Owner's Manual

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do not support the online update method used by the DUP process
on the PowerEdge R210 under Window Server 2008R2. To update BIOS from one
of the versions listed, use the offline BIOS update. Once version
1.3.4 of BIOS is installed, all future BIOS will be supported.
* BIOS update is not support on a PowerEdge T310 with BIOS version 1.0.2,
1.1.6, or 1.2.1 installed. BIOS versions earlier than 1.3.6 do not
support the online update method used by the DUP process on the
PowerEdge T310 under Window Server 2008R2. To update BIOS from one of the
versions listed, use the offline BIOS update. Once version 1.3.6
of BIOS is installed, all future BIOS will be supported.
* BIOS update is not support on a PowerEdge R310 with BIOS version 1.0.0
installed. BIOS versions earlier than 1.1.5 do not support the online
update method used by the DUP process on the PowerEdge R310 under
Window Server 2008R2. To update BIOS from one of the versions listed,
use the offline BIOS update. Once version 1.1.5 of BIOS is
installed, all future BIOS will be supported.
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Dell Embedded Open Manage Server Administrator
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The Dell Update Package for Dell Embedded Open Manage Server
Adminstrator can only be applied in a pre-operating system environment
that uses the Embedded Linux (ELI) through the Dell OpenManage(TM)
Deployment Toolkit (DTK).
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BMC firmware and BP firmware
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* When upgrading the BMC/ESM firmware or the BP firmware on PowerEdge
x8xx or x9xx servers with the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver
installed, the update may take up to 20 minutes to complete.
To expedite such updates on PowerEdge x8xx or x9xx servers,
you can uninstall the R2 IPMI driver before performing the firmware
upgrade operation using the command "rundll32 ipmisetp.dll,
RemoveTheDevice" from a command prompt.
After the firmware flash is complete, you can install the driver
again by executing the command "rundll32 ipmisetp.dll,
AddTheDevice". On PowerEdge x9xx servers, the driver can be
re-installed by performing a "Scan for hardware changes" in the
Device Manager.
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BMC firmware
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* When upgrading the BMC/ESM firmware on PowerEdge x8xx or x9xx
servers with the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver installed,
multiple time-out warning messages from source "IPMIDRV" with Event