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Performing BIOS and Firmware Updates Using Dell Linux Online Repository 23
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Performing BIOS and Firmware
Updates Using Dell Linux Online
Repository
You can update your system to the latest version or to a specific version of the
BIOS and firmware available in the Dell Linux online repository. The updates
are available in the RPM Package Manager (RPM) format. RPM is a standard
package format for software updates specific to Linux operating systems. You
can inventory the system, scan the repository for matching firmware with
newer version using repository management software such as yum, up2date,
rug, and zypper. The repository management software support the following
operating systems:
• Yum: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 3 (x86_32, x86_64)
• Up2date: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 8 (x86_32, x86_64)
• Rug: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (x86_64)
• Zypper: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
Firmware-tools are used to update BIOS and firmware on your system. With
firmware-tools, the RPM-based BIOS and firmware updates are available
along with the packages containing the tools to install those updates. Using a
repository management software, you can easily update your BIOS and
firmware to the latest or specific versions on your system.
The latest BIOS and firmware updates are available at the Dell OM 6.2 Linux
Repository website at linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/.