Re: List of BIOS, Backplane firmware, and ESM firmware versions for PowerEdge Servers?

Download catalog.xml from ftp:dell.com

ftp.dell.com/catalog.xml.gz

The following python script will parse the XML file and output the available firmware updates and the actual path name in the labyrinth that is ftp.dell.com. You can automate the rest...

This script should also work if you use Dell Repository Manager to create a local (subset) clone of ftp.dell.com based on your inventory.

Usage:

python dell-catalog.py Catalog.xml   R510

python dell-catalog.py Catalog.xml   M915

etc

#! /usr/bin/python

import os,sys

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

tree = ET.parse( sys.argv[1] )

server = sys.argv[2]

root = tree.getroot()

repo = '/srv/pub/DRM/'

software = dict()

for child in root.iter('SoftwareComponent'):

   path = child.attrib['path']

   basename = os.path.basename(path)

   software[basename] = path

   # print basename, "=", path

for child in root.iter('SoftwareBundle'):

   target = child.find('TargetSystems/Brand/Model/Display')

   if (target.text != server):

       continue

   if (child.attrib['bundleID'].find('WIN') != -1 ):

       continue

   print "## ---software bundle---"

   print "##", child.attrib['bundleID'], target.text

   print "## ---"

   contents = child.find('Contents')

   print "## The following packages are available:"

   for package in child.iter('Package'):

       mypath = package.attrib['path']

       print "Name: {}  File: {}".format(mypath, software[mypath])

   print "## ---end of software bundle"

   print

## ---software bundle---

## PH36069_LIN.440 R510

## ---

## The following packages are available:

Name: Diagnostics_Application_F81WT_LN32_5157A0_5157.1.BIN  File: FOLDER00736377M/2/Diagnostics_Application_F81WT_LN32_5157A0_5157.1.BIN

Name: Drivers-for-OS-Deployment_Application_K4N86_LN32_7.1.1.1_A00.BIN  File: FOLDER00816867M/1/Drivers-for-OS-Deployment_Application_K4N86_LN32_7.1.1.1_A00.BIN

Name: ESM_Firmware_FMWT1_LN32_1.01_A01.BIN  File: FOLDER00419861M/1/ESM_Firmware_FMWT1_LN32_1.01_A01.BIN

Name: ESM_Firmware_KG43R_LN32_1.92_A00.BIN  File: FOLDER00808202M/1/ESM_Firmware_KG43R_LN32_1.92_A00.BIN

Name: ESM_Firmware_V8Y6N_LN32_1.10_A00.BIN  File: FOLDER00523057M/1/ESM_Firmware_V8Y6N_LN32_1.10_A00.BIN

...etc...etc...etc