David, For what it's worth: Firmware updates for the sake of updating firmware might not be a good idea but ... I've been more successful with frequent (e.g. quarterly) incremental updates than "Jumbo Patches" every couple of years. Keeps you practicing your updates, change management and rollback procedures.
Your mileage may vary. Stefan > On Nov 27, 2017, at 2:13 PM, David Newall <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 27/11/17 23:18, Jesper Lykkegaard Karlsen wrote: >> The firmware on the cards are rather old and could need an update > > Perhaps, if it's not broken, don't fix it. I get the impression that a lot > of people are spending a lot of time regularly upgrading the firmware of > their machines for no reason other than that a newer version is available. > This, perhaps, is asking for trouble. > > I'm sure this is not the advice you were hoping for, probably not even advice > that is welcome, but I think it's wise. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
