Users Guide

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).

The latest version of the Dell Repository Manager is not required to create this directory.

However, DRM version 1.8 provides an option to create a repository (directory of updates) based

on the M1000e inventory that was exported. For more information on saving chassis inventory

report see Saving Chassis Inventory Report Using CMC Web Interface. For information on

creating a repository using the DRM, 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.

Lifecycle Controller provides module update support through iDRAC. 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.

NOTE: iDRAC firmware must be at version 3.2 or later to support this feature.

If Lifecycle Controller service is disabled on the server, the Component/Device Firmware Inventory

section displays Lifecycle Controller may not be enabled.

Related Concepts

Enabling Lifecycle Controller

Filtering Components for Firmware Updates

Viewing Firmware Inventory

Lifecycle Controller Job Operations

Updating IOM Infrastructure Device Firmware

Server Component Update Sequence

In case of individual component updates, you must update the firmware versions for the server

components in the following sequence:

• iDRAC

• Lifecycle Controller

• Diagnostics (optional)

• OS Driver Packs (optional)

• BIOS

• NIC

• RAID

• Other components