Release Notes
breaches. Before you run DUPs on your system, elevate the privileges for administrators using Windows
security options in Group Policy Editor. For more
information, see the DUPs User Guide.
Sometimes a pop up with dialog message saying "You need to format the disk in Drive A: before you can use
it" if any USB Device is attached through iDRAC virtual media. If you get this pop up message then ignore it
during DUP execution and close the pop up by clicking close button after DUP execution is completed
(BITS041566).
“The Update Package is running on an unsupported new operating system, do you want to continue?” message
will pop-up in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system, because all DUPs are not recreated based on
new DUP framework.
Note: Ensure that a drive is available for DUPs to mount a partition to complete an update successfully.
Power Supply Unit (PSU) Dell Update Packages (DUPs)
After a Successful Power Supply firmware update, the system turns off, for up to 5 to 10 minutes, and reboots
automatically. If you perform a cold boot (AC Power cycle) during the firmware update, the system does not boot.
Unified Server Configurator (USC) Dell Update Packages (DUPs)
Lifecycle controller updates require system services to be enabled.
For the first time, before you attempt to run Driver Package Diagnostics DUPs, execute the USC DUP.
If the operating system is installed from "Operating System Deployment", select "Reboot and Exit" in the USC
environment before booting to the operating system. This closes the USC session which is held for 18 hours. If
you do not want to enter the USC and select "Reboot and Exit", but want to execute the DUPs within 18 hours,
unplug the power supply of the system, wait for 10 seconds, and then power on the system.
12 G and 13G BIOS
BIOS updates require system services/Lifecycle controller to be enabled.
If the operating system is installed from "Operating System Deployment", select "Reboot and Exit" in the USC
environment before booting to the operating system. This closes the USC session which is held for 18 hours. If
you do not want to enter the USC and select "Reboot and Exit", but want to execute the DUPs within 18 hours,
unplug the power supply of the system, wait for 10 seconds, and then power on the system.
BIOS DUP will use LC to update BIOS. BIOS DUP will stage the BIOS firmware to maser partition and
create a SSIB update task, which is executed by the SSM manager on reboot. The update task in the SSIB is a
call to update wrapper in LC which has BIOS update logic.
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, the BIOS can be updated
using the Diskette method, by running the Dell Update Package after adding more memory, or by running the
Dell Update Package immediately after a reboot.
BIOS update is not supported on PowerEdge R210 with BIOS version 1.0.33, 1.2.1, or 1.1.4 installed. BIOS
versions earlier than 1.3.4 do not support the online update method used by the DUP process on the
PowerEdge R210 under Window Server 2008R2. To update BIOS from one
of the versions listed, use the offline BIOS update. Once version 1.3.4 of BIOS is installed, all
future BIOS will be supported.
BIOS update is not supported on PowerEdge T310 with BIOS version 1.0.2, 1.1.6, or 1.2.1 installed. BIOS
versions earlier than 1.3.6 do not support the online update method used by the DUP process on the
PowerEdge T310 under Window Server 2008R2. To update BIOS from one of the
versions listed, use the offline BIOS update. Once version 1.3.6 of BIOS is installed, all future BIOS
will be supported.
BIOS update is not supported on PowerEdge R310 with BIOS version 1.0.0 installed. BIOS versions earlier
than 1.1.5 do not support the online update method used by the DUP process on the PowerEdge R310 under
Window Server 2008R2. To update BIOS from one of the versions listed,
use the offline BIOS update. Once version 1.1.5 of BIOS is installed, all future BIOS will be
supported.
Dell Embedded Open Manage Server Administrator
The Dell Update Package for Dell Embedded Open Manage Server Administrator can only be applied