Users Guide

Protocol Used for
Server IP
Discovery and
Inventory
Protocol Used for
iDRAC IP
Discovery and
Inventory
Preferred System Update
Mode Selected in
Advanced Settings
Credentials for
System Update
Actual Update Mode
NOTE: When an iDRAC IP is
discovered using SNMP,
iDRAC software inventory is
not retrieved and all
components are updated are
using Server Administrator
irrespective of the preferred
system update mode
selected.
SNMP SNMP Out-of-Band (iDRAC) Server
WMI SNMP In-Band (Operating
System)
Server All components are updated using
OpenManage Server Administrator.
WMI SNMP Out-of-Band (iDRAC) Server All components are updated using
Server Administrator because the
protocol used for iDRAC discovery
and inventory was SNMP.
WMI SNMP In-Band (Operating
System)
Server All components are updated using
the operating system.
SSH WS-Man/SNMP In-Band (Operating
System)
Server All components are updated using
the operating system.
SNMP WS-Man In-Band (Operating
System)
Server All components are updated using
OpenManage Server Administrator.
SNMP WS-Man Out-of-Band (iDRAC) iDRAC BIOS, rmware, and applications
are updated using iDRAC.
NOTE: When an iDRAC IP is
discovered using WS-Man,
the iDRAC software
inventory is retrieved and
the components are updated
using iDRAC.
However, if drivers are present in
addition to BIOS, rmware, and
applications, then all the
components are updated using
Server Administrator and not
iDRAC.
WMI WS-Man In-Band (Operating
System)
Server All components are updated using
OpenManage Server Administrator.
WMI WS-Man Out-of-Band (iDRAC) iDRAC BIOS, rmware, and applications
are updated using iDRAC.
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