Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers
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Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Author(s) Wei Liu Raja Tamilarasan - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 2
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Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Contents Introduction ...5 1:1 Updates...5 BIOS DUP (Dell Update Package) from the Operating System (OS 5 Windows DUP ...5 Linux DUP ...9 DOS-based BIOS Flash Utility 10 UEFI-based BIOS Flash Utility 11 Run BIOS - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 4
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 17. Remote Firmware Update 21 iv - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 5
Dell PowerEdge Servers have a variety of ways to update the system BIOS. Customers can use any of the following methods, based on their needs and environment. Executing the BIOS DUP (Dell Update method (Remote Enablement) 1:1 Updates BIOS DUP (Dell Update Package) from the Operating System (OS) - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 6
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 1. Windows DUP 3. Click Install. 4. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update (Figure 2). 6 - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 7
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 2. After DUP installation, a system reboot is required for the update to be staged 5. The system will reboot and launch Lifecycle Controller (Figure 3). 7 - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 8
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 3. System reboots to Lifecycle Controller 6. The Lifecycle Controller will invoke the BIOS update (Figure 4). This may take a few minutes. After the BIOS is - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 9
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 4. The BIOS update inside Lifecycle Controller Linux DUP Installation steps: 1. Read over the release information presented by executing the "./PER710_BIOS_LX_6.0.7.BIN" command from - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 10
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 5. Linux DUP 3. Follow the remaining prompts to -based BIOS Flash Utility The DOS or DRMK (Dell Real Mode Kernel)-based BIOS flash utility for each platform can also be found at the Dell support website. Note that you must have DOS bootable media - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 11
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers 4. Copy the file to the bootable device. 5. Boot the system to DOS by using the bootable device. 6. Run the executable under DOS. Follow the instructions provided by the flash utility. Figure 6 is a snapshot of the DOS flash utility. The update will take a - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 12
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers 2. Plug in the USB key and power on the system. Press F11 during POST to enter BIOS Boot Manager (Figure 7). Figure 7. BIOS Boot Manager 3. - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 13
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 8. Flash BIOS in UEFI shell 5. Follow the on-screen instruction to update the BIOS (Figure 9 and Figure 10). 13 - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 14
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 9. UEFI-based BIOS flash utility 14 - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 15
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 10. UEFI-based BIOS flash utility Load the BIOS Flash Utility from BIOS Boot Manager In case you don't have a UEFI shell, you - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 16
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 11. BIOS Update File Explorer 4. Select the USB key, and navigate through the directory contents to find the UEFI BIOS flash utility (for example, R720-010100.efi) (Figure 12). 16 - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 17
Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 12. Use BIOS Update File Explorer to select the BIOS UEFI flash utility file to update 5. The BIOS flash utility will launch when you select the file and press Enter. Then follow the onscreen instructions to the Lifecycle Controller User's guide. In this document we - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 18
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 13. Lifecycle Controller screen after pressing F10 during POST 1. Click on Platform Update Launch Platform Update (Figure 14). Figure 14. Platform Update screen 2. Select Local Drive (Figure 15). 18 - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 19
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 15. Select Update Repository in Platform Update 3. Select your USB device from the Local Drive drop-down list. Type in the name of the DUP (for example, BIOS_VTR78_WN32_1.1.0.EXE) to be used to update. 19 - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 20
on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers Figure 16. Select the local drive and type in the DUP file to use 6. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions to protocol, a network transport service that enables the user to access a number of CIM-style data access methods supported by the target platform. - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 21
firmware on the target system. Before you Begin Here is a list of items that you need to prepare: 1. Verify that the target system is a Dell PowerEdge server with iDRAC enabled, configured, and network-reachable to talk WSMAN. 2. If you are using Windows, verify that the winrm command line tool is - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 22
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers 4. Verify that Python version [2.7] is installed on your system. If you need help with this, refer to Python Home. 5. Download the Python scripts from [ - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 23
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers A sample output: OPTION Component Status Comp ID VersionType 1(update) FRMW ) FRMW Installed 27763 0.5.3 System CPLD 13(update) APAC Installed 18981 7.0.0.38 Dell OS Driver Pack, v.7.0.0.38, X38 14(update) FRMW Installed Empty 3.0.0-0135 - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 24
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers 1. On running the fwupdate.py script, you will be prompted for the following: Enter iDRAC IP Address: [iDRAC IP] Enter User Name: [USER NAME] - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 25
" that can be downloaded from support.dell.com. [USER] and [PASSWORD] refer to the user credentials allowed to access and download from the share. [MOUNTNAME] refers to the share mount name. The following is a sample output: Options tftp://192.168.0.100/BIOS_VT7R8_WN32_1.1.0.EXE nfs://192.168 - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 26
Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers 2 = Graceful shutdown and reboot (Recommended) 3 = Forceful shutdown if graceful shutdown does not succeed 4 = No reboot 9. The script prompts for deleting all existing jobs in iDRAC. Dell 1.0.4 to version tftp://192.168.0.100/BIOS_VT7R8_WN32_1.1.0.EXE Check the status of - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 27
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers A sample output of a failed command: The command failed with : Available JobIDs. (1) JID_267336093962 - bios updating to image located at tftp://192.168.0.100/BIOS_VT7R8_WN32_1.1.0.EXE (2) RID_267336106745 - reboot for bios update (0) exit out 27 - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 28
VMware vCenter will expand and enrich your data center management experience with Dell PowerEdge servers. For more information on the Dell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter, refer to the following link: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/1961.aspx BIOS update using - Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 | Updating BIOS on Dell 12th-Generation PowerEdge Servers - Page 29
BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge Servers IT administrator to take inventory, perform configuration and monitoring tasks, remotely power on/off blades, and enable alerts for events on servers and components in the blade chassis. For more information on performing updates using the Dell Chassis Management
Author(s)
Wei Liu
Raja Tamilarasan
Updating BIOS on Dell 12G PowerEdge
Servers