> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:38:19 -0000
> From: "Nick Lunt" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Oracle Enterprise Linux
> To: <[email protected]>
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> Hi
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> is Oracle Enterprise Linux supported on all Dell servers, along with
> open manage, firmware updates, disk array drivers etc ?
>
> Cheers
> Nick .
We run OEL 5.x all the time around here, on Dell I/T servers. Have done so
successfully for yrs.
There are two places where Dell PG support for OEL5.x breaks.
1. the OMSA install. The default OMSA installer script does not recognize
OEL5.x as a RHEL5.x clone. It's a trivial one-line hack to the OMSA install
script to have it think the /etc/redhat-release contents is plain-jane RHEL5.x.
Since OEL5.x is binary compatible, then OMSA installs and operates fine.
2. BIOS updates on certain 11th gen server models (R710, M710, M610's).
That is, the following cmd:
yum -y install firmware-addon-dell dell_ft_install
successfully upgrades all firmware on these 11th gen models (PERC, CMC, ESM,
etc). Except for the system BIOS. Again, same problem. Does not recognize
OEL 5.x as a RHEL5.x clone. You can reboot the server and flash the f/w from a
USB key. That's probably the simplest way.
BTW, this second problem is *not* a firmware-addon-dell or dell_ft_install RPM
problem. Rather, it's the underlying DUP utilities that these RPMs call that
are broken, they don't recognize OEL5.x as a valid OS. We are actively working
with Dell PG to resolve.
That said, are you just starting on OEL 5.x? If so, you may want to think
about your long-term roadmap with OEL. Particularly, focus on what 3rd party
apps you're needing. Starting with RHEL6, Oracle will no longer be
binary-compatible with RH. So long-term, understandably I'd expect Dell PG and
other 3rd party tools to break, if they're expecting RHEL6.
If the 3rd party apps do not contain kernel modules, newer OEL versions will
probably spoof RHEL 5.5 close enough. So you can probably trivially fix as
above. If your 3rd party apps contain kernel modules, verify that vendor is
committed to supporting Oracle's new fork -- UEK (unbreakable enterprise
kernel).
Spike White
[email protected]
(Dell I/T, not Dell PG)
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