When there are outstanding updates, an informational or warning icon appears next to the number of updates remaining. Clicking the icon opens the Firmware Updates dialog, which lists the current remaining updates. Each update shows the current version of the component, the time of the last attempted update, and the reason why the last attempt did not succeed.
Outstanding updates can be in one of three states: Pending, In Progress, and Failed. An update begins in the Pending state and is periodically retried, then moves into the In Progress state. If there is a failure due to a transient condition, the update is moved back to the Pending state, and otherwise to the Failed state.
A problem exists in the following cases:
Any updates are in the Failed state.
Updates remain in the Pending state.
Updates switch between the Pending and In Progress states for an extended period of time (more than half an hour), without the number of remaining updates decreasing.
The following condition does not indicate a problem:
When upgrading multiple chassis, the number of remaining updates decrease, indicating that the update is progressing. Some of the chassis will appear with the Pending status, indicating only one path exists for one or more disks. When a chassis expander is reset during the update, causing some disks to temporarily have only one path, it can delay updates to other chassis until it is safe to do so again non-disruptively.