Running firmware update wizard for non-vSAN clusters
OMIVV allows you to perform BIOS and firmware updates on all hosts of a cluster. The wizard only updates hosts that are part of a connection profile and compliant in terms of firmware, CSIOR status, hypervisor, and OMSA status (11th generation servers only). OMIVV performs a cluster aware firmware update if Distribute Resource Scheduling (DRS) is enabled on the cluster, by migrating the workload when a host enters or exits maintenance mode.
Prerequisites
- The firmware update repository is already set. For information about setting up firmware update repository, see Setting up the firmware update repository.
- There are no active firmware update jobs for any hosts under the cluster that you are updating.
- The hosts in the cluster are added to a connection profile and inventory is run successfully.
- DRS is enabled.
About this task
- The host/hosts of a cluster from vCenter for which the firmware update job is in progress.
- The connection profile of the host/hosts of a cluster for which the firmware update job is in progress.
Steps
To launch the Firmware Update wizard, in OpenManage Integration, click Clusters and perform either of the following substeps:
- Click a cluster, select .
- In the Objects tab, select .
- Click a cluster, select Firmware screen, click the Run Firmware Wizard link. . In the
- Right-click a cluster, select .
OMIVV checks compliance of the host and whether any other firmware update job is in progress in any host within the same cluster. After the verification, the Firmware Update page is displayed.
On the Welcome page, read the instructions, and click Next.
The Select Servers page is displayed.On the Select Servers page, in the Name tree view, use the check boxes to select the hosts.
Click Next.
The Select Update Source page is displayed where you can select the bundles. The repository location is also displayed.
On the Select Update Source page, from the Select an Update Bundle drop-down, select an appropriate update bundle for your systems. Click Next.
NOTE: OMIVV supports 32–bit and 64–bit bundles for firmware update. Apart from these bundles, OMIVV also creates a hybrid bundle when there are 32-bit and 64-bit bundles available in the catalog for a particular model with the same release ID.NOTE: 64-bit bundles are not supported for 12th generation hosts with iDRAC version 1.51 and earlier.NOTE: 64-bit bundles are not supported for 11th generation hosts on all iDRAC versions.Click Next.
The Select Components page is displayed. The page displays the details of components such as hostname, Service Tag, Model Name, Component, Current, Available, Criticality.On the Select Components page, select the firmware components that require update and click Next to proceed.
The components that are either in a downgrade or currently scheduled for update cannot be selected. You can select the components that are listed for downgrade by selecting the Allow Downgrade option.
To filter comma-separated values from the content of the various components of the data grid, use Filter.You can also drag columns within the component data grid. If you want to export from the wizard, click
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On the FW Update Information page, view all the firmware update details.
Click Next.
The Schedule Firmware Update page is displayed.
Enter the firmware update job name in the Firmware Update Job Name field.
The firmware update job name is mandatory and does not use a name that is already in use. If you purge the firmware update job name, you can reuse it again.Enter the firmware update description in the Firmware Update Description field, which is optional.
If you have issues while updating the firmware, click Delete Job Queue and Reset iDRAC. This may result in successful completion of the update process. This increases the overall update time required for job completion, cancels any pending jobs or activities scheduled on the iDRAC, and resets the iDRAC.
Enter the Maintenance Mode timeout value (in minutes). If the wait time goes beyond the specified time, the update job fails and enter maintenance task will be canceled or timed out. However, the components may get updated automatically when the host is rebooted.
NOTE: The minimum Maintenance Mode timeout value is 60 minutes.NOTE: The maximum Maintenance Mode timeout value is one day.Under Schedule Firmware Updates, select an option from the following:
- To run the update job now, click Update Now.
- To run the update job later, click Schedule
Update, and then perform the following subtasks:
- In the Calendar box, select the month and day.
- In the Time text box, type the time in HH:MM.
Click Next.
The Summary page is displayed.On the Summary page, click Finish and the The firmware update job has been created successfully message is displayed.