On 27-01-10 05:02, Matt Domsch wrote: > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:10:55PM -0800, Ian Forde wrote: >> And the floppy thing? In fact, the whole BIOS/any-firmware upgrade via >> floppy thing? Industry-wide? I mean, *seriously*? These are supposed >> to be "enterprise" systems. I try to order them without floppy drives >> (even if one could get them WITH them in the first place) and without >> CD/DVD drives (which, depending upon the Dell server model, may or may >> not always be possible). Anyone running a lights-out data center can >> tell you that the money you save on leaving the DVD drive out on the >> purchase, while not small, adds up when talking about 1000, 100, or even >> 50 servers. Heck - even at 10 servers, PXE installations should be the >> norm. So to be told that one has to use a DOS floppy is a little... >> well... grating... > > This is exactly why 11G PowerEdge servers includes Lifecycle > Controller, which itself can download BIOS and firmware updates for > all system components directly from ftp.dell.com (or a local > repository if you prefer) and update the whole system. It does so > from a pre-OS environment (UEFI actually) so that it works regardless > of what OS you have on your disks. > > While the OpenManage team is working to make more Linux-native > firmware update utilities available, Lifecycle Controller is really > quite slick, and there's no concern with having the "right" Linux > environment to run. > > So, go get yourself several new 11G PowerEdge servers (e.g. the R610, > R710 class) today! :-) >
Matt, We have a lot of M610's and did not know we have a lifecycle controller ;-). I just tested it and press F10 and it works interactively . Before i search for technical documents and read a lot of docs. Can this process be automated? I mean: - Can we setup an pxeconfig file or something similar. The machine reboots updates the firmware and reboots and starts the OS again. Regards, PS) We already do bios updates within the OS (Debian) Thanks to the dell_rbu kernel module for several DELL modesl 1850/1950/M600/M610 -- ******************************************************************** * Bas van der Vlies e-mail: [email protected] * * SARA - Academic Computing Services Amsterdam, The Netherlands * ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
