Users Guide

3 Performing BIOS and Firmware Updates Using Dell Linux Online
Repository............................................................................................................... 18
Setting Up or Bootstrapping the Repository...................................................................................... 19
Creating a Local Mirror..................................................................................................................19
Installing Firmware Tools.................................................................................................................... 19
Downloading Applicable Firmware.....................................................................................................19
Inventory Installed Firmware...............................................................................................................19
Updating BIOS and Firmware..............................................................................................................19
Updating BIOS and Firmware Using CLI...................................................................................... 20
Viewing Log Information.................................................................................................................... 20
4 Update and Rollback in Lifecycle Controller Enabled Server.................... 21
Update in Lifecycle Controller............................................................................................................ 21
Rollback in Lifecycle Controller..........................................................................................................21
5 Command Line Interface Reference............................................................... 23
Linux CLI Options................................................................................................................................23
Windows CLI Options......................................................................................................................... 25
Exit Codes for CLI................................................................................................................................27
6 Linux Troubleshooting...................................................................................... 29
Known Issues.......................................................................................................................................29
Diagnostic Tasks Will Not Run While a DUP Reboot is Pending.................................................29
Abnormal Termination of a DUP.................................................................................................. 29
Mellanox Inventory Collector is Failing........................................................................................ 29
Error While Loading Shared Libraries........................................................................................... 29
Insufficient Free Physical Memory to Load the BIOS Image.......................................................30
Kernel Panic While Running Storage Controller Firmware Update Packages............................30
Loss of Functionality While Renaming Linux DUPs..................................................................... 30
Yum Repository Management Software Caches Incorrect Repository Metadata......................30
DUPs Fail on 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System...............................................30
DUP Update of Firmware Might Fail While Running in the UEFI Mode...................................... 30
Messages..............................................................................................................................................31
DUP Message Logs..............................................................................................................................37
Message Location..........................................................................................................................37
Messages Log Files........................................................................................................................ 37
7 Troubleshooting for Systems Running Windows.........................................38
Known Issues.......................................................................................................................................38
Inventory Failure............................................................................................................................38
Messages............................................................................................................................................. 38