Users Guide

2. In Maintenance Settings, click Update Groups, select the update group, and then click Delete to delete the update
group.
Applying updates on servers
You can apply immediate updates or schedule the updates on servers or on a group of servers by creating firmware update jobs.
The jobs created for updates are listed under Jobs and Logs Center page. Also, you can downgrade the firmware version to
the suggested version by selecting Allow Downgrade. If this option is not selected, then there is no action on the component
that requires a firmware downgrade.
NOTE:
● You can apply firmware updates on a single component of a server, or to the entire environment.
● If there are no applicable upgrades or downgrades for a server or a group of servers, performing a firmware update on
that server or a group of servers cause no action on the server or group of servers.
● When you are updating component level information, if the existing firmware version is same as the firmware version at
the update source, then there is no action on that component.
Prerequisites:
● To perform updates on servers, you require an update source available on a Dell online FTP or HTTP site, local FTP or HTTP
site, or Dell Repository Manager (DRM).
● Before applying the updates, clear the iDRAC job queue on the servers where the updates are applied.
● Make sure that the IG user has local administrator privileges on all the cluster nodes.
● Before applying the updates on cluster update groups, check the Cluster Readiness report for the following:
○ Connectivity to update source.
○ Availability of failover clusters.
○ Ensure that Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows 2016 OS is installed on all failover cluster
nodes to support the CAU feature.
○ Configuration of automatic updates is not enabled to automatically install updates on any failover cluster node.
○ Enablement of a firewall rule that allows remote shutdown on each node in the failover cluster.
○ Validate the configured Updating Run options. For more information, see Requirements and Best Practices for Cluster —
Aware Updating section at technet.microsoft.com.
○ Cluster group should have minimum of two nodes.
○ Check for cluster update readiness. For more information on CAU, see Requirements and Best Practices for Cluster —
Aware Updating section at technet.microsoft.com.
NOTE: Make sure there are no major errors and warnings in the report for applying the CAU method.
To apply updates on servers:
1. In DLCI Console Add-in for SCVMM, click Maintenance Center, select the server or server group and an update source,
and then click Run Update.
NOTE:
● For a component level update, expand the server groups to its component level, and click Run Update.
● When performing a firmware update for 11th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, you cannot upgrade the Power
Supply Unit (PSU) firmware versions.
2. In Update Details, provide the firmware update job name and description.
3. In Schedule Update, select one of the following:
● Run Now — to apply the updates now.
● Select the date and time to schedule a firmware update in future.
4. Select the method for updating by using Agent-free Update, or Agent-free Staged Update, and then click Finish.
NOTE:
After submitting a firmware update job to iDRAC, the appliance interacts with iDRAC for status of the job and
provides status updates in Jobs and Logs page in the Admin Console. Sometimes iDRAC does not provide any status
updates on the jobs tracked by the appliance. Appliance waits for maximum 6 hours, and if there is no response from
iDRAC then the firmware update job status is considered as failed.
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