Tool Update
Methods
Suppor-
ted
Core
System
Firm-
ware
Updates
I/O
Devices
Firm-
ware
Updates
Drive
Firm-
ware
Updates
Graphi-
cal user
interface
Com-
mand
line
interface
Supports
Static
Bundles
(Service
Packs)
Chassis
Mid-
plane
PSoC
Firm-
ware
Update
Lenovo XClarity
Integrator (LXCI)
for VMware
vCenter
Out-of-
band
Off-
Target
√
Selected
I/O
devices
√
Lenovo XClarity
Integrator (LXCI)
for Microsoft
Windows Admin
Center
In-band
Out-of-
band
On-
Target
Off-
Target
√
All I/O
devices
√ √
Lenovo XClarity
Integrator (LXCI)
for Microsoft
System Center
Configuration
Manager
In-band
On-
Target
√
All I/O
devices
√ √
Notes:
1. For I/O firmware updates.
2. For BMC and UEFI firmware updates.
3. Drive firmware update is only supported by the tools and methods below:
• XCC Bare Metal Update (BMU): In-band, and requires system reboot.
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI:
– For drives supported by ThinkSystem V2 and V3 products (legacy drives): In-band, and does not require
system reboot.
– For drives supported only by ThinkSystem V3 products (new drives): Staging to XCC and complete the
update with XCC BMU (In-band, and requires system reboot.).
4. Bare Metal Update (BMU) only.
• Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager
From Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, you can update the Lenovo XClarity Controller firmware, the
UEFI firmware, and the Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager software.
Note: By default, the Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager Graphical User Interface is displayed when
you start the server and press the key specified in the on-screen instructions. If you have changed that
default to be the text-based system setup, you can bring up the Graphical User Interface from the text-
based system setup interface.
For additional information about using Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager to update firmware, see:
“Firmware Update” section in the LXPM documentation compatible with your server at
https://
pubs.lenovo.com/lxpm-overview/
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