Managing system firmware on production servers can be troublesome for a busy system administrator or IT staff. If the number of managed nodes is large, as with a cluster, or a server has high uptime requirements because of its role in the enterprise, the time required to perform updates may hinder their execution. For Dell PowerEdge servers running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 operating system, updating system firmware has been simplified with the release of Dell Update Packages for Red Hat Linux. This paper examines the features provided by version 1.1 Dell Update Packages and explores possibilities for their use.
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