On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 01:07:53AM -0400, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > However, official redhat has some proprietary code in it. I got burned by > this. Dell Openmanage is the only way to replace a failed disk on a dell > server without shutting down into bios, and it doesn't function on the "open > source equivalent" of some package. So I can say that for sure - if you're > using dell branded servers, then use genuine RHEL. But if you're using > blackbox servers, you could probably save yourself some money.
I remember Dell's OpenManage software used to parse /etc/redhat-release to figure out what RPMs to install, but other than that it worked fine with Redhat-based distros. I remember having to munge the installer script to support the Redhat respin we had at Princeton (PU_IAS) and that there was CentOS and Scientific Linux support in it, so it wouldn't have been a problem. Also, when I called the Dell enterprise support line for support, and they asked what OS I was running, they actually knew about CentOS and Scientific linux and had no problem supporting it. Now Dell has Yum repositories for OpenManage, making it extra easy for any redhat-based distro. > And also, up2date versus yum. Is one better than the other? Maybe, but > it's not a huge difference. Since Redhat 5 it's all yum-based. -- Jonathan Billings <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
