[CentOS] Dell firmware repository - out of date firmware?

Wed Feb 6 09:09:29 UTC 2013
Rafał Radecki <radecki.rafal at gmail.com>

Correction: I use this repo for hardware updates:
http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/firmware

2013/2/6 Rafał Radecki <radecki.rafal at 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 So my driver is actually out of date.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/poweredge-r310?driverId=NX9T4&osCode=WS8R2&fileId=3126023528
> 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.