Using updated JRE with Openmanage

2009-11-16 Thread Alvarez, Angelo CIV NMFC_JTWC
Aloha. Periodically, there are Java vulnerabilities requiring me to update Java software to the latest version. With the Dell Openmanage, I normally copy all .jar files from srvadmin/jre/lib/ to /usr/java/latest/lib/. Are there any issues with this approach? v/r angelo smime.p7s Descripti

Re: Hidden DRAC commands

2009-11-16 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, Adam Nielsen wrote: > While waiting for the DRAC firmware source to be released (stuff is > happening, just very slowly) I thought I'd poke around a bit more in the > DRAC5 firmware and see what I could find. For those who are interested, > I discovered a hidden subcomma

Hidden DRAC commands

2009-11-16 Thread Adam Nielsen
Hi all, While waiting for the DRAC firmware source to be released (stuff is happening, just very slowly) I thought I'd poke around a bit more in the DRAC5 firmware and see what I could find. For those who are interested, I discovered a hidden subcommand in racadm. The "racadm util" command allow

Re: dell esm firmware changelog

2009-11-16 Thread Mikolaj Kucharski
Thanks Jeff. For the records, that can be helpful for others. Maybe it is on the mailing list, but when I last time searched for ipmi errors I couldn't find any clue. If you see something like that (see below) in the logs (this is from CentOS 5.3), that means IPMI is not working properly, basica

Re: firmware update funnies on PE1950

2009-11-16 Thread Stephen Dowdy
jeffrey_l_mend...@dell.com wrote, On 11/16/2009 08:50 AM: >> support.dell.com finding the server you are on, looking under >> the "SAS RAID Controllers" and getting the latest firwmware >> update from there. It'll be called something like >> "FRMW_BLAHBLAH_R12935BLAH.BIN". download that, then:

Re: Serial console problem (debian)

2009-11-16 Thread Angel L. Mateo
Hello, I'm sorry I wasn't replying to the list :-(: > > Don't you have the problem with latest debian? I am using > debian lenny > > (with kernel 2.6.26-2) and I still have the problem. > > No, I don't think so. I rebooted a couple of days ago several > 2850/2950 > servers attache

RE: firmware update funnies on PE1950

2009-11-16 Thread Jeffrey_L_Mendoza
> support.dell.com finding the server you are on, looking under > the "SAS RAID Controllers" and getting the latest firwmware > update from there. It'll be called something like > "FRMW_BLAHBLAH_R12935BLAH.BIN". download that, then: > > sh FRMW_BLAHBLAH_R12935BLAH.BIN --extract FOO cd FOO/payl

Re: Bizarre BMC host unreachable on PE1950

2009-11-16 Thread Matthias Saou
Alexander Dupuy wrote: > I wrote: > >> As for the IPMI firewall - what is that? > > > > Tim Small replied: > > I looked into it a while ago, but it didn't fit my needs, and I > > can't remember much about it, unfortunately... > > > > http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/spec.htm > > From w

Re: Serial console problem (debian)

2009-11-16 Thread Brice Figureau
On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 12:30 +0100, Angel L. Mateo wrote: > Hello, > > I have a few of dell poweredge 1750 and 2650 servers. I have all of > them connected to a cyclades acs 48 through serial console so I have a > serial login if I have problems on the servers. > > The problem I have i

Serial console problem (debian)

2009-11-16 Thread Angel L. Mateo
Hello, I have a few of dell poweredge 1750 and 2650 servers. I have all of them connected to a cyclades acs 48 through serial console so I have a serial login if I have problems on the servers. The problem I have is that while booting there are lots of garbage on the serial consol

Re: firmware update funnies on PE1950

2009-11-16 Thread Robin Bowes
On 16/11/09 06:07, Stephen Dowdy wrote: > Robin Bowes wrote, On 11/15/2009 04:43 PM: >> One of the installed files is payload/FW612II.rom. Is this the PERC >> firmware ROM that should be flashed? If so, how can I flash it from the >> (CentOS 5.4) command line? >> >> Thanks for any info you can shar