Right now in my space we're in "get a brand name" era..but it wasn't
that long ago we were in a "build a white box because anyone else uses
crud parts" era.
I think it depends on what serverland you live in :-)
Jef Kazimer wrote:
Brian,
Ouch! We don't know why he went with a Tyan system over an HP or
Dell. With the current pricing of Dell servers, they are far below
even the Tyan barebones server chassis.
I used to work for a large international company, and certain
international divisions were only approved to purchase from specific
vendors (Dell,Compaq, HP were not one of them). So some areas had
these servers with names I had not heard of before, but we had to
support them anyway. He may be in the same situation, where he has
the unfortunate responsibility of supporting such a hardware.
Yet, I would agree with you, that when you are buying from the big
guys, they have already resolved this problem, and offer the toolset
to accomplish what he wants to do.
I would NOT recommend trying to use any other flash tools, other than
what the vendor provides. I am sure they would not work, but just in
case, do not try it.
Jef
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Desmond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 3:25 PM
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Update Server BIOS remotely.
No, good luck with that. Buy name brand servers with real tools next
time. You get what you paid for when you don't buy a nice shrink wrapped
box with a bunch of people in the background who already thought of this
problem.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
c - 312.731.3132
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Manjeet Singh
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 4:15 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Update Server BIOS remotely.
Tyan new BIOS Version has Fix for hyper threading issue that why we
need
to update it.
Can Dell or Compaq utility works for Tyan Motherboard.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan
Bradley,
CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 1:09 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Update Server BIOS remotely.
I update bios's before service packs.. not sure I'm comfortable doing
it
remotely though...
Brian Desmond wrote:
>
> *So this is usually something I don't do unless I have a reason to.
> I've yet to see a reason to proactively flash firmware on servers.
> That said Compaq and Dell both have online flashing utilities that
you
> can run silently. I hope you have a plan if something doesn't work
and
> you're locked out even out of ILO/DRAC. *
>
> * *
>
> *Thanks,*
>
> *Brian Desmond*
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> * *
>
> *c - 312.731.3132*
>
> * *
>
> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Manjeet
Singh
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 01, 2006 1:49 PM
> *To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
> *Subject:* [ActiveDir] Update Server BIOS remotely.
>
> Hi,
>
> We have many servers spread across many location. I want to upgrade
> the motherboard BIOS remotely on all Server. I have well tested the
> BIOS locally.
>
> What tools people use for remote BIOS update?
>
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