Lenovo ThinkSystem SN850 - Page 78

Firmware updating tools
See the following table to determine the best Lenovo tool to use for installing and setting up the firmware:
Tool Update
Methods
Supported
Core
System
Firmware
Updates
I/O Devices
Firmware
Updates
Graphical
user
interface
Command
line
interface
Supports
UXSPs
Lenovo XClarity
Provisioning Manager
(LXPM)
In-band
2
On-Target
√ √
Lenovo XClarity
Controller
(XCC)
Out-of-band
Off-Target
√
Selected I/O
devices
√
Lenovo XClarity
Essentials OneCLI
(OneCLI)
In-band
Out-of-band
On-Target
Off-Target
√
All I/O
devices
√ √
Lenovo XClarity
Essentials
UpdateXpress
(LXCE)
In-band
Out-of-band
On-Target
Off-Target
√
All I/O
devices
√ √
Lenovo XClarity
Essentials Bootable
Media Creator
(BoMC)
In-band
Out-of-band
Off-Target
√
All I/O
devices
√
(BoMC
application)
√
(BoMC
application)
√
Lenovo XClarity
Administrator
(LXCA)
In-band
1
Out-of-
band
2
Off-Target
√
All I/O
devices
√ √
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
√ √
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