Users Guide

To update an appliance software version:

1. Click Config in the left pane.

2. Under the Updates tab, click Upload, and browse through to the directory with the components you

are updating:

• <vmware-marvin-release-build>.rpm

• <EVO_RAIL_release-build.>.zip

• <VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-release-build-updaterepo>.zip (if applicable)

• <ESXI-release-build>.zip (if applicable)

a. Select a file, and click Open.

b. Repeat for each component in the EVO:RAIL Release

3. Click Check now. If the EVO:RAIL check succeeds, the Offline Updates box adds a switch for you to

enable to perform the update.

4. Click to change the state of Offline Updates from No to Yes.

5. Click Update.

After the update is complete, you will receive a notification that you were disconnected from

EVO:RAIL Management. It can take up to 5 minutes for the new EVO:RAIL RPM to initialize. It can

take up to 15 minutes for the vCenter Server to restart and for all of services to initialize. The update

time for ESXi depends on the quantity of VMs and might take a few hours to complete; however, the

appliance will function as normal during that time.

6. After EVO:RAIL Management restarts, you are prompted to log in.

NOTE: If EVO:RAIL Management is not fully present after the automatic restart, refresh the web

browser. For more information, see the VMware Knowledge Base Article 2101828.

Updating appliance firmware, driver, BIOS

Dell Power Tools Cluster Services Manager (CSM) provides a cluster-aware solution integrated into the

EVO:RAIL UI for updating firmware (FW), drivers and BIOS. CSM provides notification whenever a host

component’s firmware or software is determined to be out of date. By using the CSM user interface, you