This is correct, the latest firmware updates take a little bit to get packaged and tested before they get pushed to the repo. I also haven't figured out how to only update firmware for specific devices. With the inventory_firmware and update_firmware commands, it looks for updates and applies all updates at once. As for creating a local mirror, a simple rsync grabs it (I exclude everything I don't need) rsync --progress --delete -avHz --exclude=rh30 --exclude=rh30_64 --exclude=rh40 --exclude=rh40_64 --exclude='SLES_*' --exclude='SLE_*' --exclude='suse*' --exclude='sles*' linux.dell.com::repo/hardware/OMSA_7.1/ /yumrepo/repos/dell/hardware/OMSA_7.1/ I also don't use the community repo...I haven't found anything I need in there. I'll attach the yum repo file I use for my local repo. A 'yum install srvadmin-all dell_ft_install' will grab what you need for firmware tools and OpenManage, and then a 'yum install $(bootstrap_firmware)' will grab all your hardware specific firmware. On 02/01/2013 08:27 AM, Mikael Fridh wrote: > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Rafał Radecki <radecki.rafal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> I am currently gathering information about firmware update on Dell >> PowerEdge machines. >> I've found >> http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Firmware-tools_announcement >> and >> https://linux.dell.com/repo/community/ >> It is an unofficial, community supported repository. > > Depending on your hardware you will have support here: > http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware > http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/hardware > > I create a local mirror via rsync and use for all the Dell servers. > >> What are your experiences: should I perform firmware updates the >> traditional way by downloading *.bin packages from Dell and run them >> manually or should I use this repo? Is this repo "safe" and releases >> stable packages? > > I'm usually fine with the hardware repo above unless I need something > really new (some versions that's not yet released in the firmware repo > as rpms). > > -- > Mikael > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- _____________________ Phil Gardner PGP Key ID 0xFECC890C OTR Fingerprint 6707E9B8 BD6062D3 5010FE8B 36D614E3 D2F80538
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