SUU inclusion of HD Firmware info

. . . plans to HD firmware checks . . .

OpenManage does support firmware updates for PERC attached SAS drives. Have you tried the new Systems Build and Update tool http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smsbu/ ? Significant added functionality over SUU. Assuming you have Server Administrator installed on your systems, you could also use IT Assistant to generate reports and perform updates on HD firmware. The specific drives supported are listed in the Version Control Catalog readme at ftp://ftp.dell.com/cmsdk/PDK_readme.doc.

I didn't really see SBU as a replacement for SUU. Is SUU going to be phased out? Just based on ISO size, I thought that SUU included a broader set of updates.

To give you an idea of my current setup, I've been downloading the SUU tool as new versions are released, dropping them on a network share and running it periodically from each server.

Hard drive firmware simply cannot be installed through an automatic process such as an SUU or BUU because the disk I/O must be stopped so the controller can be updated.

The only way that is Dell-validated and Dell-supported is to use an ISO file and then boot to that image. The easiest and most convenient way is to download the Dell SAS/SATA Hard Drive Utility which will allow the server to boot into a Linux environment to update the drives. This initiates a silent install through which you can update ALL of the SAS/SATA attached drives, including MD1000 and MD3000 enclosures.

FYI - There is also a Dell SCSI Hard Drive Update CD for all of those SCSI and SCSI-attached JBODs such as PV220s.

Do I have to boot to the SBU CD to run it? With SUU, I don't have to bring the server down when I'm just validating levels. I can't figure out how to initiate the SBU app from within Windows.