yum firmware update for PERC and DRAC

[Michael E Brown]

On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 01:28:04PM -0400, Eric Yablonowitz wrote:
> Is there a plan / timeframe for being able to update PERC, DRAC, and  
> other server firmware via yum (i.e. within fwupdate.com) like we can  
> currently can do with the system bios?

PERC is already there for most models of PERC (I just did a PERC 4 last
week, myself). I need to check PERC5 to see if that is there.

DRAC will probably not be there any time soon. I've been having problems
with the flash utility. The reliable version I have requires (at least
part of) OMSA to be installed. The version I have that doenst need OMSA
sometimes bricks boxes.

> I am planning a medium-scale rollout of 1950s and 2950s and a refresh  
> of 1850s and 2850s (about 300 servers) and I'd love to be able to use  
> yum for everything.

Which OS are you running? If you are running RHEL (or derivative), I
might be able to get something going for DRAC, but it wont be soon. I'm
out of office the rest of the week, so I would need a reminder sometime
towards the middle of next week. Once I start on it, it would probably
take a week to do, but I would need somebody willing to test.

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Michael