Dell POWEREDGE R720 - Manual (Page 3)

Update Dell™ Server Hardware with Dell OpenManage Essentials
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Contents
Executive Summary ........................................................................... 5
Introduction .................................................................................... 5
Obtaining the latest version of update packages ......................................... 6
Determining the servers that should be updated and their respective packages (DUPs) ... 8
Updating the hardware at the convenience of IT Administrator ..................... 10
Supported models for system update .................................................... 12
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA)......................................... 13
Installing or Upgrading OMSA agent using OpenManage Essentials ................... 13
Prerequisites of OMSA install or upgrade ................................................ 13
Package types supported for OMSA agent install ....................................... 14
Package types supported for OMSA agent upgrade ..................................... 14
Updating System via OpenManage Server Administrator .............................. 16
Agent Free System Update - Out Of Band System Update without OMSA agent ... 20
Prerequisities for Agent free(iDRAC) System Updates. ................................ 20
Updating System via Intergrated Dell Remote Access controller ..................... 21
System Updates on correlated devices – Servers and iDRACs ......................... 25
System Update – preferred mode is “iDRAC” & delivery mode is both OMSA & iDRAC ..... 26
System Update Scalability ................................................................. 31
Test environment and methodology ...................................................... 31
Generic recommendations ................................................................. 32
List of System and Device Firmware and its behavior on update .................... 33
System Firmware ............................................................................ 33
Device Firmware ............................................................................ 33
Conclusion .................................................................................... 34