Upgrade Firmware through DiagOS
This section describes the steps to take to upgrade the VEP4600’s firmware if your VEP4600 arrived from Dell with the DiagOS as the
only operating system.
The Unified Firmware Updater will need to be copied to a USB and run from the mounted USB.
Topics:
• Check the existing firmware version
• Copy the Unified Firmware Updater to USB
• Mount_USB_on_the_VEP4600
• Run the Unified Firmware Updater through USB
Check the existing firmware version
To check the current VEP4600 firmware versions from the DiagOS run the following command:
DiagOS installed: login and type updatetool -D ALL -V
Copy the Unified Firmware Updater to USB
1. Download the Unified Firmware Updater (UFW) from the Dell support site.
2. Unzip vep4600_ufw_2.8.zip which contains the Unified Firmware Updater zip file, (vep4600_ufw_2.8.zip)
Contents of zip file vep4600_ufw_2.8.zip
3. Unzip vep4600_ufw_2.8.zip file to obtain the vep4600_ufw_2.8 (Unified Firmware Updater) script.
vep4600_ufw_2.8.zip contents
4. vep4600_ufw_2.8 contains the following firmware versions:
• CPLD – 0x10
• BMC – v2.0
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