User's Manual

Updating Many Systems..................................................................................................................................16
Remote Terminal Sessions...............................................................................................................................16
Stand-alone Systems and Firewalls.................................................................................................................17
Confirming the Update............................................................................................................................................17
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Performing BIOS and Firmware Updates Using Dell Linux Online Repository
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Setting Up/Bootstrapping the Repository...............................................................................................................19
Creating a Local Mirror....................................................................................................................................19
Installing Firmware Tools........................................................................................................................................20
Downloading Applicable Firmware........................................................................................................................20
Inventory Installed Firmware..................................................................................................................................20
Updating BIOS and Firmware.................................................................................................................................20
Updating BIOS and Firmware Using CLI..........................................................................................................20
Updating BIOS and Firmware Using GUI..........................................................................................................21
Automatically Update Firmware.............................................................................................................................21
Viewing Log Information.........................................................................................................................................21
4 Update and Rollback in Lifecycle Controller Enabled Server............................................23
Update in Lifecycle Controller................................................................................................................................23
Rollback in Lifecycle Controller..............................................................................................................................23
5 Command Line Interface Reference......................................................................................25
Linux CLI Options....................................................................................................................................................25
Windows CLI Options..............................................................................................................................................26
Exit Codes for CLI....................................................................................................................................................28
6 Linux Troubleshooting..............................................................................................................31
Known Issues..........................................................................................................................................................31
Diagnostic Tasks Will Not Run While a DUP Reboot is Pending.....................................................................31
Abnormal Termination of a DUP.......................................................................................................................31
Error While Loading Shared Libraries..............................................................................................................31
Insufficient Free Physical Memory to Load the BIOS Image...........................................................................31
Kernel Panic While Running Storage Controller Firmware Update Packages................................................32
Loss of Functionality While Renaming Linux DUPs..........................................................................................32
Yum and Up2date Repository Management Software Caches Incorrect Repository Metadata.....................32
DUPs Fail on 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System.....................................................................32
DUP Update of Firmware Might Fail While Running in the UEFI Mode............................................................32
Messages...............................................................................................................................................................33
DUP Message Logs.................................................................................................................................................39
Message Location............................................................................................................................................39
Messages Log Files..........................................................................................................................................39