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......................................................................................30
Known Issues.......................................................................................................................................30
Diagnostic Tasks Will Not Run While a DUP Reboot is Pending.................................................30
Abnormal Termination of a DUP.................................................................................................. 30
Mellanox Inventory Collector is Failing........................................................................................30
Error While Loading Shared Libraries........................................................................................... 30
Insufficient Free Physical Memory to Load the BIOS Image........................................................31
Kernel Panic While Running Storage Controller Firmware Update Packages............................ 31
Loss of Functionality While Renaming Linux DUPs......................................................................31
Yum Repository Management Software Caches Incorrect Repository Metadata...................... 31
DUPs Fail on 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System............................................... 31
DUP Update of Firmware Might Fail While Running in the UEFI Mode.......................................31
Messages............................................................................................................................................. 32
DUP Message Logs............................................................................................................................. 38
Message Location..........................................................................................................................38
Messages Log Files........................................................................................................................38
7 Troubleshooting for Systems Running Windows.........................................39
Known Issues.......................................................................................................................................39
Inventory Failure............................................................................................................................39
Messages............................................................................................................................................. 39
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