Users Guide

48 Remote Services Operations
The firmware inventory feature will return an inventory of the installed
firmware on devices on the system and the inventory of available
BIOS/firmware on the iDRAC6 express card Lifecycle Controller. It also
returns the inventory of both the currently installed version of BIOS
/Firmware on the iDRAC6 Express card and the versions available for rollback
(N and N-1 versions) that can be installed using the remote update Web
services interface.
Instant Firmware Inventory
Instant firmware inventory allows you to run an inventory independent of
whether the system is turned on or off. Traditionally, the system firmware
inventory was performed by downloading an inventory collector onto the
operating system, executing it locally, and then gathering the results. Instant
firmware inventory allows you to inventory the host platform remotely from a
WS-Management client, even if the host is not running an operating system.
iDRAC user credentials used for the WS-Management request
authentication requires Execute Server Command privileges to request
firmware and embedded 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 for these devices and
components:
•iDRAC6
• Storage controllers (RAID Series 6 and 7)
• Broadcom NICs and LOMs
•Power supplies
•BIOS
•OS Driver Pack
•USC
•Diagnostics