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• Graceful Reboot with forced shutdown (Warm with forced) — Select this option to shut down and then reboot the
operating system by forcefully turning off the target system.
NOTE: By default, the Graceful Reboot with forced shutdown reboot method is selected.
c. If you want to skip the signature and hash check on the system update package, select Skip Signature and Hash Check.
d. For out-of-band update only — If you experience failures while performing updates using the iDRAC, select Before update,
reset the iDRAC.
CAUTION: If the Before update, reset the iDRAC option is selected, all pending jobs or activities scheduled on
the iDRAC will be cancelled before the update is applied. If required, you must create the iDRAC jobs again.
7. In the Enter Credentials for the task execution section, type the user name and password of the iDRAC (for out-of-band
updates) or operating system (for in-band updates).
NOTE: For applying system updates on target systems running a Windows operating system with the User Account
Control (UAC) feature enabled:
• If the target system is part of a Domain, you must provide the credentials of either the Domain Administrator or a
member in the Administrators group. Do not provide the credentials of the local, non-domain account on the target
system, even if the account is in the Administrators group.
• If the target system is not part of a Domain, you must provide the Administrator credentials. If you want to provide
the credentials of a non-default Administrator account, ensure that the Remote WMI permissions are enabled for that
user account.
Examples: In a Windows domain environment, enter <Domain\Administrator> and password. In a Windows workgroup
environment, enter <LocalHost\Administrator> and the password
In a Linux environment, enter root and password. If you want to apply system updates using sudo, select Enable Sudo and
update the SSH port number.
NOTE: Before you apply system updates using sudo, create a new user account, edit the sudoers file using the
visudo command, and add the following:
For target systems running a 32-bit operating systems:
Cmnd_Alias OMEUPDATE = /bin/tar,/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omexec,/tmp/
LinuxPreInstallPackage/runbada,/tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage/omexec,/tmp/invcol.bin
<sudo_username> ALL=OMEUPDATE,NOPASSWD:OMEUPDATE
For target systems running a 64-bit operating systems:
Cmnd_Alias OMEUPDATE = /bin/tar,/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omexec,/tmp/
LinuxPreInstallPackage64/runbada,/tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage64/omexec,/tmp/
invcol64.bin <sudo_username> ALL=OMEUPDATE,NOPASSWD:OMEUPDATE
NOTE: Applying system updates using sudo is not supported for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server targets.
8. Click Finish.
NOTE: You cannot schedule Windows and Linux updates to occur using the same task. Create a separate task for
each.
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.
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