DELL UPDATE PACKAGES FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS Version 7.
Release Type and Definition This Readme contains updated information for your "Dell Update Packages for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems User's Guide" and any other technical documentation included with the Dell Update Packages for Windows operating systems. Version 7.3 Release Date: July 2013 Previous Version 7.2 Importance RECOMMENDED: Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle.
• Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller(IDRAC) firmware • PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) firmware and driver • Cost-Effective RAID Controller (CERC) firmware and driver • Software RAID Controller firmware and driver • SEP firmware • IDE Controller drivers • Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware • SCSI Backplane (BP) firmware • SAS BP firmware • SAS Expander firmware • SSD firmware • SED firmware • OpenManage Server Administrator updates • Onboard Video Dri
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter x64 Editions with SP1 • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 HPC Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter x64 Editions with SP2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter Editions (x64) with SP2 • Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard and Premium Editions (x64) with SP1 • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard and Premium
Component Type Supported Components ---------------------------------------------------------------------BIOS BIOS ---------------------------------------------------------------------DRAC firmware DRAC 5, iDRAC6, iDRAC7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------BMC firmware BMC ---------------------------------------------------------------------SCSI BP firmware BP ---------------------------------------------------------------------SAS BP, SEP firmware BP -----------
PowerVault 110T DLT VS80, PowerVault 110T DLT VS160, PowerVault 110T SDLT ---------------------------------------------------------------------Removable disk drive PowerVault RD1000 backup firmware ---------------------------------------------------------------------Network adapter driver Broadcom NetXtreme family of adapters Broadcom NetXtreme II family of adapters Intel PRO PCI-E Gigabit family of adapters QLogic Network family of adapters Emulex Network family of adapters ----------------------------
ii. Go to "www.update.microsoft.com". iii. Select "Custom" to perform a scan of your machine for updates. After the scan completes, it will list all available updates. Select the "Software, Optional" category. iv. Look for "Root Certificates Update", and select it. Your root certificates will be updated. v. After your root certificates are updated, check the digital signature information of your Dell Update Packages again. The information should now indicate that the digital signature is valid.
after DUP execution is completed (BITS041566). “The Update Package is running on an unsupported new operating system, do you want to continue?” message will pop-up in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system, because all DUPs are not recreated based on new DUP framework. Note: Ensure that a drive is available for DUPs to mount a partition to complete an update successfully.
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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------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.
Controller enabled systems. ---------------------------------------------------------------------All PERC firmware and all SAS firmware (All storage controller firmware) ---------------------------------------------------------------------• Only devices connected to a PERC SAS controller can be updated at this time. This includes PERC5, PERC6, H200, H310, H710P, H810, H710, H700, H800, SAS5 and SAS6 controllers.
• Before executing the firmware update, stop all tape backup activity and put all scheduled jobs on hold. • After the firmware update is completed, restart your system for the updates to take effect. Tape automation devices are not supported by Dell Update Packages. Please disconnect or power off such devices before executing Dell Update Packages. The tape automation devices are as follows: 1. PowerVault 120T 2. PowerVault 122T 3. PowerVault 124T 4. PowerVault 128T 5. PowerVault 130T 6.
