Additional information about using Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager V3 to update firmware is
available at:
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/LXPMv3/LXPMv3_platform_update.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:
– To perform an in-band update through Windows or Linux, the operating system driver must be installed
and the Ethernet-over-USB (sometimes called LAN over USB) interface must be enabled.
Additional information about configuring Ethernet over USB is available at:
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.systems.management.xcc.doc/NN1ia_c_
configuringUSB.html
– If you update firmware through the Lenovo XClarity Controller, make sure that you have downloaded
and installed the latest device drivers for the operating system that is running on the server.
– Specific details about updating firmware using Lenovo XClarity Controller are available at:
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.systems.management.xcc.doc/NN1ia_c_
manageserverfirmware.html
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI
Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI is a collection of command line applications that can be used to
manage Lenovo servers. Its update application can be used to update firmware and device drivers for
your servers. The update can be performed within the host operating system of the server (in-band) or
remotely through the BMC of the server (out-of-band).
Specific details about updating firmware using Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI is available at:
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/toolsctr_cli_lenovo/onecli_c_update.html
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpress
Lenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpress provides most of OneCLI update functions through a graphical
user interface (GUI). It can be used to acquire and deploy UXSP update packages and individual updates.
UXSP contains firmware and device driver updates for Microsoft Windows and for Linux.
You can obtain UXSP from the following location:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/solutions/lnvo-xpress
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials Bootable Media Creator
You can use Lenovo XClarity Essentials Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) to create bootable media that is
suitable for firmware updates, VPD updates, inventory and FFDC collection, advanced system
configuration, FoD Keys management, secure erase, RAID configuration, and diagnostics on supported
servers.
You can obtain BoMC from the following location:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/solutions/lnvo-bomc
Configure the firmware
You can configure the management processor for the server through the BMC Web interface (Lenovo
XClarity Controller) or through the command-line interface.
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