Hi Ryan, I would have loved to let everyone know in November that we would be officially supporting firmware updates through the yum repo soon, but I am not able to pre-announce future releases and features. At the time, all we had was the out-of-date unofficial firmware repo. I second Eric's response that we are firmly committed to the yum repo.
Thanks, Jeff ________________________________ From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Ryan Miller Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:48 AM To: linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: FW: yum firmware update repository Thought I'd pass along this note from my Dell rep indicating that yum is now an officially supported method for firmware updates, contrary to the indication on this list in November. Ryan From: @Dell.com [mailto: @Dell.com] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:38 AM To: Ryan Miller Subject: RE: yum firmware update repository Hi Ryan, I asked around our product group and here is the answer I got: Quite the opposite. In November the firmware repository was unofficial support only. Now as part of the Q$ block release it is officially supported. We are firmly committed to the YUM repo. Regards, Eric From: Ryan Miller [mailto: @smartertravelmedia.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:37 PM To: Jordan, Eric Subject: yum firmware update repository Eric, Saw this on the Linux-PowerEdge list and was hoping you'd comment: http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2009-November/040485.html Is Dell really backing away from this as a supported method for firmware updates? It seems vastly easier than any other method for managing large numbers of servers. I'm also unclear why the email list gets so little official attention in general-especially when I am being directed there by official support channels after discovering a bug in the latest version of OMSA. If the answer to problems is on the list, it's probably in the first page of google results, which saves me the time of calling support, and you the time of paying for a support tech. Let me know, Ryan
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