Users Guide

Maintenance
Using Maintenance Center page you can export server inventory, and schedule jobs for upgrading the servers, recovering
servers to an earlier state by exporting its earlier configuration, applying the same configurations as that of the old component
on replaced components, and exporting LC logs for troubleshooting.
Topics:
• About firmware updates
• Recovery
• Applying firmware and configuration settings
• Collecting LC logs
• Exporting inventory
About firmware updates
You can maintain up-to-date firmware versions of Dell EMC server components as per the recommendations. Create update
sources, and custom update groups, or use the predefined update groups to do the firmware update. You can create, and
schedule jobs for firmware updates, and schedule notifications to receive alerts when new catalogs are available at update
source. A comparison report for the existing firmware version and the baseline version is provided. Based on this information,
you can create an inventory file. Also, you can filter the information based on the type of updates, server components, and
server models. You can perform updates only on servers whose hardware is compatible because the iDRAC updates are available
only for the minimum supported version and later.
NOTE:
After upgrading to the latest version of OMIMSSC version, if the connection to ftp.dell.com or
downloads.dell.com fails, the default Dell online FTP, or the Dell HTTP update source cannot download the catalog
file, and hence the comparison report is not available. To view a comparison report, edit the default Dell online FTP, or the
Dell HTTP update source, create proxy credentials, and then select the same from the Select Update Source drop-down
menu. For more information about editing an update source, see the Modifying update source.
OMIMSSC provides the following update actions in the Maintenance center page:
● Downgrade—there is an earlier version available at update source and you can downgrade the firmware to this version.
● No Action Required—the firmware version is at the same level as the one in the repository.
● No Update Available—no firmware updates are available for the component.
● Upgrade - Optional—updates consist of new features or any specific configuration upgrades that are optional.
● Upgrade - Urgent—critical updates used for resolving security, performance, or break-fix situations in components such as
BIOS, and so on, are available.
● Upgrade - Recommended—updates carry bug fixes or any feature enhancements in the OMIMSSC. Also, compatibility fixes
with other firmware updates are included.
OMIMSSC provides the following methods to perform firmware updates:
● Update using DRM repository—export the inventory information of the discovered servers from Appliance to prepare a
repository in DRM. For information about exporting the inventory information, see the Exporting inventory.
○ After creating a repository in DRM, select the relevant servers and initiate an update on the servers. Consider other
factors such as testing on test environment, security updates, application recommendations, Dell advisories, and so on,
to prepare the required updates. For more information about creating a repository, see the Dell Repository Manager
documents available at Dell.com/support/home.
● Update using FTP or HTTP—update any specific component to the latest update provided on the FTP or HTTP site. Dell
IT prepares a repository at a quarterly cadence.
○ Integration with Dell Online Catalog—connect to Dell FTP and download the catalog file in the cache directory if it is
an FTP update source, or connect to downloads.dell.com if it is an HTTP update source, and then make it as a
reference inventory.
○ View the comparison report against the update source, select the relevant servers or server components, and then
initiate an update on the servers.
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