The problem we're having is upgrading from 1.0 to 1.3. Updating from ftp.dell.com takes quite sometime if you factor in the multiple reboots and you multiply that across a couple hundred servers. Using the USC_APP_LX.* DUP is faster but not bulletproof.
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Bas van der Vlies <b...@sara.nl> wrote: > Thanks for the pointers. Especially the remote update feature ;-) > > ________________________________________ > From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com [linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] > On Behalf Of patrick_b...@dell.com [patrick_b...@dell.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 3:23 PM > To: t...@seoss.co.uk > Cc: linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com > Subject: RE: Lifecycle Controller not-so slick IMO. > > I completely understand your concerns. Our initial focus was attempting to > get the one-to-one interface developed as this gave us both a customer > facing deliverable and a test bed for this technology. > > As I've now said in the other part of this thread. You should look at the > latest Unified Server Configurator and DRAC for your system. In this release > we enabled remote firmware update through the DRAC WSMAN interface. > > More information is available in the user's guide, which is here: > http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smusc/smlc/lc_1_3/en/index.htm > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Small [mailto:t...@seoss.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:10 AM > To: Boyd, Patrick > Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists > Subject: Re: Lifecycle Controller not-so slick IMO. > > patrick_b...@dell.com wrote: > > By Console Redirection we mean serial port console redirection. The > interface works fine over the iDRAC virtual KVM. This was decided since the > Lifecycle Controller uses a graphical interface. > > > > I take it from this that it's can't be automated - that really seems to > be a short-sighted design decision - the majority of shops who have more > than a handful of servers will want to automate this sort of stuff - > that and the fact that it's a paid-for extra means that there is very > little value-add for all the development effort that must have been > carried out... > > The real answer has to be proper publishing of specs for firmware update > interfaces - Dell RBU is an excellent example of doing things the right > way, but without being able to update hard disk and BMC firmware easily > from within Linux, it looks like wasted effort. > > And when I say Linux I mean any kernel or distribution, not just > whatever enterprise vendors Dell happens to currently have their wagons > hitched to. > > Tim. > >
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