Users Guide

5. Type or select the appropriate data.

6. Click Next.

The Select Updates page is displayed with the catalog file, catalog version, and component names

for which the updates are available.

7. Select the components that require an update, and then click Apply.

The update process is initiated and the firmware update is completed. After restart, the system is

ready to use.

NOTE: The system does not restart if operating system driver packs, OS collector tool, or

hardware diagnostics are updated.

NOTE: When applying more than one update, the system may restart between updates. In this

case, Lifecycle Controller restarts the server and automatically continues the update process.

NOTE: iDRAC resets while updating iDRAC. If the iDRAC firmware update is interrupted for any

reason, wait for up to 30 minutes before you attempt another firmware update.

NOTE: After the CPLD firmware is updated on the modular servers, on the View Current

Versions page, under Firmware Update, the firmware update date is displayed as 2000-01-01,

regardless of the actual update date. The updated date and time are displayed based on the

time zone that is configured on the server.

NOTE: On a Dell PowerEdge server, using Lifecycle Controller, if you update the Intel Network

Card firmware from version 15.0.xx to 16.5.xx or vice versa, then to view the updated firmware

version, you may reboot the server..

NOTE: If you are updating the Intel Network Card firmware from version 14.5.x to 16.5.xx or

vice versa on a Dell PowerEdge server by using Lifecycle Controller, the Firmware Rollback

page may display the firmware version as 15.0.xx. instead of 14.5.x. However, the Firmware

Rollback page displays the version 14.5.x if you update the firmware by using the Intel Network

firmware DUPs on the OS.

Related Concepts

Firmware update

Firmware update methods

Version compatibility

Selecting the type of update and update source

Selecting and applying updates

Updating or rolling back devices that affect Trusted Platform Module settings

Selecting the type of update and update source

To perform the updates, you can download single component DUPs or repository (Catalog.xml) using

the Firmware Update wizard to one of the following:

NOTE: The Catalog.xml file contains the individual server bundles. Each bundle consists of all the

DUP information (md5 security key, date and time, path, Release ID, version, and so on).

• FTP server — Dell FTP Server, Local FTP, or FTP server using a proxy server.

NOTE: Make sure that the repository (catalog file) and DUPs are copied to the root folder of the

source

• Local Drive — Use a USB drive, Dell Server Updates DVD, or Lifecycle Controller OS Driver Packs DVD

• Network Share