User's Manual

System Update Use Case Scenarios
The table below provides use case scenarios about how system updates occur based on different
protocols and the update modes.
Protocol Used
for Server IP
Discovery and
Inventory
Protocol Used
for iDRAC IP
Discovery and
Inventory
Preferred System
Update Mode
Selected in
Advanced Settings
Credentials for
System
Update
Actual Update Mode
SNMP SNMP OpenManage Server
Administrator
Server All components are
updated using
OpenManage Server
Administrator.
NOTE: When an
iDRAC IP is discovered
using SNMP, iDRAC
software inventory is
not retrieved and all
components are
updated are using
Server Administrator
irrespective of the
preferred system
update mode selected.
SNMP
SNMP iDRAC Server
WMI SNMP OpenManage Server
Administrator
Server All components are
updated using
OpenManage Server
Administrator.
WMI SNMP iDRAC Server All components are
updated using Server
Administrator because the
protocol used for iDRAC
discovery and inventory
was SNMP.
SNMP WS-MAN OpenManage Server
Administrator
Server All components are
updated using
OpenManage Server
Administrator.
SNMP WS-MAN iDRAC iDRAC BIOS, firmware, and
applications are updated
using iDRAC.
NOTE: When an
iDRAC IP is discovered
using WS-MAN, the
iDRAC software
inventory is retrieved
and the components
are updated using
iDRAC.
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