[itdiscuss] Dell Server Management

[Glenn Kelley]

I often wonder why Dell puts those updates out to a floppy - when  
their systems don't ship with them any longer...


a USB floppy is about $20 hwoever - worse case

On Jul 22, 2009, at 2:47 PM, <blloyd at buskercom.com> wrote:

> Can you just write what was supposed to be on the floppy to a CD and  
> still boot off the CD?
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> Bill Lloyd
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> OK,
> I know I am supposed to know this…but I am an IBM guy. I have Dell  
> servers now, and I am seeking an easy way to manage the hardware/ 
> firmware etc. I know they have something called Server  
> Administrator, but I am not really familiar. Also, several of the  
> firmware updates I downloaded require a floppy, which of course, I  
> don’t have.
>
> With IBM, I used to download a CD, boot the server off that CD, and  
> it updated everything. Does Dell have an equivalent that anyone can  
> point me toward? Thanks!
>
> Dan Barber
> Network Administrator
> Kirk of the Hills
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