Release Notes
BIOS
A BIOS update requires enough free physical memory to load the entire BIOS image into the physical memory. If
there is insufficient free physical memory available on the system to load the BIOS image, the Dell Update Package
for BIOS may fail. In this instance, you may attempt running the Dell Update Package immediately after reboot or
after adding more memory. If this does not resolve the issue, update the BIOS using the Diskette method.
If the above memory limitation occurs on VMware ESX Server, the problem is because the console operating
system available memory is only 272 MB by default. Increase the console operating system memory to 800 MB
temporarily and perform the firmware update. During ESX Server boot up, perform the following steps to increase
the available memory:
1. While booting, press "e" on the VMware ESX line (Grub option display screen).
2. Press "e" again on the 'uppermem=' line and edit uppermem=819200.
3. Press "Enter".
4. Press "e" on the kernel line (below the uppermem line).
i. Edit the kernel line with mem=800M and press “Enter”.
5. Press "b" to boot with these options.
6. Perform the firmware update.
BIOS update may issue the following kernel messages on the console and in "/var/log/messages":
dcd***: disagrees about the version of symbol struct_module
dcd***: Unknown symbol get_user_size
dcd***: Unknown symbol put_user_size
Ignore these messages because they do not refer to errors in BIOS update.
Dell Embedded Open Manage Server Administrator
The Dell Update Package for Dell Embedded Open Manage Server Administrator can only be applied in a pre-
operating system environment that uses the Embedded Linux (ELI) through the Dell OpenManage Deployment
Toolkit (DTK).
Intel firmware
The Linux FW DUP file requires DKMS (Version 2.2.x up to 2.2.0.2-1) and will not install correctly without
it. It also requires that the appropriate kernel sources and the compiler be installed, because the Intel iqvLinux
driver must be compiled on the target system.
Emulex firmware
Before running the Dell (Emulex) Network firmware DUP ensure that Dell (Emulex) driver packages are
installed on the system.
DRAC 5 firmware
Before updating the DRAC firmware, ensure that the following conditions are met:
1. USB is enabled
2. IPMI is working properly
3. DRAC Virtual Flash is not in use either by the operating system or by any other application
The Linux DUP in this release may not work on RHEL 5. It works on earlier versions of RHEL. In cases where it does not
work, use the web pack to perform this update.
Power Supply Unit firmware
Power Supply Unit firmware updates can be performed only on Life Cycle Controller enabled systems.