I can confirm that it works on some systems but not on others when using Red Hat's latest version of libsmbios and smbios-utils-bin (2.3.3-6) on RHEL 7. When using the latest versions from Dell (2.3.1-3013.13047), it works everywhere. I haven't tested the versions in EPEL.
I've found that on older 11G systems, the Red Hat versions don't work and I see the same things that Trond is seeing. This includes R815 systems and R810 systems (mostly all we have left from 11G). But on 12G and 13G systems the Red Hat versions work just fine. Presumably it works with 14G systems too, but we don't have any 14G systems up and running to test on yet. @Trond: What systems are you using that you're seeing the issues on? 11G systems by chance? So, it has something to do with the hardware itself that's not supported correctly with Red Hat's versions (but works fine with the latest Dell versions). Not sure is this is a Dell fix or Red Hat fix honestly (I would think Dell though). I can provide more info about systems I tested with, if that would help Dell. What Trond says is correct about the need for the new libsmbiosc++ package (see: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3409271#comment-1307921...if anyone can't view this, let me know and I can send along the contents of the comment to the list). From my understanding, it looks there are some fixes that will be included in a new libsmbios release from Red Hat (possibly for the issues we're seeing with 11G systems, if it's already fixed in the newer EPEL version), which will eventually obsolete the EPEL libsmbios/smbios-utils-bin packages. So, sounds like there's still some planned work on this before everything works correctly. Thanks. -- Matt Vander Werf HPC System Administrator University of Notre Dame Center for Research Computing - Union Station 506 W. South Street South Bend, IN 46601 On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:41 AM, Trond Hasle Amundsen < [email protected]> wrote: > Patrick Boutilier <[email protected]> writes: > > >> Installed smbios packages: > >> > >> # rpm -qa|grep smbios > >> libsmbios-2.3.3-6.el7.x86_64 > >> libsmbiosc++-2.3.1-3013.13047.el7.x86_64 > >> smbios-utils-bin-2.3.3-6.el7.x86_64 > > > > Works fine here. I do have slightly more recent smibio rpms though. > > > > rpm -qa|grep smbios > > smbios-utils-bin-2.3.3-7.el7.x86_64 > > libsmbios-2.3.3-7.el7.x86_64 > > Yep, presumably those are from EPEL. However, since the libsmbios > package is now available through Red Hat official repositories, the EPEL > packages should be retired according to the EPEL policy. Packages in > EPEL should not conflict or override official Red Hat packages. > > Which means that the Dell packages should be made to function with the > Red Hat packages. It seems that the Red Hat libsmbios package is missing > some functionality, and that is the reasoning behind the new libsmbiosc++ > package from Dell. > > I've confirmed that it works with the (soon-to-be-retired) EPEL > packages, but it doesn't work with the new Red Hat libsmbios + Dell > libsmbiosc++ combo. Hopefully it's an easy fix for Dell :) > > Regards, > -- > Trond Hasle Amundsen <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge >
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