Users Guide

Using a network share

Updating or rolling back devices that affect Trusted Platform Module settings

Using a local drive

Lifecycle Controller allows you to perform firmware updates using locally available DVDs or USB drives,

or virtual media. This flexibility improves the efficiency of the update process when there is a high

network traffic. After selecting the update repository, Lifecycle Controller automatically detects any

necessary updates, and performs those updates on components you specifically select.

To access the repository on the local drive, create a repository on a DVD or USB drive and attach it to the

server locally or using a virtual media.

Using a DVD

Use either the Server Update Utility (SUU) DVDs or custom DVDs (SUU ISO downloaded from dell.com/

support and written to a DVD) to perform the firmware updates. The available DVDs are:

• OpenManage SUU DVD to update all the server components such as Lifecycle Controller, Dell

Diagnostics, BIOS, RAID controller, NIC, iDRAC, and Power Supply Unit.

• Lifecycle Controller OS Driver Packs DVD (Windows only) to update the operating system driver

packs.

To access the updates from a DVD:

1. Insert the appropriate DVD in the locally attached CD/DVD drive. Alternatively, insert the appropriate

DVD in the client and use the

Virtual Media feature to access the attached CD/DVD drive. For more

information, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) User’s Guide at dell.com/

esmmanuals.

2. From the Local Drive drop-down menu, select the drive that contains the updated DVD.

3. In the File Path or Update package path field, enter the location or subdirectory where the catalog is

available.

NOTE: If the catalog file is located in the root folder, do not enter the file name in the File Path

or Update package path field. However, if the catalog file is located in a subdirectory, enter the

subdirectory name.

NOTE: If the catalog file or DUP is downloaded from ftp.dell.com, do not copy them to a

subdirectory.

NOTE: Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the file name and file

extension. For example, if 56 characters are used for file name and extension, only 200

characters can be used for the path. Lifecycle Controller does not support these characters -:,

*,?,”,<,>,|,#,%,^, and SPACE.

Using a USB drive

You can download the repository from the SUU DVD or from an FTP location to a USB drive, and then

access the updates from this drive.

Before downloading the repository to the USB drive, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• The updates are downloaded using the Dell Repository Manager and the repository is created on a

USB drive.

NOTE: To download the complete repository, make sure that the USB drive has 8 GB free space.

• Connect the USB drive to the system.