Users Guide

• Dell PowerEdge servers or Dell OEM servers that do not have OMSA installed.
• Servers running Linux that have OMSA installed, but the inventory collector component is uninstalled.
After the inventory information is collected, you can update the firmware, BIOS, or drivers of the server
through the System Update portal.
NOTE: The Create F/W & Driver Inventory Task utilizes the inventory collector component to
collect firmware and driver inventory from target servers. The inventory collector component is
deployed on each target server for collecting the inventory information. After the task is completed,
the inventory collector component is automatically removed.
To collect firmware and driver inventory:
1. Perform one of the following:
• Click Manage → Remote Tasks → Create F/W & Driver Inventory Task.
• If the server was discovered using WMI/SSH protocol and OMSA is not installed, click Manage →
System Update → Non-Inventoried Systems.
1. Select the systems you want to inventory and click Inventory.
2. In the Systems to Inventory window, click Run Inventory.
The Create a Firmware & Driver Inventory Task window is displayed.
2. On General, provide a name for the task.
3. If you want to filter the devices to be displayed in the Task Target based on the operating system,
select Filter devices based on Operating System.
a. Select Windows or Linux.
b. If applicable, select 64-bit System.
NOTE: By default, target devices that have OMSA installed are not displayed on the Task
Targets tab.
c. Select Show OMSA based targets to also view target devices that have OMSA installed in the Task
Target tab.
d. If you selected Show OMSA based targets, perform one of the following in the Future Software
Inventory Data Collected by section:
NOTE: The Future Software Inventory Data Collected by options only determine the
method OpenManage Essentials utilizes to gather firmware and driver inventory information
from target devices after an in-band system update. If the F/W and Driver task based
inventory option is selected, scheduled discovery and inventory cycles will still gather the
OMSA-based inventory from target devices, except the information in the Software
Inventory table.
• OMSA based inventory — Select to revert to gathering firmware and driver inventory
information through OMSA on target devices that have OMSA installed.
NOTE: To revert to gathering firmware and driver inventory information through OMSA,
you must either run the firmware and driver inventory task or delete and rediscover the
device.
• F/W and Driver task based inventory — Select to gather firmware and driver inventory
information through the inventory collector component, even though OMSA may be installed
on the device.
4. On Task Target, do one of the following:
• Select a query from the drop-down list or click New to create a new query.
• Select servers on which you want to run this task and click Next.
5. On Schedule and Credentials, set the schedule parameters, provide user credentials to enable the
task.
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