Scan multiple servers for out-of-date BIOS/firmware

Matt Domsch Matt_Domsch at dell.com
Tue Jan 8 10:21:18 CST 2008


On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 04:52:40PM +0100, wolf2k5 wrote:
> I've already have OMSA installed on all servers.
> 
> Am I supposed to manually compare the firmware version for each server
> with the latest available version from Dell site or is there any way
> to automate that or at least do it centrally?

http://linux.dell.com/firmware-tools/ can be used for BIOS and recent
PERC firmwares.  You may find that useful.  It can be scripted quite
easily, there are instructions there.

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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux



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