User's Manual

3 Performing BIOS And Firmware Updates Using Dell Linux Online Repository...............19
Setting Up or 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..........................................................................................................20
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 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............................................................................................................................................................... 32
DUP Message Logs.................................................................................................................................................38
Message Location............................................................................................................................................38
Messages Log Files..........................................................................................................................................39
7 Troubleshooting for Systems Running Windows.................................................................41
Known Issues..........................................................................................................................................................41
Inventory Failure...............................................................................................................................................41
Messages............................................................................................................................................................... 41