All of these issues are why I use OME for firmware.
Cameron Smith Technical Operations Manager Network Redux, LLC 5200 SW Macadam Ave Ste 450 Portland, Oregon 97239 Cell: 503-926-4928 On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Kilian Cavalotti < kilian.cavalotti.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 11:55 AM, <soorej_ponna...@dell.com> wrote: > > Dell Linux Repository (DLR) is deprecated by the new Dell System Update > > (DSU). DSU has lot many features added and easy to use. > > Mmh, could you please give an example of one such feature? As far as I > know, DSU is just merely catching up in terms of features to what DLR > had been doing just fine for years. And I'm not mentioning code > quality here, just features... > > > The DSU update > > repository is refreshed every month. > > Well, yes, and in very interesting ways. For instance, the last > 1.3.1-16.12.00 update now wants to downgrade BIOS versions that were > already quite behind. To be precise: until now, the latest BIOS > version that DSU proposed for R630s was 2.2.5 (when the latest BIOS > version on support.dell.com has been 2.3.4 for quite a while). But > with the latest version, DSU now wants to downgrade 2.2.5 to 2.1.7: > > -- 8< ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------- > # dmidecode -s system-product-name > PowerEdge R630 > # dsu -v > dsu (Dell System Update) 1.3.1 > Copyright (C) 2014 Dell Proprietary. > # dsu > Verifying catalog installation ... > [...] > Getting System Inventory ... > Determining Applicable Updates ... > > [...] > > [ ]1 BIOS > Current Version : 2.2.5 Downgrade to : 2.1.7 > -- 8< ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------- > > So, in its current state, DSU does not provide any useful updates for > my servers, and worse, it actually tried to downgrade the already > outdated versions that are installed. > That's the very base feature of DSU: check local BIOS versions them > against what's available in the repo. And I'm sorry, but it can't even > get that right. > > Cheers, > -- > Kilian > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge >
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