Skip to main content
Sign Out

Welcome to Dell

My Account
  • Place orders quickly and easily
  • View orders and track your shipping status
  • Enjoy members-only rewards and discounts
  • Create and access a list of your products
Sign In Create an Account Dell Financial Services Premier Sign In Partner Program Sign In
Contact Us

Your Dell.com Carts

OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Version 7.1.1 for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager User’s Guide

PDF

Updating the firmware of servers and MX7000 devices

About this task

Here is a pictorial representation of the firmware update workflow. Firmware update
You can update the selected devices by using the following update sources:
  • Online FTP or local FTP source
  • Online HTTP or local HTTP source
  • Online HTTPS or local HTTPS source
  • Local Dell Repository Manager (DRM) source

Steps

  1. Create or select a default update source. For more information about update source, see Update source.
    • NOTE: Ensure that you update the update source with the latest catalog by using the polling and notification feature. For more information about polling and notification, see Polling and notification.

    If you are updating Storage Spaces Direct clusters, select a predefined update source specific for Storage Spaces Direct clusters. These update sources are displayed only in the Maintenance Center page.

    If you are updating MX7000 devices, select a predefined update source specific for Modular Systems. These update sources are displayed only in Maintenance Center page.

  2. Create or select the default update groups. For more information about update groups, see Update groups.
  3. Discover or synchronize the devices with a registered Microsoft console, and ensure that the device inventory is up-to-date. For more information about discovery and synchronization, see Device discovery and synchronization . For more information about server inventory, see Launching server view .
  4. Update the device by using one of the following options:
    • Select the required devices, and click Run Update. For more information, see Upgrading or downgrading firmware versions using run update method .
      • NOTE: To downgrade the firmware of device components, select the Allow Downgrade check-box. If this option is not selected, there is no action on the component that requires a firmware downgrade.
    • Select the firmware update component in Operational Template and deploy this template. For more information about Operational Template, see Operational Template.

Rate this content

Accurate
Useful
Easy to understand
Was this article helpful?
0/3000 characters
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please select whether the article was helpful or not.
  Comments cannot contain these special characters: <>()\