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Comparing rmware versions

Using single component DUPs

Using a local drive

Using a FTP server

Using a network share

Updating or rolling back devices that aect Trusted Platform Module settings

Using a local drive

Lifecycle Controller allows you to perform rmware updates using locally available DVDs or USB drives, or virtual media. This exibility

improves the eciency of the update process when there is a high network trac. After selecting the update repository, Lifecycle

Controller automatically detects any necessary updates, and performs those updates on components you specically select.

To access the repository on the local drive, create a repository on a DVD or USB drive and attach it to the server locally or using a virtual

media.

Using a DVD

Use either the Server Update Utility (SUU) DVDs or custom DVDs (SUU ISO downloaded from dell.com/support and written to a DVD) to

perform the rmware updates. The available DVDs are:

• OpenManage SUU DVD to update all the server components such as Lifecycle Controller, Dell Diagnostics, BIOS, RAID controller, NIC,

iDRAC, and Power Supply Unit.

• Lifecycle Controller OS Driver Packs DVD (Windows only) to update the operating system driver packs.

To access the updates from a DVD:

1 Insert the appropriate DVD in the locally attached CD/DVD drive. Alternatively, insert the appropriate DVD in the client and use the

Virtual Media feature to access the attached CD/DVD drive. For more information, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller

(iDRAC) User’s Guide at dell.com/esmmanuals.

2 From the Local Drive drop-down menu, select the drive that contains the updated DVD.

3 In the File Path or Update package path eld, enter the location or subdirectory where the catalog is available.

NOTE

: If the catalog le is located in the root folder, do not enter the le name in the File Path or Update package path

eld. However, if the catalog le is located in a subdirectory, enter the subdirectory name.

NOTE: If the catalog le or DUP is downloaded from ftp.dell.com, do not copy them to a

subdirectory.

NOTE: Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the le name and le extension. For example, if

56 characters are used for le name and extension, only 200 characters can be used for the path. Lifecycle Controller

does not support these characters -:, *,?,”,<,>,|,#,%,^, and SPACE.

Using a USB drive

You can download the repository from the SUU DVD or from an FTP location to a USB drive, and then access the updates from this drive.

Before downloading the repository to the USB drive, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• The updates are downloaded using the Dell Repository Manager and the repository is created on a USB drive.

NOTE

: To download the complete repository, make sure that the USB drive has 8 GB free space.

• Connect the USB drive to the system.

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