Dell Servers Drivers Update

Okay, Thanks

This update utility is way too big, is there any other tool by Dell to achieve same thing? just the drivers bit only

The large download will support nearly every Dell server shipped in the last 5 years, so it is handy if working with a variety of different models.  Other than that, you have only two options:

1.  Dell's Repository Manager - allows you to build an update utility for just the systems you choose, but it still must download the required files for those models ... can sometimes be faster to download SUU if you have very many different models.

2.  Download individual updates for each model to run separately.

I am sorry, perhaps I have been unable to convey my question properly to you.

For now, I am not looking to update and apply patches for drivers.

Fow now, I just want to know that, which device driver versions are currently installed on servers, and what latest versions are available at the moment. Just a sort of a check thing. Nothing to implement, nothing to update for now.

thanks

That Dell Server Updates disk that was posted above will do it, so will IT Assistant.

OUTSTREAM,

Please advice on the model Number of the Servers.

The link someone replied you with must be because your question never specified any model number.

From my understanding, for some models; you may download utilities or updates as CD iso files or packages designed with the floppy media in mind :)

The link provided was for the very generic update DVD.  That means that pretty much any currently supported Dell server will work with it.  Currently I think that covers most 8th generation servers and later.

its just a different range of servers. As different clients have different servers. it all varies from PowerEdge 800 to PowerEdge 1600 or 2800 etc. So i was just looking for something generic that would work on all.

Give Spiceworks a try, it's quite good at collecting inventories.

I am afraid that you would have to consider the servers in question on a case by case basis.

I do  not think grouping them into one lot would help you in any practical way. - My Reason is the fact that some of them would not even read a DVD format media.

Also, the generational gap between some of the models.

Please do yourself a favour and seek solution for one server at a time, before you know it; you would take care of all.

You can try the Repository Manager ... I've yet to get it to work, but it's designed to build a custom repository for the systems you have.  Otherwise, you will have to download the Server Update Utility (SUU) that you said was "way too big" ... it's big because it supports all the systems you are looking for.  Ufe has a point that not all supported systems may have DVD drives, so it may be necessary to keep one with you to swap out for updates, although I think managing updates for a dozen or more different models individually is a bit extreme.

SUU can be run in conjuction with SMTD/SBUU as a bootable option for checking/updating firmware, but it can also be run from Windows to run driver and firmware updates from the OS.

Not all systems are supported by the latest SUU, but it will cover almost any server shipped since 2005.

We use IT Assistant...Works well. Does a comparison between what you have and a repository, which you update from the Web.

Hth,

John Bradshaw