Users Guide

6. Click Finish.
The firmware update job takes several minutes to complete, and the time varies based on the number of components included
for the firmware update job. You can view the status of the firmware update jobs on the Job Queue page. To access the job
queue page, in OpenManage Integration, select Monitor > Job Queue > Firmware Updates. After firmware update task is
complete, the inventory runs automatically on the selected hosts and hosts exit automatically from maintenance mode based on
an option selected in the Schedule Firmware Update page.
Running firmware update wizard for non-vSAN
clusters
OMIVV allows you to perform BIOS and firmware updates on all hosts of a cluster. The wizard only updates hosts that are part
of a connection profile and compliant in terms of firmware, CSIOR status, hypervisor, and OMSA status (11th generation servers
only). OMIVV performs a cluster aware firmware update if Distribute Resource Scheduling (DRS) is enabled on the cluster, by
migrating the workload when a host enters or exits maintenance mode.
Ensure that the following conditions are met before running the firmware update wizard:
● The firmware update repository is already set. For information about setting up firmware update repository, see Setting up
the firmware update repository.
● There are no active firmware update jobs for any hosts under the cluster that you are updating.
● The hosts in the cluster are added to a connection profile and inventory is run successfully.
● DRS is enabled.
NOTE: VMware recommends clusters to be built with identical server hardware.
NOTE: During the firmware update process, Dell EMC recommends not to delete the following:
● The host/hosts of a cluster from vCenter for which the firmware update job is in progress.
● The connection profile of the host/hosts of a cluster for which the firmware update job is in progress.
1. To launch the Firmware Update wizard, in OpenManage Integration, click Clusters and perform either of the following
substeps:
● Click a cluster, select Actions > All OpenManage Integration Actions > Firmware Update.
● In the Objects tab, select Actions > All OpenManage Integration Actions > Firmware Update.
● Click a cluster, select Monitor > Dell EMC Cluster Information > Firmware. In the Firmware screen, click the Run
Firmware Wizard link.
● Right-click a cluster, select Actions > All OpenManage Integration Actions > Firmware Update.
OMIVV checks compliance of the host and whether any other firmware update job is in progress in any host within the same
cluster. After the verification, the Firmware Update page is displayed.
2. On the Welcome page, read the instructions, and click Next.
The Select Servers page is displayed.
3. On the Select Servers page, in the Name tree view, use the check boxes to select the hosts.
4. Click Next.
The Select Update Source page is displayed where you can select the bundles. The repository location is also displayed.
5. On the Select Update Source page, each model of the selected host has a drop-down list next to the model name from
which you can select the required bundle. Select the desired bundle for firmware update.
NOTE:
OMIVV supports 32–bit and 64–bit bundles for firmware update. Apart from these bundles, OMIVV also creates
a hybrid bundle when there are 32-bit and 64-bit bundles available in the catalog for a particular model with the same
release ID.
NOTE: 64-bit bundles are not supported for 12th generation hosts with iDRAC version 1.51 and earlier.
NOTE: 64-bit bundles are not supported for 11th generation hosts on all iDRAC versions.
6. Click Next.
The Select Components page is displayed. The page displays the details of components such as hostname, Service Tag,
Model Name, Component, Current, Available, Criticality, Reboot required.
7. On the Select Components page, use the check boxes to select at least one component from the list, and click Next to
proceed.
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