OMSA Live 5.1 should work on 6th gens. 5.4 won't. 5.5 will depending on the controller in the system linux.dell.com/files/openmanage-contributions/
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Stroller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > Well, I "won" on eBay earlier this week - actually, I think I did > quite well, picked up one of these machines for £40 - and I'm just > checking it out at the moment. > > Is there such a thing as a bootable hardware diagnostics CD that > covers the 2650, please? > > I have looked at the Dell downloads page for this model < > http://tinyurl.com/yatrt9h > > [1] and I see multiple .iso CD images that might fit the > description - notably OM_5.2.0_SDU_A00.ISO and OM_6.2.0_SSDT_A00.iso, > both described (I think) as "Systems Service And Diagnostic Tools". > > The thing is that that could equally describe a bunch of utilities > that you install under Windows to check system health, and there are > other disk images on there such as "Systems Management Tools and > Documentation" - there are just so many it's a bit confusing. > > I understand that it's possible to make a systems partition on the > hard-drive - is this the only option for diagnostics, or can the > hardware diagnostics utilities (which I assume are available?) be run > from CD, too? > > Many thanks for any comments, > > Stroller. > > > > > [1] > http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=WNET&catid=36&dateid=-1&impid=-1&osl=EN&typeid=-1&formatid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=PWE_FOS_XEO_2650&hidos=WNET&hidlang=en&TabIndex= > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq >
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