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software inventory; it is not restricted to administrators. You can get a list of
firmware for devices that are installed, and also the firmware that is available
for rollback and reinstallation.
Supported Devices
Remote instant firmware inventory is supported on these devices:
•iDRAC6
• Storage controllers (RAID Series 6 and 7)
• NICs and LOMs (Broadcom)
• Power supplies
•BIOS
• Driver Pack
•USC
•Diagnostics
The instant firmware inventory class provides firmware inventory information
on:
• The firmware installed in the supported devices
• The firmware versions available for installation for each device
Workflow
The DCIM_SoftwareInventory profile defines the Dell CIM data model
extensions that represent installed and available to be installed versions of
firmware and embedded software on the server. The firmware inventory can
be accessed using the WS-MAN web services protocol.
This is the typical workflow for a request for firmware inventory using
Windows WinRM:
1
Request inventory of the system using the WinRM enumeration
command for class
DCIM_SoftwareIdentity .
2 Inventory instances are pulled up from the system in both system-off and
system-on conditions.
3 Users that have administrator or Execute Server Command privileges can
retrieve the firmware and embedded software inventory of the system.
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