Updating DELL Server firmware on Redhat based Linux Servers
It has become quite simple to upgrade the DELL Servers firmwares if you’re running Linux on them.
Find the repos from Linux portal of Dell.
# set up repos
wget -q -O – https://linux.dell.com/repo/community/bootstrap.cgi | bash
wget -q -O – https://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bootstrap.cgi | bash
Install the firmware tools
yum -y install firmware-addon-dell
And here you go. Update BIOS updates/firmwares easily.
# install BIOS update
yum -y install $(bootstrap_firmware)
update_firmware
Tags: CentOS, Dell, Fedora, firmware upgrade, Redhat
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