Users Guide

NOTE: The Single Click all blade update method has the following benets:

• 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 rmware.

• 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 rmware before updating the

server component rmware modules. After updating the CMC rmware, in the CMC Web interface, you can update the server component

rmware 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

rmware, reducing the number of reboots.

NOTE: iDRAC rmware 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.