Owner's Manual

Unified Server Configurator (USC) Dell Update Packages (DUPs)
 Lifecycle controller updates require system services to be enabled.
 For the first time, before you attempt to run Driver Package Diagnostics DUPs, execute the USC
DUP.
 If the operating system is installed from "Operating System Deployment", select "Reboot and Exit"
in the USC environment before booting to the operating system. This closes the USC session which
is held for 18 hours. If you do not want to enter the USC and select "Reboot and Exit", but want to
execute the DUPs within 18 hours, unplug the power supply of the system, wait for 10 seconds,
and then power on the system.
BIOS - Staged update
 BIOS updates require system services to be enabled.
 If the operating system is installed from "Operating System Deployment", select "Reboot and Exit"
in the USC environment before booting to the operating system. This closes the USC session which
is held for 18 hours. If you do not want to enter the USC and select "Reboot and Exit", but want to
execute the DUPs within 18 hours, unplug the power supply of the system, wait for 10 seconds,
and then power on the system.
 BIOS DUP will use LC to update BIOS. BIOS DUP will stage the BIOS firmware to maser partition and
create a SSIB update task, which is 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. If there is insufficient free physical memory available on the system to load the
BIOS image, the Dell Update Package for BIOS may fail. In this instance, the BIOS can be updated
using the diskette method, by running the Dell Update Package after adding more memory, or by
running the Dell Update Package immediately after a reboot.
 BIOS update is not supported on a PowerEdge R210 with BIOS version 1.0.33, 1.2.1, or 1.1.4
installed. BIOS versions earlier than 1.3.4 do not support the online update method used by the
DUP process on the PowerEdge R210 under Window Server 2008R2. To update BIOS from one of
the versions listed, use the offline BIOS update. Once version 1.3.4 of BIOS is installed, all future
BIOS will be supported.
 BIOS update is not support on a PowerEdge T310 with BIOS version 1.0.2, 1.1.6, or 1.2.1 installed.
BIOS versions earlier than 1.3.6 do not support the online update method used by the DUP process
on the PowerEdge T310 under Window Server 2008R2. To update BIOS from one of the versions
listed, use the offline BIOS update. Once version 1.3.6 of BIOS is installed, all future BIOS will be
supported.
 BIOS update is not support on a PowerEdge R310 with BIOS version 1.0.0 installed. BIOS versions
earlier than 1.1.5 do not support the online update method used by the DUP process on the
PowerEdge R310 under Window Server 2008R2. To update BIOS from one of the versions listed, use
the offline BIOS update. Once version 1.1.5 of BIOS is installed, all future BIOS will be supported.