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February 20th, 2004 12:00
boot cd that can update server bios and firmware
I have herd that there is now a boot cd that can update bios and firmware for Dell
servers (like the ibm express cd)
can some one confirm that this is so.
and if so is there an iso image that i can get so that i can update me 83 Dell servers.
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Robin Farnworth
Server and storage Team
NFU Mutual
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tnetjpm
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February 27th, 2004 11:00
This does exist. It is called the SNAP Update CD - but it is only currently available from Customer Engineering (it's not a "supported" product yet, although Dell are working towards this).
They have 3 different OS CD's :-
- Windows 2000/2003
- Novell/RedHat
- DOS (bootable)
And these update :-
- PERC
- Firmware
- NIC
- OpenManage
- BIOS
- ESM
Basically, it's a 3-step process. The CD runs OMCLEAN to remove any OpenManage products first, reboots, then the 2nd step is the updates (drivers/firmware, BIOS last), another reboot, then the 3rd and last step is the OpenManage installation. Followed by, yes, a reboot.
They commit to releasing updated CD's to you every 3 or 6 months, based upon your needs.
I can't comment any further as I'm still awaiting some test CD's to try out.