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Scenario Three — BIOS Update for 200 Systems
You are the systems administrator for a large business with over 500 stores.
Every store location has a Dell system that is used to manage the company’s
inventory and billing systems. About 200 of these stores are running on Dell
systems. You have entered all your system model types into Dell's File Watch
service on support.dell.com. File Watch notifies you when Dell posts any
new software updates on support.dell.com for the system types that you
registered. Recently, you received an e-mail message from the File Watch system
advising you of a new BIOS update that is available for your systems.
This BIOS update is designed to dynamically regulate the system's cooling
fan speeds, which allows the systems to run quieter and consume less energy.
Because you remotely manage these systems, you have invested in a software
distribution tool that allows you to schedule remote software installation and
updates. You also have a planned 4-hour service window each weekend
when you can perform any maintenance functions necessary on the
company’s systems.
To roll out the BIOS update to the company’s servers, you perform the
following general steps:
1
Log on to
support.dell.com
.
2
Select
Drivers and Downloads
, and select your product.
3
Download the new BIOS DUP for the system.
4
Verify the digital signature for the Update Package.
5
Use the software distribution tool to create an update task that delivers the
BIOS DUP to all the systems in the network.
The update task is simply a batch command that invokes the BIOS DUP
and uses the CLI
/r /s
options to ensure that the system is rebooted when
it is necessary.
This BIOS DUP runs only on the specified Dell systems; therefore, you can
distribute it to all the systems regardless of the system model type.
The DUP does not affect other systems.
NOTE: Some of the BIOS versions available in DUPs support more than one
Dell system.
6
Use the software distribution tool to schedule the BIOS update task to run
on all systems at 2:00 A.M. this coming Saturday, which falls within the
allotted 4-hour maintenance window.