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