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Dell Patch Management Solution
The Dell Patch Management solution enables you to scan your operating
environment to determine if the supported Dell™ PowerEdge™ systems meet
the minimum patch requirements for accepting the Dell Update Packages
(DUPs) for BIOS, drivers, and firmware; the solution also automates the
download and distribution of DUPs.
Dell Management Console supports patch updates for servers with Lifecycle
Controller. For more information on the minimum supported Lifecycle
Controller, and Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) firmware
required for patch updates, see the Support Information Matrix for Dell
Management Console.
The Symantec Management Agent, formerly Altiris Agent, is not required to
perform patch server update on servers with Lifecycle Controller.
The Lifecycle Controller enabled patch server update allows you to gather
information on the existing versions of BIOS, firmware, or both, Application
Dell Update Packages (APAC DUPs) such as operating system driver pack, 32-
bit diagnostics, and Unified Server Configurator (USC), and apply the latest
updates to various hardware components in Dell servers. You can also
schedule and deploy the required updates.
For systems that require updates, use the Dell Server Updates DVD or
download the appropriate DUPs from the Dell Support website at
ftp.dell.com.
Dell Patch Management Related Notes
• For a server selected as a Windows target during Stage and Distribute
(With Default Connection profile), a Rollout job will fail if you selected
the priority as Apply Updates using Lifecycle Controller. To resolve; For
LifeCycle Controller based
updates , use Lifecycle controller based targets.
• For a server selected as a Lifecycle Controller enabled target during Stage
and Distribute (With appropriate connection profile), a Rollout job will
fail if you selected the priority as Apply Updates using Altiris Agent. To
resolve; For Altiris Agent based updates, use Windows targets in stage and
distribute wizard.
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