Owner's Manual

• BIOS DUP will use LC to update BIOS. BIOS DUP will stage the BIOS firmware to maser partition and
create a SSIB update task, which is executed by the SSM manager on reboot. The update task in
the SSIB is a call to update wrapper in LC which has BIOS update logic.
BIOS
• A BIOS update requires enough free physical memory to load the entire BIOS image into the
physical memory. If there is insufficient free physical memory available on the system to load the
BIOS image, the Dell Update Package for BIOS may fail. In this instance, the BIOS can be updated
using the diskette method, by running the Dell Update Package after adding more memory, or by
running the Dell Update Package immediately after a reboot.
• BIOS update is not supported on a PowerEdge R210 with BIOS version 1.0.33, 1.2.1, or 1.1.4
installed. BIOS versions earlier than 1.3.4 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.
Dell Embedded Open Manage Server Administrator
The Dell Update Package for Dell Embedded Open Manage Server Administrator can only be applied in a
pre-operating system environment that uses the Embedded Linux (ELI) through the Dell OpenManage
Deployment Toolkit (DTK).
BMC firmware and BP firmware
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.
11G iDRAC
When upgrading the iDRAC firmware for the first time on a server with Windows operating system, the
following message might be displayed: “Windows has finished installing new devices. The software that