Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Getting Started With Dell Update Packages
- Using Dell Update Packages
- Performing BIOS and Firmware Updates Using Dell Linux Online Repository
- Update and Rollback in Unified Server Configurator - Lifecycle Controller Enabled
- Command Line Interface Reference
- Linux Troubleshooting
- Known Issues
- Diagnostic Tasks Will Not Run While a DUP Reboot is Pending
- Abnormal Termination of a DUP
- Error While Loading Shared Libraries
- Insufficient Free Physical Memory to Load the BIOS Image
- Kernel Panic While Running Storage Controller Firmware Update Packages
- Loss of Functionality While Renaming Linux DUPs
- Yum and Up2date Repository Management Software Caches Incorrect Repository Metadata
- Use Dell Linux Repository with yum and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4
- DUPs Fail on 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System
- DUP Update of Firmware Might Fail While Running in the UEFI Mode
- Messages
- DUP Message Logs
- Known Issues
- Windows Troubleshooting and FAQs
- Index

26 Performing BIOS and Firmware Updates
Updating BIOS and Firmware Using CLI
Run the following command to inventory the system and scan the repository
for new versions of components:
update_firmware
This command provides information about the existing versions of
components on your system and the list of component versions that are
available to be installed.
To install all applicable BIOS and firmware updates on your system, run the
following command:
update_firmware --yes
Once the devices are updated, the "Execution Success" message is displayed.
Updating BIOS and Firmware Using GUI
To start the interactive GUI, run the following command:
inventory_firmware_gui
The Inventory and Update Firmware window displays the existing versions of
components on your system and the component versions that are available to
be installed.
To update BIOS and firmware on your system to the versions available in the
repository:
1
Select the required devices to be updated and click
Update Firmware
.
The
Update Firmware
dialog box is displayed.
2
Click
Continue to update page
....
You can also click
Show Details
to view the list of selected devices and
their versions.
3
Click
Update Now
to start performing the updates.
Once the devices are updated, the execution success message is displayed
for each device.
You can also perform the following: