Comparing and
updating firmware inventory for systems in a collection
About this task
This feature
enables you to retrieve, compare, and update firmware inventory on
the Dell systems with Lifecycle Controllers in a collection.
NOTE To compare and update
firmware remotely, you must ensure that the Dell systems have iDRAC6
firmware version 1.5 or higher. For more information on upgrading
to firmware version 1.5, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Version 1.5 User Guide available at Dell.com/support/home.
To compare and update firmware
inventory:
Steps
In Configuration Manager Version 1610, Configuration Manager 2012 SP2, Configuration
Manager 2012 R2 SP1, Configuration Manager 2012 R2, Configuration
Manager 2012 SP1, or Configuration Manager 2012, under Device Collections, right-click All Dell Lifecycle
Controller Servers and select Dell Lifecycle Controller > Launch Config Utility.
From the left pane of the Dell Lifecycle Controller Configuration
Utility, select Firmware Inventory, Compare, and Update.
Select a baseline from the following options:
Dell PDK
Catalog — to specify a Dell PDK catalog to compare with the firmware
inventory. To specify a PDK catalog:
Click Browse to navigate to the file location where you have
saved the catalog. Ensure that the catalog resides on a CIFS share
that is accessible to the Dell Lifecycle Controllers.
Specify the User Name and Password to the
CIFS share where your catalog resides if you want to update the firmware
inventory from the catalog. You do not need to specify the user name
and password if you are viewing or comparing against the catalog.
NOTE To update the firmware
inventory, you must point to a local repository.
FTP: ftp.Dell.com — to connect to a catalog on the Dell
FTP site to compare the firmware inventory.
Firmware Inventory Profile — to specify an existing profile
that you have saved and use it to compare and update the firmware
inventory for the collection.
Click Next.
The Firmware Inventory, Compare, and
Update screen displays the following information:
Name — displays the name of the systems in the collection.
Model — displays the system model information.
Component — displays the components available on the
servers.
Version — displays the firmware versions of the components.
Baseline — displays the baseline firmware version of
the components.
Criticality — displays the status of the firmware and
indicates if the firmware of your collection is compliant, or needs
an update.
Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the information
to clipboard, or click Export to CSV to export
the information in comma-separated values format.
Select the systems that you want to update with newer firmware and
click Next.
The screen displays the firmware download
progress.
After the download is complete, click Next and choose one of the following options:
Start now — to start the update immediately.
Start on next boot — to start the update when the systems
boot next.
Schedule update — to specify a date and time and schedule
an update on that date.
Click Finish to complete the firmware update
process.
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