User's Manual

Using the Systems Build and Update Utility 27
Updating Your System Firmware
If you have purchased a newly released Dell PowerEdge™ system, it is likely to
have the latest firmware. However, if more than a quarter has passed since the
release of your system, you may have to update the firmware.
1
On the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility Home screen, click
Configure against Firmware Update or click Firmware Update on the
left pane.
The
Repository Selection screen of the Firmware Updat e module appears.
2 Specify the location where your update files repository resides. For details,
see "Firmware Update."
If you want to compare your system component status with a different
version of the Server Update Utility, provide the location of the Server
Update Utility on the
Repository Selection screen.
3
Click Continue .
The
Firmware Update inventories your system and generates a
comparison report on the
Comparison Report screen.
This screen displays a comparison of the currently installed version of each
component on the existing system with the repository component version
for the same system. It also indicates the components that you need to
upgrade and those that you can downgrade.
NOTE: You can selectively upgrade components depending on your
requirement. However, you cannot perform selective downgrades.
4 Select any components that you might want to upgrade and click Systems
Build and Update Utility Home
.
NOTE: The Systems Build and Update Utility saves all the information about
the repository and the selections you made on the Comparison Report screen.
These updates will be applied during the actual deployment.