Users Guide

• Schedule Update — Select this option and then select the date and time to update the firmware.

ASM applies the firmware updates at a selected date and time and then reboot to all servers within this service. For servers

belonging to a VMware vSphere cluster, servers will be updated one at a time by putting it first into maintenance mode,

then performing the firmware update and rebooting the server, and finally bringing the server out of maintenance mode

before moving on to the next server.

3. Click Save.

NOTE: Firmware update on a server that is part of a cluster is successful only if the server is set in maintenance

mode. ASM sets servers in a cluster in maintenance mode before updating firmware. To ensure that the server

remains in maintenance mode, ensure that there are other servers available in the cluster to host the virtual

machines of the server that is updated.

NOTE: Firmware update on a VMware cluster is successful only if the cluster is properly configured for HA. For

example, the host system can be set in maintenance mode and the virtual machines can be moved from one host to

another in the cluster.

Removing resources

NOTE: Only the user with Administrator role can remove resources from ASM.

To remove any particular resource from ASM, perform the following steps:

1. On the home page, click Resources.

2. On the Resources page, click the All Resources tab.

3. From the list of resources, select one or more resources, and click Remove.

4. Click OK when the confirmation message is displayed.

If you remove a Chassis, the Chassis and associated servers and I/O modules are removed from ASM. The removal process shuts

down the servers and erases identity information to prevent potential corruption, and identity information returns to the associated

pool. Associated targets (for example, storage volume) are not affected.

NOTE: You cannot remove a chassis that is in a Pending state.

If you remove a server, the server state changes to Pending. The server powers off, ASM erases network identity information from

the server to prevent potential corruption, and network identity information returns to the associated pool.

NOTE: Before you add new servers using existing iDRAC IP Address in an inventory, ensure that you remove the old

servers from ASM before discovering the new servers.

Viewing the firmware and software compliance report

The following are the steps to view the firmware and software compliance report:

1. On the home page, click Resources.

2. Select a resource to view the compliance report.

3. In the right pane, click the link corresponding to Firmware/Software Compliance.

The Server Firmware/Software Compliance Report page is displayed.

4. Click Firmware Components to view the firmware components.

5. Click Software Components to view the software components.

NOTE: To update the non-compliant resources, click Update Resources.

NOTE: If there is no catalog attached to the resource, you cannot perform the firmware update or software update.