Practices Guide

Lifecycle Controller Integration―Best Practices Specification

4.13 USC Firmware DUP Update from CIFS or TFTP Share

This workflow performs an update of the USC (LC) firmware from a DUP by first downloading

the DUP to the system, then applying the update. By design, the update of the USC firmware

will be invoked immediately following download completion and cannot be scheduled for a

later time. Approximate time for completion is 30-60 minutes depending on the system

configuration.

Applies to: LC1.3.0+

Prerequisites for script:

 Desired DUP must be present on network share

 Set script variables by editing script

Script: USC_LC_update.win

A) The Lifecycle Controller remote service must be in a “ready” state before executing any

other WSMAN commands. The GetRSStatus() method or the GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus()

method may be used depending on the version of the LC Management registered profile.

B) GetSoftwareIdentities(): ENUMERATE the DCIM_SoftwareIdentity class to list the

firmwares of the system. See section 2.2 for a definition of

ENUMERATE.

C) Search the results from B) for "ElementName = Dell Lifecycle Controller" and note the

accompanying instanceID to be used in D). There may be additional characters and

numbers after the substring “Controller”.

D) InstallFromURI(): Invokes firmware update operation [ReturnValue=4096]

NOTE: The USC update is applied immediately, and cannot be scheduled for a later time.

E) Poll jobstatus for Completed: GET the InstanceID of from D). See section 2.3 for a

definition of

GET.

F) RequestiDRACStateChange(): Must reset idrac for changes to take effect [ReturnValue=0]

G) [LC1.5.0/LC1.5.1]Sleep for 10 minutes to allow reboot, POST, and CSIOR to complete

See Appendix 33.4.3 and 33.4.7 for more information about POST and CSIOR

H) The Lifecycle Controller remote service must be in a “ready” state before executing any

other WSMAN commands The GetRSStatus() method or the GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus()

method may be used depending on the version of the LC Management registered profile.

4.14

Automatic Firmware Update (12

Generation and Later

Version of Servers Only)

This workflow creates a recurring schedule to perform multiple firmware updates by

specifying a network repository that contains a catalog of available updates and the

scheduling parameters. At the specified schedule, all applicable updates contained in the

repository will be applied to the system.