Users Guide

Updating Firmware, BIOS, and Drivers Without OMSA
To update the firmware, BIOS, and drivers on a system that does not have OMSA installed:
1. Collect the software inventory from the server. See Collecting Firmware and Driver Inventory.
2. Update the system through the system update portal. See Applying System Updates Using the Non-
Compliant Systems Tab or Applying System Updates Using the System Update Task Wizard.
View Active Catalog
Select to view the catalog file that is currently in use for applying software updates.
Field Description
Source Displays the source. The source is either Server
Update Utility, FTP, or Repository Manager.
Source Type The type for source from which the catalog file is
taken. For example, Dell ftp site.
Release ID The unique identification number assigned to the
released catalog file.
Release Date The date on which the catalog file was released.
Newer version available Displays if a newer version is available.
Issues and Resolutions Use Case Scenarios
The following table provides information about the issues that are displayed in the Issues and
Resolutions for Updates tab.
Issue Resolution
PowerEdge VRTX was inventoried using either
SNMP or IPMI.
Perform discovery and inventory of PowerEdge
VRTX using WS-Man.
iDRAC was inventoried using either SNMP or IPMI. Perform discovery and inventory of iDRAC using
WS-Man.
iDRAC does not meet the minimum version
requirements.
Minimum supported iDRAC version for modular
servers is 2.20 and for monolithic servers is 1.4.
Manually install the required iDRAC versions to
proceed.
iDRAC does not have the required license. iDRAC requires license to perform system updates
which can be obtained using Dell License
Manager.
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