The PowerEdge R610 has a built in utilty that can be used to run a platform update which can connect to the Dell FTP site and get the latest updates as well as run diagnstics and deploy an operating system. This utility is called the Unified Server Configurator (USC) or Lifecyle controller and is accessed by pressing F10 during POST when you see the Dell splash screen. The user manual for the ISC can be found at the link bleow,  you can find specific instructions for running the platform update starting on page 37 under the Updating the platform using the Platform Update Wizard section.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smusc/smlc/lc_1_4/usclce/en/ug/pdf/usclce_en.pdf

Hi DELL-TODD,

That is certainly an option. However at build stage before vSphere ESXi 4.1 goes  on, I may not have a network connection and authentication thro' proxy and out to support.dell.com. This is why I was hoping for a DVD / CD patch solution.

Best Regards

Rob [ UK ]

Hi DELL-DANIEL R,

That is certainly an option. However at build stage before vSphere ESXi 4.1 goes  on, I may not have a network connection and authentication thro' proxy and out to support.dell.com. This is why I was hoping for a DVD / CD patch solution.

Best Regards

Rob [ UK ]

There is a DVD option to get the server patched. However it requires the download of 2 DVDs. The first one is the Server Build and Update Utility (SBUU) and the second is the Server Update Utility (SUU). The SBUU is the bootable disk. After you have booted to the SBUU select the option to perform the firmware update then you will then be prompted to select the repository location. At this point you can remove the SBUU from the server and insert the SUU and point the utility to the SUU to complete the updates.

SBUU

SUU

Note - A double layer DVD (DVD-9) media is required to burn the DVD image.


Download all ISO file segments into an empty subdirectory on your local hard drive. After you have downloaded all the file segments, run the following command to create the ISO file:

copy /b om* om640_suu_a00.iso [Windows]
cat om* > om640_suu_a00.iso [Linux]

Note: If the wildcard format above does not bring the file segments in the right order, run the following command instead to create the ISO file:

copy /b om640_suu_a00.iso.001+om640_suu_a00.iso.002+om640_suu_a00.iso.003+om640_suu_a00.iso.004 om640_suu_a00.iso [Windows]

cat om640_suu_a00.iso.001 om640_suu_a00.iso.002 om640_suu_a00.iso.003 om640_suu_a00.iso.004 > om640_suu_a00.iso [Linux]

Thanks for all your help guys.

I am going to try this:

http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Updates+using+USB+with+Lifecycle+Controller

Best Regards

vmrob

In fact, it is the exact same method as Daniel's last post - his might actually be easier to follow/implement.

Just note that Paul's article isn't very carefully written and it may throw you off ... just remember:

• SUU is NOT bootable and is an actual update repository, which he does not use in this tutorial.
• SBUU is bootable (this is what he keeps referring to as SUU).

Okay Flash I'll read everything through again and try daniels method.

Best Regards

vmrob

If you insert the SUU media (not SBUU) in the DVD drive and use F10 to get into System Services, you will be able to point to the SUU DVD and upgrade everything from there.