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
Suppor-
ted
Core
System
Firmware
Updates
I/O
Devices
Firm-
ware
Updates
Graphi-
cal user
interface
Com-
mand
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
applica-
tion)
√
(BoMC
applica-
tion)
√
Lenovo XClarity Administrator
(LXCA)
In-band
1
Out-of-
band
2
Off-
Target
√
All I/O
devices
√ √
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