Hi All.
I am using dell firmware repository (http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/OMSA). To update all firmware on my Dell PowerEdge R310 I use: yum install $(bootstrap_firmware) update_firmware --yes and perform reboot. Then the firmware for my PERC H200 RAID controller is "up to date" with repository. When I make: /opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omreport storage controller I get: ... Firmware Version : 07.03.05.00 ... Driver Version : 05.101.00.02 Minimum Required Driver Version : 07.00.01.00-1 ... So my driver is actually out of date. On page: https://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/DriverDetails/Product/powered... I see that SAS-RAID_Firmware_NX9T4_LN32_07.03.05.00_A08.BIN for RHEL is available. It has a higher driver version than required 07.00.01.00-1 so a manual download and install should be ok in this case.
Is the dell hardware repo serving old versions of firmware/drivers? Should I in my case perform a manual update process?
Best regards, Rafal Radecki.
Correction: I use this repo for hardware updates: http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/firmware
2013/2/6 Rafał Radecki radecki.rafal@gmail.com:
Hi All.
I am using dell firmware repository (http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/OMSA). To update all firmware on my Dell PowerEdge R310 I use: yum install $(bootstrap_firmware) update_firmware --yes and perform reboot. Then the firmware for my PERC H200 RAID controller is "up to date" with repository. When I make: /opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omreport storage controller I get: ... Firmware Version : 07.03.05.00 ... Driver Version : 05.101.00.02 Minimum Required Driver Version : 07.00.01.00-1 ... So my driver is actually out of date. On page: https://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/DriverDetails/Product/powered... I see that SAS-RAID_Firmware_NX9T4_LN32_07.03.05.00_A08.BIN for RHEL is available. It has a higher driver version than required 07.00.01.00-1 so a manual download and install should be ok in this case.
Is the dell hardware repo serving old versions of firmware/drivers? Should I in my case perform a manual update process?
Best regards, Rafal Radecki.
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:32 AM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 2/6/2013 12:50 AM, Rafał Radecki wrote:
Is the dell hardware repo serving old versions of firmware/drivers?
Ask Dell. its their repo.
Yep, ask Dell.
Mailing Lists: https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo
Assuming you want just the PowerEdge list... https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
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SilverTip257 wrote:
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:32 AM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 2/6/2013 12:50 AM, Rafał Radecki wrote:
Is the dell hardware repo serving old versions of firmware/drivers?
Ask Dell. its their repo.
Yep, ask Dell.
I *think* the last time I d/l and burned a DVD of their stuff, a few months ago, it was still CentOS 5.x - 6, maybe?
mark
Joining the chorus of "Join the dell poweredge mailing list", but also throwing in there isn't much in the way of sync between bios/drivers/OMSA. updates. It's not uncommon to have versions of OMSA in the repo that say the firmware you just updated from the repo is out of date. Yes it sucks. I suggest you set up a copy of OME (open manage essentials) which makes managing/updating/reporting on your bios/firmware rather easy. It's free other than the psychological trauma of having SNMP enabled on all your servers.
Patrick
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
SilverTip257 wrote:
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:32 AM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 2/6/2013 12:50 AM, Rafał Radecki wrote:
Is the dell hardware repo serving old versions of firmware/drivers?
Ask Dell. its their repo.
Yep, ask Dell.
I *think* the last time I d/l and burned a DVD of their stuff, a few months ago, it was still CentOS 5.x - 6, maybe?
mark
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On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Patrick Flaherty pflaherty@wsi.com wrote:
Joining the chorus of "Join the dell poweredge mailing list", but also throwing in there isn't much in the way of sync between bios/drivers/OMSA. updates. It's not uncommon to have versions of OMSA in the repo that say the firmware you just updated from the repo is out of date. Yes it sucks. I suggest you set up a copy of OME (open manage essentials) which makes managing/updating/reporting on your
Is OME is Windows only software? The install guide PDF [0] doesn't mention installs on Linux. And the FAQ [1] only mentions OMSA components (and monitoring Linux hosts) and not OME on Linux.
Thanks for any insight.
[0] http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/19998614/downl... [1] http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/3265.openm...
bios/firmware rather easy. It's free other than the psychological trauma of having SNMP enabled on all your servers.
No biggie. I have SNMP enabled on all my production servers for monitoring purposes. Firewall rules prohibit SNMP access except when coming from the monitoring system. :)
Patrick
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
SilverTip257 wrote:
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:32 AM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com
wrote:
On 2/6/2013 12:50 AM, Rafał Radecki wrote:
Is the dell hardware repo serving old versions of firmware/drivers?
Ask Dell. its their repo.
Yep, ask Dell.
I *think* the last time I d/l and burned a DVD of their stuff, a few months ago, it was still CentOS 5.x - 6, maybe?
mark
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This is saying that the _driver_ is out of date, not the firmware of the RAID card. Post your kernel version.
On 02/06/2013 03:50 AM, Rafał Radecki wrote:
Hi All.
I am using dell firmware repository (http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/OMSA). To update all firmware on my Dell PowerEdge R310 I use: yum install $(bootstrap_firmware) update_firmware --yes and perform reboot. Then the firmware for my PERC H200 RAID controller is "up to date" with repository. When I make: /opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omreport storage controller I get: ... Firmware Version : 07.03.05.00 ... Driver Version : 05.101.00.02 Minimum Required Driver Version : 07.00.01.00-1 ... So my driver is actually out of date. On page: https://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/DriverDetails/Product/powered... I see that SAS-RAID_Firmware_NX9T4_LN32_07.03.05.00_A08.BIN for RHEL is available. It has a higher driver version than required 07.00.01.00-1 so a manual download and install should be ok in this case.
Is the dell hardware repo serving old versions of firmware/drivers? Should I in my case perform a manual update process?
Best regards, Rafal Radecki. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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