We use the stand alone OME that only runs on Windows. I WISH Dell would develop a version to run on Linux!!
Cameron On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Rene Shuster <[email protected]> wrote: > Is that OME for whatever Linux distro you use or do you use the OME > vCenter plugin? > > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 2:11 AM, Cameron Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> IMHO The Lifecycle Controller works great and I manually upload firmware >> upgrades to it's job queue all the time. It is also what handles updates >> sent from OME which I also use. >> >> ftp.dell.com on the other hand is a joke. >> It needs to be rearchitected to handle the bandwidth to deliver files >> quickly at modern (not dial-up modem) speeds all the time. >> >> DSU is iffy and has it's own problems :) >> >> Cameron >> >> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Shane Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is not specific to Linux, I'm frustratingly still at the point >>> where trying to apply updates before can goto install linux..... >>> >>> For awhile now there have been numerous posts about how absolutely >>> horrid trying to do firmware updates via the Lifecycle Controller via >>> ftp.dell.com has become. The bandwidth or hardware devoted to >>> ftp.dell.com does not remotely seem up to the task, when the site is >>> actually up and you can connect, it seems to take many hours for it to >>> actually download the catalog. >>> >>> Numerous times on Dell Support forums it be suggested to download a >>> bootable ISO that will do all the updates. I literally just spoke with >>> support as I was having trouble even reaching ftp.dell.com , and that >>> was the verbatim answer they gave me. >>> >>> >>> Is that the preferred suggested course of action to upgrade Dell >>> hardware currently? >>> Once a month manually download an iso for each unique piece of hardware >>> you are running? >>> >>> I was forced to download the one for my new unboxed R730xd , and am >>> astonished how bad it is. >>> >>> There are 111 potential updates. There is no central logic, or >>> inventory collection. >>> >>> Each and every updated package is executed sequentially. >>> >>> Each and every update package , separately does "Collecting Inventory" ( >>> which takes a non trivial amount of time ). If that specific update >>> doesn't apply to your hardware, you get "This Update package is not >>> compatible with your system configuration" >>> >>> Even the most basic engineering effort could be made to simplify and >>> streamline this process, this is most bare bones out of the box possible >>> solution that could have been devised. >>> >>> The Lifecycle controller was sold as an innovative intelligent solution >>> by Dell to completely automate the process, each step applied in the Dell >>> approved order ... The initial marketing spiel used to sell it (the >>> Lifecycle contoller) used the old out dated modes of manually download as >>> an example of what an improvement this would be! >>> >>> Has the Lifecycle controller method of updating via ftp just fallen out >>> of favor? >>> Is the current vision/plan to just push out the bare bones ISO ? >>> Will there be improvements to the infrastructure that back ftp.dell.com? >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-PowerEdge mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-PowerEdge mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge >> >> > > > -- > Tech III * AppControl * Endpoint Protection * Server Maintenance > Buncombe County Schools Technology Department Network Group > ComicSans Awareness Campaign <http://comicsanscriminal.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > >
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