Hi Stephan, The easiest thing to do is to download the latest SUU from here: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s =biz&deviceid=17861&libid=36&releaseid=R261944&vercnt=1&formatcnt=0&Syst emID=PWE_R910&servicetag=&os=WS8R2&osl=en&catid=-1&dateid=-1&typeid=-1&f ormatid=-1&impid=-1&checkFormat=true
You need to download both parts and join them to make the DVD image - it's about 4GB in total. The reason that I suggest we use the SUU rather than grab files individually is that the SUU has a prebuilt catalogue file. It can be tricky to get the catalogue file correct and it's easier to troubleshoot the SUU / ftp server if you know that the catalog file is correct. Once you have both parts stick them together with: cat OM_6.2.1_SMTD_A00.iso.001 OM_6.2.1_SMTD_A00.iso.002 > OM_621_SMTD_A00.iso Once you have done that burn to a DVD / mount as an image - however you usually deal with DVDs that only need for a short time. Once this is done set up your FTP server to support anonymous logins and set up the directory for FTP requests to be served from - I tend to use /var/ftp. Create a directory /var/ftp/catalog as well. >From the DVD image go to the repository directory just under the top level. Copy the files: Catalog.cab Catalog.xml Catalog.xml.gz Catalog.xml.gz.sign To: /var/ftp/catalog Copy everything else from the repository directory to the top level of the FTP directory - ie /var/ftp. This is just under 4GB of files and should include every update that was available at the time of the SUU being built for every platform that the USC supports. Now go to the server you want to update, boot the USC and point the update wizard to your FTP server rather than ftp.dell.com - it should now pull the updates from your FTP server. Its worth checking your FTP server logs at this point to make sure everything is going okay. I use vsftp with the following settings in the vsftpd.conf file: anonymous_enable=YES local_enable=YES write_enable=YES local_umask=022 dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog xferlog_std_format=NO connect_from_port_20=YES listen=YES userlist_enable=NO tcp_wrappers=NO anon_root=/var/ftp log_ftp_protocol=YES use_sendfile=NO max_clients=20 max_per_ip=20 dual_log_enable=YES pasv_addr_resolve=NO ssl_enable=NO background=YES And then I keep an eye on /var/log/vsftpd.log and /var/log/xferlog for troubleshooting. The most useful file I have found is /var/log/vsftpd.log . The above configuration is not secure in anyway so be careful if the FTP server can be reached externally. I have mine on my laptop and just block the FTP ports and disable the vsftpd service when it's not in use for security. Oh - its also worth noting that if you do use vsftp that I had some issues with the version that shipped with centos 5.4 - I had to upgrade to the latest version (2.2.0) from source but I hit some issues getting it to run. If you have the same issues I have documented the solution here: http://centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=22507&forum=41 Simply adding background=YES to the vsftpd.conf file sorted it for me. Once you know that this works and your servers are updating fine then you may want to update the packages on the FTP server from time to time. The best tool for this is the Dell Repository Manager. Its windows only however it can be used to pull updates from our site, add them to your repository and build a working catalogue file - it's actually a really handy way of using our support site I think - maybe easier than the web interface once you get used to it! First stop is to review this: http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Repository+Manager Then download here: http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=R2605 72&c=us&&l=en&cs=&s=biz However I suggest that we get the USC updating from the files from the SUU DVD before using the repo manager. I really like the concept of the iDrac6 / USC tools and personally I think that Dell should make a bit more a of a big deal about them than we do already - I'm hoping that if this all works ok for you and that we document any learning's from your usage of it that we can get some nice whitepapers / best practice guides / documentation in place so it becomes far easier for other customers to use. Please let me know how you get on! Cheers, David. -----Original Message----- From: Stephan van Hienen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 06 May 2010 21:46 To: Miller, David C. (Glasgow); linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: RE: idrac platform update not working / ftp > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: donderdag 6 mei 2010 21:50 > To: Stephan van Hienen; [email protected] > Subject: RE: idrac platform update not working / ftp > > Hi Stephen, > > Hmmm 1.3 is normally well behaved - it's usually 1.1 and below that > cause me trouble. > > It's still worth doing as a troubleshooting step but it might not > resolve the issue. Please let me know how you get on! > > Also it might be worth replicating the drivers and catalogue file to a > local FTP server on one of your systems and see if that works if you > have a few servers to update? I don't have the documents here on the > directory structure needed but I can dig them out if you want to try > that? Also you can create an update USB key for all your platforms and > boot from that as well (again I can dig out the documentation tomorrow > for you) to save the hassle of setting up a FTP server. David, We have multiple systems, a local ftp server is possible so let me know which directory's I should mirror from ftp.dell.com. All systems are on a remote location, so booting from an usb stick is not really an option. Stephan Dell Corporation Limited is registered in England and Wales. Company Registration Number: 2081369 Registered address: Dell House, The Boulevard, Cain Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1LF, UK. Company details for other Dell UK entities can be found on www.dell.co.uk. _______________________________________________ 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 Dell Corporation Limited is registered in England and Wales. 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