On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:00:57PM -0700, Stephen Dowdy wrote: > patrick_fisc...@dell.com wrote, On 02/26/2010 03:28 AM: > So, it would be super-mega-awesome if Dell provided said Matrix > in a queryable format. I.e. i'd like to be able to probe, say: > > http://awesome.dell.com/pe2950/bios?fmt=csv&info=history > > to get a history listing of all pe2950 BIOS updates including their > criticality status. yeah, i'll keep dreaming... > But even a static (but maintained) table like the one proposed > at the "Enterprise BIOS and Firmware Matrix" page would be really > awesome (if i could easily programmatically parse it and rely > on its data being accurate and timely)
For PowerEdge, you could parse the XML Catalog, which is what Repository Manager, DMC, and other 3rd party commercial update tools use. ftp://ftp.dell.com/catalog/Catalog.xml.gz ftp://ftp.dell.com/catalog/Catalog.xml.gz.sign This does not include history, but it does include the current release block's set of files. This file is updated as part of the "block release process", when a whole set of tested updates are published at once. The next obvious question is - where can I find the schema for this XML? I believe this is available as part of Dell's PartnerDirect program: http://dell.com/partnerdirect/. You may be able to tease the bits you want out of the XML directly without having the full schema though. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
