Users Guide

server components in a single operation. You can setup a custom remote repository of firmware DUPs

and binary images using the Dell Repository Manager and share it on the Network Share. Alternatively,

use the Dell Repository Manager (DRM) to check for the latest available firmware updates. The Dell

Repository Manager (DRM) ensures that the Dell systems are up-to-date with the latest BIOS, driver,

firmware, and software. You can search for the latest updates available from the Support site

(support.dell.com) for supported platforms based on Brand and Model or a Service Tag. You can

download the updates or build a repository from the search results. For more information on using the

DRM to search for latest firmware updates, refer to http://en.community.dell.com/TECHCENTER/

EXTRAS/M/WHITE_PAPERS/20438118/DOWNLOAD on the Dell Tech Center. For information on saving

the inventory file that DRM uses as input to create the repositories, see Saving Chassis Inventory Report

Using CMC Web Interface

NOTE: The Single Click all blade update method has the following benefits:

• Enables you to update all the components on all the blade servers with minimal clicks.

• All the updates are packaged in a directory. This avoids individual upload of each component’s

firmware.

• Faster and consistent method of updating the server components.

• Enables you to maintain a standard image with the required updates versions of the server

components that can be used to update multiple servers in a single operation.

• You can copy the directories of updates from the Dell Server Update Utility (SUU) download DVD

or create and customize the required update versions in the Dell Repository Manager (DRM). You

do not need the latest version of the Dell Repository Manager to create this directory. However,

Dell Repository Manager version 1.8 provides an option to create a repository (directory of

updates) based on the inventory that was exported from the servers in the chassis. For

information on creating a repository using the Dell Repository Manger see the

Dell Repository

Manager Data Center Version 1.8 User’s Guide and the Dell Repository Manager Business Client

Version 1.8 User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

It is recommended to update the CMC firmware before updating the server component firmware

modules. After updating the CMC firmware, in the CMC Web interface, you can update the server

component firmware on the

Chassis Overview → Server Overview → Update → Server Component

Update page. It is also recommended to select all the component modules of a server to be updated

together. This enables Lifecycle Controller to use its optimized algorithms to update the firmware,

reducing the number of reboots.

To update the server component firmware, using the CMC Web interface, click Chassis Overview →

Server Overview → Update → Server Component Update.

If the server does not support the Lifecycle Controller service, the Component/Device Firmware

Inventory section displays Not Supported. For the latest generation servers, install the Lifecycle

Controller firmware and update the iDRAC firmware to enable the Lifecycle Controller service on the

server. For earlier generation servers, this upgrade is not possible.

Normally, the Lifecycle Controller firmware is installed using an appropriate installation package that is

executed on the server operating system. For supported servers, a special repair or installation package

with an .usc file extension is available. This file enables you to install the Lifecycle Controller firmware

through the firmware update facility available on the native iDRAC Web browser interface.

You can also install Lifecycle Controller firmware through an appropriate installation package executed

on the server OS. For more information, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide.