> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Dowdy [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 26 February 2010 19:01 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Cc: Nick Lunt > Subject: Re: Checking servers for firmware/driver updates etc > > [email protected] wrote, On 02/26/2010 03:28 AM: > > We provide 2 Tools. > ... > > Old: IT Assistant (requires a Windows 32 Bit OS) > > New: DMC (requires a w23 Host or VM) > > > > Both tools are able to compare server revisions with the actual > Updates. > > So you can run the comparison report to see which machines need to be > > updated. A snmp configuration on each machine is a must have. > ... > > Maybe some of the Linux guys are able to run such reports with Nagios > > or anything else, maybe with reading out the FW and driver strings > > (omreport) and compare it with the latest versions from the Update > DVD > > dell provide ca. 1 time per quarter. > > I manage 100s of Debian, RHEL, and SLES boxes here. > > I enclose a script that's hit/miss to do *some* inventory. > Here's sample output: > > [r...@server1 MegaRAID]# /opt/sbin/ral-superinv > Hostname: [server1] > Manufacturer: [Dell Inc.] > Model: [PowerEdge 2950] > Serial Number: [XXXXXXX] > BIOS Version: [2.4.3] *(!=2.6.1) > BMC Version: [2.28] *(!=2.37) > PERC5i Version: [1.03, 1.03] > PERC5E Version: [1.03, 1.03, 1.03, 1.03, 1.03, 1.03, 1.03] > SASBP Version: [1.05] > MD1000 Version: [A.04, A.04, A.04, A.04, A.04] > > It's seriously flawed, predominantly because it requires constant > manual updating to report out-of-rev BIOS, etc. Why do i do this and > not run OMSA?
Hi Stephen thanks for the info, I appreciate you sharing your script. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4903 (20100228) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ 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
