Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 3.3 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager User's Guide

Comparing and updating firmware inventory

1. On the System Viewer utility, click Firmware Inventory, Compare, and Update.
   The system components and their current firmware versions are displayed in the right-hand pane.
2. Click Export Profile to export the software inventory information in XML format.
3. Click Next and select one of the following options to specify the baseline against which you want to compare the firmware inventory of the collection of servers:
   • Dell PDK Catalog — to specify a Dell PDK catalog that you can use to compare 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 Controller of the system.
     • 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 the Dell FTP site to compare and update the firmware inventory of the system.
   • Firmware Inventory Profile — to specify an existing profile that you have saved and use it to compare and update the firmware inventory for the system.
4. Click Next. The screen displays the following baseline details against which you can compare the firmware of your collection:
   • Selective Firmware Update — Enables you to select the components that needs to be updated. Only selected components are updated. All components are selected by default other than the components which contains the status as Unavailable, Not Updatable, and Coequal.

   • CMC — Click Export to XML, to export an inventory of chassis and servers from DLCI. You can use this information to create repository using DRM. Once the repository is created, select the CMC and then initiate the firmware update using the repository bundle created by DRM.

     CMC firmware cannot be updated directly from DLCI console.

     CMC cannot be updated using catalog, you can update the CMC using .bin or .cmc file from DRM repository.

   • Component — displays the component names.
   • Version — displays the firmware versions of the components.
   • Baseline Version — displays the baseline versions of the components.
   • Status — displays the status of the firmware and indicates whether the firmware of the system is same, or needs an update based on the repository selected.

   Following are the status of the firmware:

   • Urgent: Indicates the critical updates that are used to resolve security, performance, or break-fix situations in a component.
   • Recommended: Indicates the bug fixes and feature enhancements of the product.
   • Optional: Indicates about the new features or any specific configuration updates.
   • Same: Indicates the same baseline version.
   • Downgrade: Indicates the downgrade of the current version.
   • Not Updatable: Indicates the baseline version is not updatable.
   • Not Available: Indicates the baseline version is not available.
5. You can filter the information based on any of the baseline details, set schedule based on the available options and then click Update to update your system with the latest firmware.
   • start now — to start the update.
   • start on next reboot — to start the update when the target system reboots.
   • schedule update — to set a date and time for the update. If the updates are scheduled in sequence within an hour of each other, then a warning message is displayed.