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5 Firmware update Using Lifecycle Controller, the system can be updated using the repositories accessible through FTP or on a locally attached USB drive, DVD, or network share. Use the Firmware Update page to: • View the current version of the installed applications and firmware. • View a list of available updates. • Select the required updates, downloads (automatic), and then apply the updates to the following components listed in the table. NOTE: When you update the firmware on a BCM57xx and 57xxx adapters, you will notice that the cards are displayed as QLogic. This is due to the acquisition of Broadcom NetXtreme II by QLogic. The following table lists the components that support the Firmware Update feature. NOTE: When multiple firmware updates are applied through out-of-band methods or using the Lifecycle Controller GUI, the updates are ordered in the most efficient possible manner to reduce unnecessary restarting of a system. Table 6. Firmware Update - Supported Components Component Name Firmware Rollback Out-of-band - Supported? (Yes or System Restart No) Required? Diagnostics No No In-band - System Restart Required? No Lifecycle Controller GUI - Restart Required? No OS Driver Pack No No No No BIOS Yes Yes Yes Yes RAID Controller Yes Yes Yes Yes Backplanes Yes Yes Yes Yes Enclosures Yes Yes No Yes NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes iDRAC Yes No *No Yes Power Supply Unit Yes Yes Yes Yes CPLD No Yes Yes Yes FC Cards Yes Yes Yes Yes HHHL NVMe Yes Yes Yes Yes adapter (13th generation PowerEdge servers only) NVMe PCIe SSD Yes Yes Yes Yes drives (13th 35

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Firmware update
Using Lifecycle Controller, the system can be updated using the repositories accessible through FTP or
on a locally attached USB drive, DVD, or network share. Use the
Firmware Update
page to:
•
View the current version of the installed applications and firmware.
•
View a list of available updates.
•
Select the required updates, downloads (automatic), and then apply the updates to the following
components listed in the table.
NOTE:
When you update the firmware on a BCM57
xx
and 57
xxx
adapters, you will notice that the
cards are displayed as QLogic. This is due to the acquisition of Broadcom NetXtreme II by QLogic.
The following table lists the components that support the
Firmware Update
feature.
NOTE:
When multiple firmware updates are applied through out-of-band methods or using the
Lifecycle Controller GUI, the updates are ordered in the most efficient possible manner to reduce
unnecessary restarting of a system.
Table 6. Firmware Update — Supported Components
Component Name
Firmware Rollback
Supported? (Yes or
No)
Out-of-band —
System Restart
Required?
In-band — System
Restart Required?
Lifecycle
Controller GUI
— Restart
Required?
Diagnostics
No
No
No
No
OS Driver Pack
No
No
No
No
BIOS
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RAID Controller
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backplanes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Enclosures
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
NIC
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
iDRAC
Yes
No
*No
Yes
Power Supply Unit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CPLD
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
FC Cards
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HHHL NVMe
adapter (13th
generation
PowerEdge servers
only)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
NVMe PCIe SSD
drives (13th
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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