Lenovo ThinkSystem SR655 V3 - Page 202

Tool Update
Methods
Suppor-
ted
Core
System
Firmware
Updates
I/O
Devices
Firmware
Updates
Drive
Firmware
Updates
Graphical
user
interface
Command
line
interface
Supports
Static
Bundles
(Service
Packs)
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://
sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/lxpm_frontend/lxpm_product_page.html
• Lenovo XClarity Controller
If you need to install a specific update, you can use the Lenovo XClarity Controller interface for a specific
server.
Notes:
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